Actually, you can uninstall it via Add/Remove. I did it on both my XP
machine and my Vista machine. The trick is a dialog that pops up for a short
time asking you to confirm if you're the one uninstalling the program. On my
XP box, Jaws read the dialog perfectly fine, however, on my Vista machine,
it didn't and I had to guess where the correct button was. But, really, the
worst that could happen is you hit no and have to go back through the
process again until you get it right. You may need to alt tab to where you
think the dialog is if you have the same experience I did, but don't let
that stop you from at least trying to uninstall Avast. If this fails, then
use sighted assistance to go through putting Windows into safe mode. But
that should be the last resort. Trust me, I had a hard time uninstalling
Avast because I didn't know about that dialog, but I was able to figure it
out once I discovered that dialog, without any sighted assistance whatever.
And, by the way, I am totally blind and have absolutely no vision at all, so
it certainly is possible.
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From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:19 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Available
Randy, directions below from the Avast software tech department. I
haven't
tried this yet, awaiting sighted assistance for the Windows safe mode.
Warning to Avast users who want to uninstall this: you do need sighted
assistance since you can't uninstall AVast from add/remove programs in the
control panel. marilyn
Hi,
1. You need to download our uninstall utility that you can download here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html
2. Suspend avast! (right-click on the blue a-ball icon in the system tray
(the bar at the bottom of the screen which contains the clock) > Program
settings... > Troubleshooting > mark Disable avast! self-defense module >
OK
3. Turn computer in the Safe mode (Restart your computer. After hearing
your
computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears,
press F8. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
Select
the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode.)
3. Run aswClear.exe
4. Restart
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