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| 284435 | 2004-11-06 10:04:00 | I'm interested in this too. I postponed the necessary change to the new version because I was too busy to work out from the website whether:; (1) I had to first do an uninstall or (2) the download would do that for me. The option was to get updated definitions for the version I had. I made that choice & it seems to be working adequately so far. But now seems the time to sort it out longer-term. If I understand this thread correctly, metla's post means I don't have to do anything more than download the latest version (new build or not?) & it will dispose of the old ones. Spacemannz version is different - speaks of uninstalls.. Surely I'm not the only one here wondering - bearing in mind how many times this forum's posts quote this as a useful programme? (And yes, I'm sure there's a website that explains it. I just thought someone here could do that more simply.) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 284436 | 2004-11-06 10:12:00 | Trust me, Just download it and install, it searches for earlier versions and then asks if you want to delete them/it,You want this to happen so let it do its thing. | metla (154) | ||
| 284437 | 2004-11-06 10:18:00 | Well Laura I am a certified cybermoron and I puzzled about the "update over the old" or "uninstall and then install the new" which is generally, AFAIK, the recommended, cleaner, way to upgrade software but coz I was confused, as you say yourself, I just ran the new stuff over the old, so to speak, and AdAware works fine like that. HTH mark c :D |
mark c (247) | ||
| 284438 | 2004-11-06 10:18:00 | OK metla, I trust you. Will do. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 284439 | 2004-11-06 10:25:00 | > Well Laura I am a certified cybermoron and I puzzled > about the "update over the old" or "uninstall and > then install the new" which is generally, AFAIK, the > recommended, cleaner, way to upgrade software but coz > I was confused, as you say yourself, I just ran the > new stuff over the old, so to speak, and AdAware > works fine like that. > > HTH mark c :D As a rule you should always uninstall the old software, Being picky i delete every trace of it from my machine including regestry entries before installing the new version,However,if the software has its own process for cleaning out prior versions before it installs new files (and as long as there isn't widespread reports of peoples comps going up in a fireball) then that is a perfectly reasonable way to go about it. |
metla (154) | ||
| 284440 | 2004-11-06 10:28:00 | I puzzled about this too laura and then just barelled ahead and installed over what was already there though AFAIK it's generally good practice to uninstall the old and get a fesh copy of the new but I don't do that with AdAaware & it works hunky dory. HTH mark c :D |
mark c (247) | ||
| 284441 | 2004-11-06 10:29:00 | like, ooops. | mark c (247) | ||
| 284442 | 2004-11-06 11:23:00 | There is a new update for SE today | gerrypics (323) | ||
| 284443 | 2004-11-06 19:53:00 | Thank you Metla, I did it your way!! - excuse the song burst. :) I ran it this morning and all seems to be fine. I also downloaded Spybot from a disk I had off a mag which I have been putting off, (I am not computer brave lol and takes me a while to get the confidence to try things.) That seem to be working fine too. So thanks again :) |
Ladybug (3129) | ||
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