Removing unwanted programs
my OS is win 7 prof 64 bit and as i spend so much time on the pc, therefore it meant trying new or improved softwares. I am thus trying to remove the clutter of the unwanted programs. Since my OS is win 7, I notice that many of the programs that i have, also have a windows 8.1 version installed.
Is it safe for me to remove all the windows 8.1 version of any software and retaining the win 7 version in my pc. thank u for your advise.
Is it safe for me to remove all the windows 8.1 version of any software and retaining the win 7 version in my pc. thank u for your advise.
in response to rindi, Thank u for your suggestion. In fact that is what i have in mind, but as u know it is the budget that is holding me back, because as u know I have to get licenses for each VM I install. But this is in my back of my mind. thank u for confirming me the idea i have.
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I've just checked, and Windows 7 is still available as evaluation. The 90 days isreached by using the slmgr command I posted above:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-7-enterprise
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-7-enterprise
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" Since my OS is win 7, I notice that many of the programs that i have, also have a windows 8.1 version installed.
Is it safe for me to remove all the windows 8.1 version of any software and retaining the win 7 version in my pc. "
Since you apparently see the two versions of the programs separately (I assume you mean in Control Panel|Programs and Features), you can Uninstall the 8.1 version without fear of corrupting the Win 7 version.
Though perhaps an answer is not necessary, but why are you downloading and installing the 8,1 version of programs in the first place?
" Since my OS is win 7, I notice that many of the programs that i have, also have a windows 8.1 version installed.
Is it safe for me to remove all the windows 8.1 version of any software and retaining the win 7 version in my pc. "
Since you apparently see the two versions of the programs separately (I assume you mean in Control Panel|Programs and Features), you can Uninstall the 8.1 version without fear of corrupting the Win 7 version.
Though perhaps an answer is not necessary, but why are you downloading and installing the 8,1 version of programs in the first place?
In response to Jcimarron, i only installed the win 7 versions of the softwares, but I have no clue how the win 8 version also got installed. It was only by chance when I wanted to take inventory of the softwares that I have, and what i could safely remove, did I find these win 8 versions. Thank u for your response.
thank u.
Uninstall anything you want on your main OS,