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Subject: Re: Hidden information on harddisk

Author: Jay Rinde

Date: 10:07:17 10/14/98

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On October 14, 1998 at 05:09:06, Kai Lübke wrote:

>On October 14, 1998 at 02:52:46, Georg Langrath wrote:
>
>>There is a lot of programs which can be used only a couple of days, like
>>downloaded Rebel 10. As you often can´t reuse them after reinstalling there must
>>be hidden information on harddisk. Is it right to hide information on my
>>harddisk that will be left there for ever? Can I be sure that it doesn´t harm
>>other programs in any way?
>
>I can't imagine in what way it should do any harm to your system, unless it
>overwrites important information (in which case you'd see problems right from
>the start and not some time in the future).
>If you want to get rid of it because you feel uncomfortable, there are many ways
>to do so. An easy one is using the search function in Windows to search by date.
>A more sophisticated one is using one of the programs which monitor any
>installation process for created files and registry changes.
>
>---
>Shep
 Ah, if it was only that easy!!!!



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