Windows 10: Complete Uninstall

jps99 · Mar 31, 2020

3-31-2020

Thanks for any help.
I have uninstalled Macrium Reflect in the normal
way but it has left garbage on my computer.
It seems that Microsoft has sown it into Windows 10.
How can I completely get rid of it?????????

:)

3Colors · Mar 31, 2020

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.

And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

oli_ramsay · Mar 31, 2020

How do you uninstall chipset drivers?

I'm installing a new mobo so I need to uninstall the intel 865g drivers to make way for the P35 drivers.

Can't find any uninstall options in add/remove programs and intel chipset inst listed in driver cleaner.

Any suggestions? *Confused

Sumit Dhiman2 · Mar 31, 2020

Uninstalling a driver completely

There can be some cases where a driver becomes corrupted which can lead to many of the issues like BSODs, Device not working properly etc. To troubleshoot this issue, completely removing the driver from the System and reinstalling the latest one helps.

This article is in 2 parts-one Uninstalling the Device driver and second is to reinstall the device driver.

Uninstalling the Driver

To completely remove the driver, please follow the below steps:

For Windows 10/8.1

Right Click Start Button and Select Device Manager

For Windows 7

Open Run by Pressing Windows key+R Simaltaneously.

Type in Diskmgmt.msc and Press Enter.

On the new Window that opens, Device Manager Window opens that shows every device installed on your computer.

To uninstall the driver from your computer, expand the respective category. For example, I am here uninstalling my Bluetooth Driver.

Do this for the driver you are told to. Expand the List:

Now, the next step is to uninstall the device. For that, right-click the Device and click Uninstall.

On the new Window, Check the box, delete the device software for this device and click Uninstall.

Reboot the Computer.

Reinstalling the device

To get the newest copy of the driver available, head over to the manufacturer website and download the newest copy of the driver available. The
Driver Reference Table also lists the device driver websites but it is recommended that you go to the manufacturer website for getting the latest drivers.