Re: Ad-Aware Install

From: Nog (nognog_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 06/30/05 

Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:40:31 -0400

<picky> wrote in message news:9ha7c19rpjlq6b62mj7412j8sphdeogd5l@4ax.com...
>
> Was installing ad aware the other night, and during the installation
> process, it tells you it's
>
> "Checking for previously installed components."
>
> Well, I've got three hard drives and it went through each one taking
> it's time and having a good long look.
>
> Seemed a bit much for my taste.
>
> They have ample opportunity to scan everything later, but the
> installation process gives you an opportunity to scan, delete the
> program, and call homes to one's heart's content.
>
> Just mentioning it because I've never seen a software installation do
> that before.
>
Lots of software does that now because people are too stupid to uninstall
older versions and end up have multiple versions of the same software and
wonder why they have problems.

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