I have just been on the phone with Lenovo supprt, i am having trouble uninstalling mcafee, and they tell me it is not uninstallable!!!!!!! He told me just to run something over the top of it, even i know you cannot run 2 anti virus solutions Do these people really know what they are doing, i have never heard so much bull in my life, they do not provide install media either!!!!What a massive mistake i have made in buying this laptop, they jusy do not give a stuff.
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Feb 11, 2016 - Download McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool or MCPR from the McAfee site and run it. Once you agree to the T&Cs, the program will start. Strangely enough there is no trigger to uninstall the McAfee program as MCPR automatically detects the McAfee software installed on your computer and uninstalls it for you. Feb 26, 2018 - Uninstall McAfee quickly and easily by following these simple steps. Windows 10 overhauled much of the traditional application management.
IF THERE ARE ANY MANAGERS ONLINE FROM LENOVO PLESE RESPOND Moderator note: based on your other posts I'm guessing that you have a Z500. Moved to the Z board and edited subject line to match content. Was: Poor YouTube video quality in full screen mode on G580. Hi webbit69, You did not give enough information for me to be completely accurate in my response, so I will have to guess at your operating system and version of McAfee. It would be helpful to know if you have activated, registered, and updated McAfee because it is easier to remove if you haven't. I have no way of knowing what you have already tried, so these instructions are general and may repeat what you have done so far.
Open the McAfee Control Center, and DISABLE all of McAfee’s components that you see enabled and running. Next, via the Control Panel, locate the section to uninstall programs, and use this to UNinstall McAfee. You may want to follow that by running McAfee’s Removal Tool to remove any remnants. It is available here: Note: There is a McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool (MCPR) tool available from McAfee here for all 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions of McAfee consumer products.: After McAfee removal and reboot if Defender is successfully running you should be okay. Reboot your system. Confirm that Windows Defender is now running as your anti-virus.
Windows Defender on Win 8 is a full FREE anti-VIRUS product as opposed to Windows Defender on Win 7/Vista/XP where it is simply a free anti-spyware program. If the Metro/Modern tile remains, right-click on the tile to delete it. Also take a look in your Program Data folder.
If one for McAfee remains, delete the folder. This may help. Scroll down to: How to remove Apps and programs to the Windows 8 Metro Start Screen. You can 'reset' the computer now in Windows 8, which deletes everything and reinstalls Windows 8. Before doing this, you may want to download essential drivers such as the WiFi driver and save them onto a memory pen in case Windows can't connect to the Internet after the reset. Having the WiFi driver on a memory pen would allow you to install it and then download other drivers. You can find Lenovo drivers.
There's an article on the Microsoft site on how to do this. Click, and look for 'Removing everything and reinstalling Windows'. Sorry if i have not explained my self very well, my initial problem was all the bloateware that came with it and i wanted to install a clean version of windows 8, i was told by Lenovo support that recovery disc were free to buy, but with a massive administation fee, and delivery £40, so all i wanted to uninstall mcafee, and was told by lenovo support i could not i had to install another program over the top of it, which i know is a big no no, you cannot run 2 anti virus programs together.
Anyway i have found on e bay a seller selling a windows 8 usb installer, which with retrieving my key off my computerwith belarc or magic jelly bean he says itwill install windows, a clean in stall. And after this morning when my laptop would not start i cant wait to do, if it goes wrong i have the novo button to put it all back on. As i type no i have removed mcafee and installed bit defender, and it is running ok now, but i now of the fer of anotherfailed restart, sorry to put more issues under this thread, but i am not happy at all and my laptop is only 3 weeks old.