incorrect software (microsoft Visio) detection

[goldy12340308 (goldy1234)]

I once installed Microsoft Office 2007 Visio Professional on computer Test just to try something. Then I uninstalled it, but in the Spiceworks → Inventory → Software is still on the list. You should fix that

[b0b]

Has your PC been scanned since uninstalling Visio? Do a manual scan to verify. Also, sometimes software (expecially Office products) leave behind registry keys, which is what Spiceworks picks up. Check your registry for any Visio trails, remove them and then rescan your PC.

[yasaf (Yasaf Burshan)]

May be that there are still some references to that software in the registry, and SW picks them up.

[bytesnake]

In HKLM are still entries for visio.

As b0b said: Check your registry for any Visio trails, remove them and then rescan your PC.

[akp982]

HKLM - Software, im 99% sure it will still be listed

[marktate5814 (Mark3101)]

Use a registry cleaner such as ccleaner ( Speed up, optimize and clean your PC for free | CCleaner for PC ) to remove leftover registry keys then perform another scan. It is a problem with lazy program writers not correctly assembling their uninstallers rather than Spiceworks not scanning correctly.

[christopher72508011 (Christopher7250)]

It’s not Spiceworks. Same thing happens here AND with MS Office too.

That bunch at Redmond don’t know how to write uninstallers - as if I didn’t have enough to undo already !

Actually MS have an additional program that cleans up the Office droppings - I don’t know it it’d fix up the Registry for Visio too.

Here’s the information I gleaned for dealing with Office 2003 from somewhere on the internet…

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The Office Removal Wizard is located in the \FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE11 folder on the install CD. OFFCLN.EXE

OR

delete the Office folder from “Program Files”

delete the registry keys hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\office\11.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\office\11.0

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[Insert standard playing with the registry warning here]

I’ve not tried OFFCLN yet but the registry fixup does work.

In the meantime I’ve a spreadsheet that I use to keep track of actuallity on the offchance that the auditors attack!

HTH

chris