RUOS Components
Attention. Using the features of this section is not necessary. Rather, it is an exception. These features are designed for very experienced users. Use them only if you know exactly what you are doing. Changes selected in this section cannot be undone using Red Button. To recover deleted Windows components, you will need the distribution from which the operating system was installed.
Features of this group allow to release space on a disk by removal of unnecessary components of Windows. Also these features help to improve safety, comfort, power efficiency, speed of loading, operation and shutting down of Windows.
Currently, in Windows XP complete functionality of all features from this section is accessible only for English and Russian versions of the OS. For the other language versions of Windows XP features will work, but not all at the full capacity (not all the expected files get removed). Note that this concerns only for features from the OS Components section and only for Windows XP.
In this section following features are accessible.
Delete Alerter ServiceOS: XP
Delete Backup/Backup Status and Configuration
OS: XP/Vista
Delete Calculator
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Character Map
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete ClipBook Viewer
Windows XP had clipbrd.exe referred to as the Clipboard Viewer or the ClipBook Viewer, which could be used to see what was saved on your clipboard.
OS: XP
Delete Connect to a Projector
OS: 7
Delete Debug
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Default Music
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Default Pictures
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Default Video
OS: Vista/7 Delete DirectX Diagnostic Tool
DxDiag ("DirectX Diagnostics") is a diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality and troubleshoot video- or sound-related hardware problems.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Disk Cleanup
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Disk Defragmenter
OS: XP/Vista/7 Delete Error Reporting Service
OS: XP
Delete Extras and Upgrades
OS: Vista
Delete Fast User Switching Compatibility Service
OS: XP
Delete Fax Service
OS: Vista/7
Delete Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
OS: XP
Delete Games
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Help
Deletes the help information of an operating system.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Hotfix Files Copies
When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup, driver, or feature pack installs GDR (general distribution release) version files, are also copied the hotfix files. This supports migration to the appropriate files if you later install a hotfix or service pack that includes earlier versions of these files. For example, consider the following scenario:
1. You apply a security update that installs a GDR version of File.dll with a version number of 1.1 and copies a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of 1.1.
2. You apply a hotfix that includes a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of 1.0.
In this scenario the hotfix installation in step 2 installs the hotfix version of File.dll (version number 1.1) from the copy instead of the hotfix version of File.dll (version number 1.0) from the hotfix package.
OS: XP
Delete HyperTerminal
OS: XP
Delete IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
OS: XP
Delete Indexing Service
OS: XP
Delete Messenger Service
OS: XP
Delete MS-DOS Editor
MS-DOS Editor is a text editor that comes with MS-DOS and 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. Editor can be launched by typing it into the Run command dialog on Windows, and by typing edit into the command-line interface (usually cmd.exe). Edit is still included in later versions of Windows such as Windows XP and Windows Vista 32 bit.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete MSN Explorer
OS: XP
Delete NetworkProjection
OS: Vista/7
Delete Notepad
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Outlook Express
OS: XP
Delete Paint
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Performance Logs and Alerts Service
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Portable Media Serial Number Service
OS: XP
Delete Print Spooler Service
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Private Character Editor
OS: 7
Delete Program Manager
Program Manager is the shell of Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x operating systems. This shell exposed a task-oriented graphical user interface (GUI), consisting of icons (shortcuts for programs) arranged into program groups.
In later versions of Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Program Manager was replaced by Windows Explorer as the shell, though Windows 95 gave the user an opportunity to choose which shell they preferred during setup. For backward compatibility with old applications, Program Manager was still included in later versions of Windows. It can be accessed by executing PROGMAN.EXE from the command line or Run dialog.
OS: XP
Delete Remote Assistance
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Remote Desktop Connection
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Screen Savers
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Secondary Logon Service
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Service Pack Files Copy
Delete Smart Cards ServicesOS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Snipping Tool
OS: Vista/7
Delete Sounds
Deletes the default Windows theme event sound files.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Sound Recorder
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete SSDP Discovery Service
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Sticky Notes
OS: 7
Delete Synchronize/Sync Center
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete System Configuration Editor
This is an old special plain text editor from way back in the Windows 3.x days (as I recall), that can be used to look over and edit all of your text type configuration files at one time.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete System Information
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete System Restore
System Restore monitors changes to your system allowing you to roll-back to previous configurations.
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Tablet PC
OS: Vista/7
Delete Task Scheduler
OS: XP
Delete Uninterruptible Power Supply
OS: XP
Delete Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete Volume Control
OS: XP
Delete Windows Calendar
OS: Vista
Delete Windows Chat
Windows Chat is a simple LAN-based text chatting program included in the Windows NT-line of operating systems.
OS: XP
Delete Windows Defender
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows DVD Maker
OS: 7
Delete Windows Easy Transfer
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows Error Reporting Service
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows Fax and Scan
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows File Protection
Windows File Protection (WFP) is a technology included in Windows to prevent programs from replacing critical Windows system files. Protecting core system files prevents problems such as DLL hell with programs and the operating system.
When Windows File Protection is active, replacing or deleting a system file that has no file lock to prevent it from being overwritten causes Windows to immediately and silently restore the original copy of the file. The original version of the file is restored from a cached folder which contains backup copies of these files.
OS: XP
Delete Windows Live Messenger Download
OS: Vista
Delete Windows Mail
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows Meeting Space
OS: Vista
Delete Windows Media Center
OS: Vista/7 Delete Windows Messenger
OS: XP
Delete Windows Movie Maker
OS: XP/Vista
Delete Windows Photo Gallery
OS: Vista
Delete Windows Photo Viewer
OS: 7
Delete Windows PowerShell
OS: 7
Delete Windows Search Service
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows Sidebar
OS: Vista/7
Delete Windows Time Service
OS: XP/Vista/7 Delete Wireless Zero Configuration Service
OS: XP
Delete WordPad
OS: XP/Vista/7
Delete XPS Viewer
OS: 7