Uninstall PC Theft Defense Program????

Hi, I just bought this new Sony Laptop from Best Buy and installed the program PC Theft Defense program that gives you 3 years of free service in case your Laptop is stolen.   Well after installing it I realized that it wasn't something that I needed as i am disabled with a back injury and the laptop never leaves my house/side so there would be no way it could be stolen.
The reason I am writing is because the icon keeps coming up where the clock is on the right and when I tried uninstalling it from the Control Panel there is "no option to uninstall" it like all the other programs that are in my Laptop.    I deleted the programs off my C:/ drive but it keeps coming up and showing in the icon area, I know I can shut it off so it doesn't show in there but it will still be starting, at least this way I can exit it when I start my Laptop so it doesn't use up resources that don't need to be.
So is there a way to remove this software somehow??   I'd hate to have to bring it in to Best Buy for them to remove if there is an easy out for me.   I went to the PC Theft site and signed in and it said there are no computers set up for this service so I think I cancelled it somehow the right way just want it off my Laptop. Thanks, Jim

harleynh wrote:
Hi, I just bought this new Sony Laptop from Best Buy and installed the program PC Theft Defense program that gives you 3 years of free service in case your Laptop is stolen.   Well after installing it I realized that it wasn't something that I needed as i am disabled with a back injury and the laptop never leaves my house/side so there would be no way it could be stolen.
The reason I am writing is because the icon keeps coming up where the clock is on the right and when I tried uninstalling it from the Control Panel there is "no option to uninstall" it like all the other programs that are in my Laptop.    I deleted the programs off my C:/ drive but it keeps coming up and showing in the icon area, I know I can shut it off so it doesn't show in there but it will still be starting, at least this way I can exit it when I start my Laptop so it doesn't use up resources that don't need to be.
So is there a way to remove this software somehow??   I'd hate to have to bring it in to Best Buy for them to remove if there is an easy out for me.   I went to the PC Theft site and signed in and it said there are no computers set up for this service so I think I cancelled it somehow the right way just want it off my Laptop. Thanks, Jim
I wonder if its controlled on a BIOS level... If disabled in the BIOS the software won't react no more?
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harleynh wrote:
Hi, I just bought this new Sony Laptop from Best Buy and installed the program PC Theft Defense program that gives you 3 years of free service in case your Laptop is stolen.   Well after installing it I realized that it wasn't something that I needed as i am disabled with a back injury and the laptop never leaves my house/side so there would be no way it could be stolen.
The reason I am writing is because the icon keeps coming up where the clock is on the right and when I tried uninstalling it from the Control Panel there is "no option to uninstall" it like all the other programs that are in my Laptop.    I deleted the programs off my C:/ drive but it keeps coming up and showing in the icon area, I know I can shut it off so it doesn't show in there but it will still be starting, at least this way I can exit it when I start my Laptop so it doesn't use up resources that don't need to be.
So is there a way to remove this software somehow??   I'd hate to have to bring it in to Best Buy for them to remove if there is an easy out for me.   I went to the PC Theft site and signed in and it said there are no computers set up for this service so I think I cancelled it somehow the right way just want it off my Laptop. Thanks, Jim
I wonder if its controlled on a BIOS level... If disabled in the BIOS the software won't react no more?
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JustSomeGuy wrote:
Don't fall into the trap of saying "Meh, the exception will handle it". If you can forsee something easily being a problem, and it can be controlled, then control it. Save the exception handling for those things you don't forsee and those you can't control. I disagree. Or at least, I disagree with what I think you're saying.
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Last edited by Cdh (2010-06-27 20:43:51)

bernarcher wrote:
I think defensive programming, even "simple" exception handling, never was widely used. It is by no means trivial and tends to bloat the code, esp. in languages with no exception handling mechanisms built in, like C for instance.
Even using languages which do provide fairly good mechanisms for exception handling (like e.g. Eiffel, or D) it is difficult to catch edge cases in a meaningful way (other than simply finishing program execution). More often than not exceptions do not occur locally to the program part which really needs to handle the situation. And if they do they lead to more or less combinatorial explosion if not thoroughly planned. Thus, making a programm foolproof from start as "defensive programming" mandates is a tremendous effort (and not overly exciting to do).
Even if you try to handle system signals, things tend to be involved and complicated. Just have a look at theSignal Concepts in the Open Group Base Specification. Or have a look at man signal and related man pages.
This is not to state defensive programming to be fruitless. But the efforts in time (and money) are most often not taken. You can't easily show built-in defenses. Being able to get a program "just running" and showing some effects appears far more exciting.
It is like thorough testing (beyond running a unit test suite), and documenting (both software and user sides) - most desirable, but not many want to really do the works.
Well said. I can't really elaborate on this but I'd have to wholeheartedly agree.
(Sorry I can't elaborate I whenever i'm coding something thats one of the few things I try to look out for).
Last edited by Ari'osika (2010-06-28 09:49:05)

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