If you're at this page, you must be having some uninstall difficulties. We're truly sorry and assure you that we're working diligently to clear up all known problems. If you haven't already, please take a moment and submit feedback about the problem you are experiencing so we can take care of your specific issue.

In the meantime, if you don't want to wait for a fix from us, the manual uninstall instructions are below. Please read and follow them carefully.

There are three uninstall steps. According to feedback we're receiving, Step 1 is the most problematic for the automated uninstaller (meaning that of those few people who choose to manually uninstall, most don't need to do Step 2 or Step 3).

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STEP 1 - Startup Group

NOTE: If you installed with version 1.3.1 or newer, there is a file named SpeedBootUninstall.bat in your Windows\System32 (or Windows\System directory on Windows 95/98/ME) that will perform Step 1 for you completely.

Find the folder that contains your Startup group. Probably the easiest way to do this is:

For non-Windows XP

  • Right click on the task bar
  • Click on 'Properties' on the displayed menu
  • Click the Advanced tab
  • Click the Advanced button.
  • These steps will open Explorer to the Start Menu folder. From here you can open Programs and then open Startup.

    For Windows XP
  • Right click on the Start button
  • Click on 'Properties' on the displayed menu
  • Select the Start Menu tab
  • Click the 'Classic Start menu' radio button (you can click back to 'Start menu' when you're done here if you like)
  • Click the Customize button
  • Click the Advanced button

    In the Startup directory you may see files whose names ends in '.SpeedBoot'. Simply rename the files removing the .SpeedBoot from the filename. For example, if you see 'Mouse.lnk.SpeedBoot', rename it to 'Mouse.lnk'. When you do this, you'll notice the file turns into a normal short-cut.

    If you are on an operating system the support multiple usernames, backup a few directories and see if you see a directory named "All Users". If you do, go into it and look for Start Menu\Programs\Startup and perform the same rename actions.

    This is the end of Step 1, and from the feedback we're receiving, the only part of the manual process users need to do if they've had uninstall problems.

    STEP 2 - Internet Explorer Proxy Server

    If you enabled popup and ad blocking, a setting was changed in Internet Explorer to tell it to block certain ad sites. From reports we're receiving, the uninstall has always been able to repair this setting correctly, but you can double check.

  • From an open Internet Explorer, go to Tools->Internet Options->Connections (Tab)
  • Click the LAN Settings button
  • The check box and value of 'Use automatic configuration script' should be restored to their previous values (typically the check box is not checked for a modem user. If you're on a network, it might point to a local network server). If it doesn't say something that begins with http://127.0.0.1, then SpeedBoot correctly restored the setting.
  • Click OK
  • If you have Dial-up or VPN settings, select each one then click the Settings button and verify the 'Use automatic configuration script' setting as you just did for LAN Settings above.

    STEP 3 - Registry

    The last step involves copying a few registry values from one location to another. Few users have needed to perform this step. Be sure you're comfortable with using RegEdit before doing this step as Windows can really become unstable if its registry is messed up.

  • In RegEdit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\speedboot
  • Copy each value you see (if there are any) up to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

  • In RegEdit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runservices\speedboot (some computers don't have this registry key)
  • Copy each value you see (if there are any) up to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runservices

  • In RegEdit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\speedboot
  • Copy each value you see (if there are any) up to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

    If your computer supports multiple users, go to HKEY_USERS in RegEdit and open it up. You'll see .DEFAULT and some very long registry keys that start with the letter S. Open each of these and perform the same steps as you did in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER item above.

    Finished
    The SpeedBoot uninstaller should correctly remove itself from Add/Remove programs and from the Control Panel.

    Those are all the changes that SpeedBoot makes to the system.