After installing Win Service pack 2 on my computer which has Windows
XP Home, I had trouble with my IP addresses
and was having a lot of trouble connecting to cable internet.  One
thing I tried was to hit "uninstall" for McAffee VirusScan.  SOMETHING
happened, but the uninstall was obviously incomplete.  I have two
problems now.  1.  Whenever I start the computer the McAffee logo
comes up for a few seconds and then I get an error message saying
something like "Error, could not initialize tray icon."  Second, when
I go to "Add or Remove  Programs" it shows McAffee VirusScan there,
but DOES NOTHING when I hit the "Change or Remove" button.  If I just
re-download McAffee Virus Scan I am afraid I will mess things up more.
 So how do I get rid of the remnants of McAffee?  Or SHOULD I just
re-install it as a download, and will that get rid of everything I
don't want?

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 01 Oct 2004 14:36 PDT

dangeisler-ga:

When an uninstall fails like you've described, often the only thing
you can do is run the installation for that program again to fully
re-install the application, then uninstall it again.