Problem Installing SpywareGuard

Hi,
Windows XP Home
IE6/Firefox 0.8

For quite some time I noticed I was not getting any new updates for my SpywareGuard when I clicked on the Update. I decided to remove the old program and download a new SpywareGuard as a 'refresher".

Using Add/Remove I tried to remove the Program and was informed that all components could not be removed. Using Search I tried to delete what was found and, for example, sgbhp.exe v2.2.0.2 which I installed 8/29/03 cannot be deleted. I get the "Cannot Delete sgbhp: access is denied, make sure disk is not full......etc"

I tried downloading the latest version from the download site and, as recommended because I have Windows XP, tried to download the "minimal" setup.

In my Programs>SpywareGuard Folder are these files:

sgbhp.exe (8/29/30
dlprotect.dll
dlbdata1backup.dtb
dlbdata2backup.dtb
config.ini
sglog.txt

I'm not sure what I can do at this point except use my System Restore but I thought it best to post here before doing anything else.

I can see that my Desktop Icons for SpywareGuard Update and the other for the SpywareGuard .exe have been removed.

Any advice would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Telstar

 

UPDATE

Ok, might be ok now. I went back to Downloads and installed the v2.2 Full Setup. The installation went smoothly and after clicking on LiveUpdate the program received the updates.

I see in the Program Folder an unins000.dat file. I assume that by clicking on that I would receive or put into motion a clean uninstall of the SpywareGuard program if I ever wanted to remove it?

Which brings up the age old question....if a new version of SpywareGuard comes out would I uninstall the old version or can the newer version be installed over the old one?

Thanks,
Telstar

 

Thanks LowWaterMark, your information was very informative.
Yep, makes sense to me now that indeed the Program was active and running when I tried to do the uninstall and this was prohibitive to that process.

I'll follow your advice and that found in your supplied links for the next new version installation.

Thank you,
Telstar