WO2002006991A3 - Method and apparatus for automatically uninstalling software on a network - Google Patents

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WO2002006991A3
WO2002006991A3 PCT/US2001/022150 US0122150W WO0206991A3 WO 2002006991 A3 WO2002006991 A3 WO 2002006991A3 US 0122150 W US0122150 W US 0122150W WO 0206991 A3 WO0206991 A3 WO 0206991A3
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The present invention is for an apparatus, method and computer readable software medium executable by a processor for automatically uninstalling software applications resident on a plurality of computer terminals in a network. The invention preferably includes a detection module, a generation module, and a transmission module operating on a computer attached to a network. The detection module identifies the executable steps which are required to uninstall a software application from the model computer. The generation module creates a self-executing uninstall package using the executable steps identified by the detection module. The transmission module transmits the self-executing uninstall package to each of the terminals in the network containing the software application which is to be uninstalled. Upon arriving at a terminal, the self-executing uninstall package automatically executes and removes the software application from the terminal.
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