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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 881448" data-attributes="member: 31436">I&#039;ve just been testing HiBit Uninstaller and comparing it to IObit.&nbsp; I uninstalled a few programs and was extremely impressed with HiBit.&nbsp; Every time, it found significantly more leftovers than IObit did, with what appeared to be zero false positives.&nbsp; After rebooting some of the USB ports on my computer were not working.&nbsp; I opened Device Manager and there an error with one of the USB drivers.&nbsp; I uninstalled the device in Device Manager and then did a scan for hardware changes,&nbsp; to make Windows install a driver for it again.&nbsp; Afterwards it was working fine.&nbsp; I presume the device error happened as a result of uninstalling a universal Android ADB driver and some phone management software (Wondershare&#039;s dr.fone), rather than anything deleted by HiBit, as there appeared to be no false positives in its scan results.&nbsp; But I thought I should mention it.Based on my (fairly limited) testing, it would seem that most likely,&nbsp; HiBit will always find more leftovers.&nbsp; However, I presume that unlike IObit it can not continue where it left off from, after a reboot.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve just emailed the developer to see if he can add such a feature.Having said that, I still believe that using snapshots is the best option, so I&#039;ll keep using Total Uninstall on my main computer.IOBit Uninstaller v9.5.0 was released a few days ago and the Install Monitor is now included in the free version.If you don&#039;t want to spend money on an uninstaller which uses snapshots, I&#039;d recommending using both IObit Uninstaller and HiBit.&nbsp; IObit will automatically monitor the install of a lot of software and keep a record of the changes made, so it can be used to cleanly uninstall the software.&nbsp; If IObit monitors a program&#039;s installation, use it to uninstall the software, as it will have a record of any files and registry keys created when the software was installed.&nbsp; For programs that IObit fails to monitor, uninstall then with HiBit, as it will find more leftovers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 881448, member: 31436"] I've just been testing HiBit Uninstaller and comparing it to IObit. I uninstalled a few programs and was extremely impressed with HiBit. Every time, it found significantly more leftovers than IObit did, with what appeared to be zero false positives. After rebooting some of the USB ports on my computer were not working. I opened Device Manager and there an error with one of the USB drivers. I uninstalled the device in Device Manager and then did a scan for hardware changes, to make Windows install a driver for it again. Afterwards it was working fine. I presume the device error happened as a result of uninstalling a universal Android ADB driver and some phone management software (Wondershare's dr.fone), rather than anything deleted by HiBit, as there appeared to be no false positives in its scan results. But I thought I should mention it. Based on my (fairly limited) testing, it would seem that most likely, HiBit will always find more leftovers. However, I presume that unlike IObit it can not continue where it left off from, after a reboot. But I've just emailed the developer to see if he can add such a feature. Having said that, I still believe that using snapshots is the best option, so I'll keep using Total Uninstall on my main computer. IOBit Uninstaller v9.5.0 was released a few days ago and the Install Monitor is now included in the free version. If you don't want to spend money on an uninstaller which uses snapshots, I'd recommending using both IObit Uninstaller and HiBit. IObit will automatically monitor the install of a lot of software and keep a record of the changes made, so it can be used to cleanly uninstall the software. If IObit monitors a program's installation, use it to uninstall the software, as it will have a record of any files and registry keys created when the software was installed. For programs that IObit fails to monitor, uninstall then with HiBit, as it will find more leftovers. [/QUOTE]

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