Hey All,
 
So last night after trying to figure out how to get Darksiders 2 to stop stuttering with vsync enabled, I came upon a couple of forums suggesting the use of D3Doverrider to fix the issue. So I proceeded to download and install Rivatuner (D3DOverrider is part of the Rivatuner package) and give it s try. That didn't work at all, so I wanted to remove Rivatuner completely from my system. I used the Rivatuner uninstall and deleted all folders related to the program. All has been removed from the C drive and nothing shows up in the Programs list for Rivatuner
 
I am now concerned that something may be left behind in the Registry and do not want anything on my PC that would hinder performance at all. I am not too keen on deleting items from the Registry, however I would give it a shot.
 
Can I simply use CTRL-F to search the registry for "Rivatuner" and delete all folders related to that program? Are there only certain Rivatuner folders I should be deleting?
 
Thanks a lot  :)

My other option would be to do a system restore back to Sunday 8/12/2012 as I installed Rivatuner last night 8/14. The only issue with that is, the restore point on 8/12 says Critical Update beside it. If I restore back to 8/12 will the remove the "Critical Update"? Will the update auto install again??

Will the updates install automatically as I have auto updates on for Win7 or will I have to search and remember which ones I have to reinstall. My only concern would be that I install the either the wrong updates or double install the same ones and bog my system down.

Ok so did a restore to 8/12/2012 and now auto update is telling me to install the files again, which is fine, however when I look at the install history the ones that installed ont the 12th and today are saying installed successfully. Will I be installing over them? Or does the update history not get rolled back to the restore date ?

checked for updates and it pulled in the 10 updates published yesterday. Issue is now I see double the updates in my view update list. The same ones that were published yesterday are there twice and I can't find any updates later then 7/11/2012 in the installed list   :(

Very odd. My system shows every time that I updated in the "view updates" all the way back to 9/11/2011. However our "installed" screens are identical

I have not created a new image yet however I will. I just find it very weird that my Update History shows every single update that Win7 has downloaded. The ones published yesterday show up twice (each) in that list of updates. The only restore point I had was for 8/12. 
 
I had already downloaded and installed the 9 or 10 updates that were published on 8/14 before I did the restore. When I got home after work I decided to run the restore. So I assume that would mean that I would lose those 9 or 10 updates and would have to re-install them again. After the restore I went into the view updates history and they were already in the list as being "successful" however when I ran the "check for updates" option the 9 updates where there and required me to do the whole restart install deal. 
 
Now when I look in the view updates field I see double of the updates that were published yesterday. 
 
Does the view history tab keep track of ALL updates regardless of restore points??
 
Sorry for the long winded novel.....I appreciate your help  :)

Sound rights. The system image was for 8/12 and those updates did not require installation again. I just find it strange that Windows informed me that I needed to re install the 9 updates that came out yesterday again. I assume that is because I restored back to 8/12 and the new updates didn't even exist at that time. It's strange that the View Updates tab shows that I have downloaded the same updates twice, even though the install screen shows that I have only installed them once. Maybe View Update History shows all update history regardless of restore points

Thought you might find this interesting. Same question I had pretty much exactly...lol
 
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-windows_update/restore-and-windows-update/feb660e4-b3a6-4a84-b5c0-a07fa8ff2961
 
Thanks very much for your input and advice. It is VERY much appreciated. 
 
Oh and thanks for listening to my paranoid rants...hahaha