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    New F3JR Asus Software Questions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by EKwagon, Apr 3, 2007.

  1. EKwagon

    EKwagon Newbie

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    Hi Everyone, I have just purchased my first Notebook, an ASUS J3JR and was wondering what OEM software I shouod keep running and what I can turn off, the OS is Vista Home Premium and OneCare, with Office 2007, and I am running through wireless DSL internet connection.
    I simply have no idea what to keep and what to loose?? any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Matt
     
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  2. _radditz_

    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    Asus is usually quite good with crapware and it should be minimal. However, you will have Norton slowing down your computer and moving it slowly towards the inevitable BSOD.

    My advise would be to remove Norton Antivirus and replace with AVG Free and ZoneAlarm, both of these are free and work very well (ive been using them for ages).

    Apart from that this question has been answered before, do a search on the forum.
     
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  3. MilestonePC.com

    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    Aside from removing Norton as radditz mentioned, you will also want to remove Asus Live Update. You may also want to look into whether you want
    to keep Splendid software, this is your choice.

    Some people find their notebook to be sluggish when they first recieve it, so some just resort to a clean install of Windows and then insert the driver CD and then installed the drivers and utilities they want. From there they will proceed with installing their own applications.

    You will also want to consider adjusting the partition size, converting to NTFS, you can use Partition Magic to help.
     
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