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    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jack222, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. jack222

    jack222 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an xpsm1530. I have heard people going on about the software dell puts on your laptop before it sends....

    what can i safely remove from control panel to make run better?
     
    jack222, Sep 13, 2008
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    MystiklMayhem Notebook Consultant

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    Honestly, not much or none. Dell ships with pretty much 0 bloatware. i just removed mcafee, did a disk cleanup, and removed shadowcopies after about the first week of using and transfering files from old laptop.
     
    MystiklMayhem, Sep 13, 2008
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    SamRQ Notebook Guru

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    remove quickset and useless start up programs using msconfig.
     
    SamRQ, Sep 14, 2008
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    fonduekid JSUTAONHTERBIRCKINTEHWLAL

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    I agress with Mystik...

    However you could use msconfig to turn off some program' from startup.. programs that u dont need at startup, but which can be anyway turned on when you need... many things like dell support center, quickset (like Sam said), etc etc... for a general idea check Les' sticky in windows forum... and browse through... or get us a screen shot or something and people can help u :) good luck.
     
    fonduekid, Sep 14, 2008
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    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    You can safely remove whatever you don't need from the list of apps in the Control Panel. You'll have to decide that; if you're unsure, I'd suggest just leaving them alone for the time being. Do as has been suggested already by stopping useless startup programs with msconfig. You can also switch to manual, or disable unnecessary Services (services.msc). BlackViper is one site which can help with this (there are others, but this is my favorite); it's possible not only to stop Services you don't need, but also allow your machine to make better use of its RAM.
     
    bmwrob, Sep 14, 2008
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