about bloatware.
I've been reading dell is guna load it up with garbage i dont need trailware/bloatware, and that the best way to remove it all is to re-format ?
i'm really un-easy about doing that, is there a step by step guide somewhere, or should i just be going to the add/remove panel and remove whatever?
ordered today 01/03/08
supposed to get here 01/17/08
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If I were you, I would first try going to the add/remove panel like you said and removing the extra junk. If this doesn't work, than you may wish to re-install, but you can probably get rid of the junk through the add/remove panel combined with some manual deletion.
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Theres only a few programs that dell thinks its customers might want such as google desktop, adobe reader, java, roxio burning software, dell updater software (like windows update but for dell's drivers), and maybe 1 or 2 more that i missed. Dont want google desktop uninstall it. Its not that big of a deal.
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i know with other laptops this can happen.
but if you decide to reformat and remove everything for bloatware purposes and then reload vista will your media shortcut buttons still function? -
Dell are actually one of the better vendors when it comes to bloatware. My wifes Inspiron only had a few items on it, I just uninstalled them for the time being.
You will no doubt have a 'cleaner' slate (and registry) if you re-install from scratch, but unistalling will work fine.
Just use and enjoy your new machine for a while, browse these forums and do your research. Then when you're more comfortable you can tackle a re-install if you feel it necessary. -
ride it out for now, once you really feel it's getting slow then you can format it. like every one said . there are not that many and most of them are good. you can alway un install them. just got mine 2 days ago and work very fast. I didn't remove any program and added on more
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