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    Getting rid of Acer bundled software

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gll5dm, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. gll5dm

    gll5dm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi folks.

    Bought myself a new laptop today, but, like with all Acer laptops, it is full of that rubbish preloaded software from Acer that I totally don't need!

    I'm not too sure how to get rid of it all though. Is it OK to just remove via add/remove programs?

    Or will I be required to create a backup disk and then reinstall without all that crap?

    Thanks!
     
    gll5dm, Aug 22, 2007
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  2. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    Yes, removing them from the Add/Remove programs is the way to do it.
    Usually all laptops come with a recovery partition or disc to restore it to when you first got the laptop so you will not need to make a backup.
    The best way is to do a fresh install but that takes a lot of time to find all the drivers and software needed for you laptop to function correctly.
     
    allan_huang, Aug 22, 2007
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    usair Notebook Guru

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    Having experience with the 3680 only,

    you can remove every Acer softwares

    including Power Management because

    Vista give all the choices. You will find

    a lot better media players online too :D
     
    usair, Aug 22, 2007
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    usair Notebook Guru

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    My 3680 didn't come with a

    recovery disc by the way :(

    just Windows upgade disc :mad:
     
    usair, Aug 22, 2007
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  5. gll5dm

    gll5dm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah same I wanted a recovery disk more than an upgrade one!!! :(
     
    gll5dm, Aug 22, 2007
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