HP dv9843cl Crapware

1. I will be replacing NIS 2008 trial with another product.
2. Uninstalled Hewlett-Packard's Games.
3. Uninstalled "Slim Family" whatever, 2.5GB of a useless game. Who at Hewlett-Packard makes the stupid decision to include such crap.
4. Uninstalled MSFT Office trial, replaced with REAL MSFT Office.
5. Uninstalled MSFT Works.

6. Can I uninstall AOL Instant Messaging Service?
7. Hewlett-Packard Easy Internet Signup?
8. What is Slingbox? Uninstall?
9. How do I get rid of everything related to the OnLine SErvices Directory?

10. What other crap can be removed?

 

6. unless you use it, then uninstall.
7. You're posting here, so I assume you have internet and do not need dial-up service?
8. slingbox is something about TV on your computer, but you need the slingbox hardware hooked up. Uninstall it.
9. I'd say just do a clean install.

 

AOL Instant Messaging is not listed in Add/Remove programs.

So, I can uninstall "HP Easy Setup - Frontend"?

That would apply to Slingbox Flash Tour and SlingPlayer, n'est-ce pas?

Not an option. Too many changes already made.

 

It takes me about 2.5 hours in total to do a clean install....

About AOL IM, Try ccleaner's "tools" it has an uninstaller.

Yes you can uninstall HP Easy Setup. The first few days I had my HP, I uninstalled all the HP programs.

Remove that slingbox crap.

 

The issue is not the install, rather the time to add my changes.

I do not trust registry cleaner's.

Does that apply to installing the system, or just the Internet and Digital Services?

As we speak, the deed is in progress.

 

2.5 hours = clean install + adding my software then following the vista tweaks guide in the windows forum. Then I just let it sit there updating.

And about the HP programs....anything that had HP in the name, I removed.

edit: here's something that might help

edit2: ccleaner discussion

 

I'm not after a clean install, not worth the time.
It would take a heck of a lot more than 2.5 hours to add my software and hardware.

The Vlink to the "Vista tweaks guide" does not link to the guide.

I'd first check them out one at a time.
Uninstallin the HP Easy Setup makes the Internet & Digital Services icon inoperative, but sure leaves a ton of files behind.

Ayup, that's useful.

Such discussions have gone on for years, they do not convince me.
I have particular concerns about a well known cleaner, but cannot discuss this for legal reasons.

 

that's the problem. Just uninstalling software leaves a ton of files behind.

here's the tweaks guide, it's also #6 in the guide i linked before.
you can PM me about the ccleaner issues.

 

Thanx fer pointing me to the guide.

FYI: My religion forbids to either send or respond with PM.