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    New dv2500, which bloatware programs to uninstall?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by OutsideTheBun, Nov 30, 2007.

  1. OutsideTheBun

    OutsideTheBun Newbie

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    Hi, my new dv2500t shipped today (almost 9 days early from when it was expected to ship).

    Anyways, I notice a lot of bloatware on the notebook and I don't know which ones to keep and which to remove (except for the obvious ones like WildTangent and such).

    Can someone give me a rundown of some programs I should uninstall? I was planning on doing a clean Vista install but I don't feel like reinstalling drivers and stuff. I am aware I'm not completely getting rid of the bloatware but I'm happy to just uninstall a lot of it.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    OutsideTheBun, Nov 30, 2007
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  2. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here are some of them that i can remember off the top of my head:
    Vongo
    Online Services
    realplayer
    disable hp advisor
    Norton
     
    timtravel42, Nov 30, 2007
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    Clutch66 Notebook Consultant

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    Reinstalling drivers is much easier than getting rid of all the bloatware.
     
    Clutch66, Nov 30, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    yeah clutch is right, you should definitely look into doing the clean install
    (i wish i could do one, but i don't have the cd/dvd)
     
    timtravel42, Nov 30, 2007
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your best bet is to do a reformat and do a clean install of the OS
     
    gridtalker, Nov 30, 2007
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    fishcube Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm in the same scenerio. Ordered dv9500t and want to uninstall bloatware. I will be keeping Norton as we ordered the 15mon subscription with it. We've had Norton on our current Notebook and it works great.

    I don't care to reinstall drivers. I just want to uninstall bloatware.

    OutsideTheBun, what was your built by date when you ordered? Mine is Dec 7th and am hoping they ship early.
     
    fishcube, Nov 30, 2007
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  7. OutsideTheBun

    OutsideTheBun Newbie

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    Thanks for the tips guys, however, the other reason why I don't want to do a fresh install is because I don't have the upgrade disc needed. However, I might buy it. My question is, does uninstalling the bloatware programs get rid of them or do I have to mess with the registery and all that?

    And to the above poster, my build date was December 4th, 2007, and I got my laptop yesterday morning, November 29th.
     
    OutsideTheBun, Dec 1, 2007
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  8. fishcube

    fishcube Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow thats fast processing and shipping. Comparing your dates to ours, we'd get ours on Tues 12/4, with a build date of 12/7. And its not shipped yet so won't get here by then. I wish though! What date did yours actually ship?
     
    fishcube, Dec 2, 2007
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  9. garetjax

    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    How do you go about doing that?
     
    garetjax, Dec 2, 2007
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