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    Preinstalled software zx5000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mikeeve, Aug 26, 2004.

  1. mikeeve

    mikeeve Newbie

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    Lots of preinstalled sw on the zx5000. Much of which I have never heard. Any preinstalled sw you found worth keeping? Any hidden software I should delete? If I do a reformat and reinstall from the HP disks, will I have an option to not install the junk? [} :)]
     
    mikeeve, Aug 26, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    The HP Restore CD's should consist of 1 XP OS CD and 1 Application/Driver CD. If you have these 2 CD's, you can install the OS with CD#1 and then selectively install the APPS/Drivers from CD#2. Usually, all the apps included are pretty much useless, except for the AntiVirus software.

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    Venombite, Aug 27, 2004
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  3. SalD

    SalD Notebook Consultant

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    Yea I said the same thing when I got mine. I got rid of some stuff. But there is a sh*t load of apps running on startup that I don't want to remove from msconfig cause they are all HP files. I know half of them can be disabled but with my luck ill choose the wrong one.
     
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