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    Question about HP bloatware

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Goblinmatt, Nov 10, 2008.

  1. Goblinmatt

    Goblinmatt Notebook Geek

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    I just got my new DV7T and im a bit overwhelmed by all the crap thats on it :p Im not/cant do a clean install so please dont suggest it. Does anyone know which programs are totally useless/crap? I dont want to start uninstalling stuff to find out my webcam, fingerprint reader etc. is not working.

    Thanks
     
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    On your hard drive, there should be a folder called SWSetup. That folder contains installers for all the programs on your laptop, so even if you delete a program and something stops working, you can reinstall it.
     
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    This is my first laptop and I really dont want to mess anything up. Plus, dont I need some of this bloatware for the webcam, mouse scroll etc? Redownloading it will be just a big of a pain.
     
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    that's correct, the recovery disk is what you are already seeing so I don't know why anyone would think the RD would be cleaner...

    You would just need a clean retail version and save your SWSetup folder somewhere so you can reinstall what you need..

    I guess the question would be if the retail version would work with the HP's.

    I heard that the HP's use SLIC BIOS or something like that so Vista will read the BIOS for your serial# so you don't have to activate it..

    I just don't know if the retail version is setup to do that?
     
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    You don't have to redownload....it's already on your hard drive...just look for the SWsetup folder.
    did you even click on the link that was posted?

    Clean bloatware free install using h.p recovery dvd
     
    Harper2.0, Nov 10, 2008
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    I never said the recovery disk didn't contain bloatware.

    Click on the link that I posted. ;)
     
    Vladk1000, Nov 10, 2008
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