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    V2000 Removing Bloatware?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by PanamaMike, May 14, 2006.

  1. PanamaMike

    PanamaMike Notebook Evangelist

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    There's more that I could have imagined.
    How do I get rid of it? More specifically the bloatware that has shortcuts on the desktop.

    My guess is the SWSetup directory has most of the goodies. However, there also seems to be some actual useful software in that same directory.

    Any suggestions.

    Regards,

    Mike
     
    PanamaMike, May 14, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try running ccleaner. Also you could go into add and remove programs and get rid of some of them there.
    Tim
     
    Tim, May 14, 2006
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  3. PanamaMike

    PanamaMike Notebook Evangelist

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    I checked out CCleaner and it doesn't seem to have an option for removing software that's not in the add remove section. Any other suggestions?

    Mike
     
    PanamaMike, May 15, 2006
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