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    deleting some programs

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Rubberman, Feb 26, 2005.

  1. Rubberman

    Rubberman Notebook Consultant

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    any harm in deleting MS WOrks 7.0? I dont use the calendar, wordprocessor or spreadsheet cause i use OfficeXP. Also there is an HP PSC & Officejet3.0 that is taking up 103mb. What is that and can i delete it? I dont use any HP printers. Just trying to clean up the laptop. thanks
     
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  2. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    That is what I did: I removed the 'drivers' that I didn't need and the software, trial ware, and other software that was loaded. If you don't know exactly what to delete the alternative is to call tech support (which I did) or reinstall the OS and install only what you need. You will be amazed in performance after a lot of junk is uninstalled. Don't forget to Defrag afterwards.

    Dell Inspiron 6000
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    512 MB RAM
    60 GB HD
    Wireless B/G
    DVD/CD-RW
    9 Cell Battery x 2
    Mozilla Firefox Browser
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    i thought Leo and Patrick from the old Screensavers said that defrag made no overall improvement from notdoing it.
     
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    Anecdotally it improves performance. It may be less of a factor in Higher RPM drives.

    Dell Inspiron 6000
    1.6 GHZ Centrino (Sonoma)
    WUXGA 15.4" WS
    512 MB RAM
    60 GB HD
    Wireless B/G
    DVD/CD-RW
    9 Cell Battery x 2
    Mozilla Firefox Browser
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    Palmone Tungsten C/WIFI
     
    titaniummd, Feb 27, 2005
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  5. DaGreek

    DaGreek Notebook Evangelist

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    Defraging dose help, its not a larger difference but if you don't mind letting it run time to time then its not going to hurt anything.

    Compaq R3000T (CTO)
    P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
    2 X 1024MB RAM
    Radeon 9600 128MB
    60GB 7,200RPM HD
    AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115
     
    DaGreek, Feb 27, 2005
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