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    New R61i. Separating the bloatware from necessities (screenshots of add/remove programs inside)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by plunk10, Aug 23, 2008.

  1. plunk10

    plunk10 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, under my suggestion, the lady and her family purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad R61i . It has the nice hardware goodies along with XP Professional, but **** does this thing ever have bloatware.

    I'm planning to probably keep the few items marked ThinkVantage at the bottom, but what else is generally useless from the installed programs.

    What should I remove?

    Also, for the record, the lappy will be used mostly by very novice users.

    Here are the add/remove screenshots:

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    plunk10, Aug 23, 2008
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  2. chen

    chen Notebook Deity

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    I would also like to have someone who has the knowledge to help us identify the programs that are useless and should be removed....I have no idea too which programs are necessary and which ones aren't
     
    chen, Aug 23, 2008
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  3. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    Thread moved to Windows OS and Software.
     
    Arki, Aug 23, 2008
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    swarmer beep beep

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    Why? This really belongs in the Lenovo forum, where people will be familiar with the programs Lenovo preinstalls.
     
    swarmer, Aug 24, 2008
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    Thread moved back to Lenovo / IBM.
     
    Arki, Aug 24, 2008
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    If it was me, I would remove...

    Diskeeper Lite (replace with JKDefrag)
    Lenovo Registration
    PC Doctor 5
    Picasa 2
    Windows Live Toolbar

    The rest is really up to the user's needs.
     
    Arki, Aug 24, 2008
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