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    T60 what to uninstall?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Arla, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    The base T60 with Vista seems to be god-awful slow (87 processes from bootup) does anyone have a comprehensive list of what is good to uninstall/stop/disallow from running to get this machine running at a reasonable speed?
     
    Arla, Jul 11, 2007
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  2. acaurora

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    I do not have windows Vista on mine, but personally all I think you really need, if you want to have just the bare minimum would be
    -ThinkVantage productivity Center
    - Power manager
    - System update
    everything else either Windows has their own alternative for (Access Connections -> Windows built in Wireless, for example)

    If you want to ask me anything else about the software let me know.

    Keep in mind Client Security Solution / Rescue and Recovery are meant for the general consumer. if you do not have any other third party applications to perform similar tasks then I'd suggest keeping these installed.
     
    acaurora, Jul 11, 2007
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  3. furrycute

    furrycute Notebook Evangelist

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    What does the Productivity Center do exactly?

    And what does Client Security Solution do?
     
    furrycute, Jul 11, 2007
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  4. Matt

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    Productivity Center - Lenovo website
    Client Security Solution - Lenovo website

    Use Google.

    Matt
     
    Matt, Jul 11, 2007
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  5. acaurora

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    Productivity Center is what allows you to have a nice customizeable menu that pops up when you press the ThinkVantage button - shortcuts to Thinkvantage Technologies like the System update, etc.

    CSS is security - I believe it consists of Norton Internet Security, Norton Antivirus Corporate edition, and other software that I do not know exactly. It does consist of software for the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip that is inside all laptops and for the fingerprint reader (optional).

    I am sorry i cannot provide any more details - I uninstalled CSS the moment I got my T60.
     
    acaurora, Jul 11, 2007
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  6. Matt

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    It is not related to Norton.

    Matt
     
    Matt, Jul 11, 2007
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  7. acaurora

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    Oh ok. Whoops. Sorry. I blame my rapid uninstallation of almost everything when i got my T60 for the inconsistency ;)
     
    acaurora, Jul 11, 2007
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  8. furrycute

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    Thanks guys for the helpful replies!
     
    furrycute, Jul 11, 2007
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