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    What Factory programs slow down the T61 the MOST???

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Blue Diamond, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. Blue Diamond

    Blue Diamond Notebook Evangelist

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    im talking about the software that comes with the lenovos straight outta the box, do you guys know which programs or processes really slow down the load time of XP or the running performance?
     
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  2. Arki

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    There's an IE add-on that slows IE start up to like 30 seconds. Part of Client Security I think.

    An old post of mine:

     
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    msb0b Notebook Consultant

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    Client Security and Norton without a doubt.
     
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  4. Blue Diamond

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    hmm, interesting.
     
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    lol, i already deleted it.... it took like 10 min to delete, what in the world?

    then i replaced it with AVG antivirus free version and ad aware 2007 w/ zone alarm on top of all that, heh.
     
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    I've seen there updater take 40% of a Core 2 T5700; LENOVO STOP IT!
     
    BrendaEM, Apr 2, 2008
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    my god, is there any way to disable it?
     
    Blue Diamond, Apr 3, 2008
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