My wife just got a new Toshiba E205 from Best Buy, and I am trying to help her identifying and get rid of the bloatware. Already downloaded PC Decrapifier and got rid of the obvious ones like Best Buy Installer, and Norton Antivirus, but not sure of the others (I'm a Mac user).
Would really appreciate it if you help me identify the following functions, and which are keepers/not-keepers:
Roxio Express Labeler
Sonic update Manager
Atheros Communications Inc AR81 Family Gigabit/Fast Eternet Driver
Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system
HDMI control manager
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader
Roxio Burn
Roxio Express Labeler 3
Toshiba Application Installer
Toshiba Assist
Toshbia Bulletin Board
Toshiba ConfigFree
Toshiba DVD player
Toshiba Extended Tiles for Windows Mobility Center
Toshiba Face Recognition
Toshiba HDD/SDD alert
Toshiba Hardware Setup
Toshiba Media Controller
Toshiba Quailty Application
Toshiba ReelTime
Toshiba Service Station
Toshbia Speech System Applications
Toshiba Speech System SR Engine
Toshiba Speech System TTS
Toshiba Supervisor Password
Toshiba USB Sleep and Charge Utility
Toshiba Value Added Package
Toshiba Web Camera Application
Toshiba eco Utility
ToshbiaRegistration
Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Sign in Assistant
Windows Live Synce
Windows Live Upload Tool
Sorry if the list is too long! Appreciate any input.
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Well, it depends, do you find any of that useful?
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I just got a new Toshiba laptop, & had the same problem. My approach has been:
1. Make recovery disks... vital step.
2. Save the folder containing all the drivers / programs.
3. Back up your activation information for Win7
4. Clean install.
5. Install drivers.
6. Install programs you need. I installed the following:
Toshiba HDD/SDD alert
Toshiba Value Added Package (minus zooming utility)
Toshiba eco Utility
Toshiba Disk Creator
PC Health Monitor
HDD Protection
Most of the rest is not necessary, even some of what I installed you can do without.
I can't over stress the importance of the first 2 steps. -
Thanks for the input. Bottom line is that I am hoping to figure out which programs are redundant (ie delete ones with functions already covered by Windows). Forgive my Windows ignorance but do I need all those "Windows Live" apps?
I already created the recovery disks using Toshiba Disk Creator. The Toshiba laptop did NOT come with a copy of Windows 7, so I am assuming I can't do a clean install?
Overall though I am impressed with the laptop and especially Windows 7 OS. -
You don't need all the Windows Live apps... I agree.
The Windows 7 threads have links to where you can download Win7 to make a disk, but it isn't essential. Just uninstall what you don't want.
Need help identifying bloatware on new Toshiba E205
Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by nikonuser3, Mar 29, 2010.