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    Pre-loaded programs by Sony

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by raptorstv, Dec 10, 2010.

  1. raptorstv

    raptorstv Notebook Guru

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    Which pre-installed programs from Sony are very useless that I should get rid of?
     
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    zanyad Notebook Enthusiast

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    most of them do something useful and you may find you need to use one of them at some point. the problem i found was that so many of them load themselves into memory at startup even though i may only need it once or twice a year. so i'd recommend unchecking those programs you dont use in the startup tab of msconfig and only uninstall if you really need the hdd space.

    cheers.
     

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    may i ask what does Elbserver do?
     
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    as well as ISB utility
     
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    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    Elbserver - part of Sony's Multi-media software - Personally I un-installed it.
    ISB Utility checks/verifies your battery (original Sony etc) - That will come as part of the Sony Utilities series (usually required for your various special function keys).
    The recommendation above makes good sense - just try the disable method - if no impacts to how you want to use your system, then make the choice to keep/uninstall.
    Your other option is a clean install (always better) but Sony does have specific order for Driver installation to make the function button etc work properly.
     
    J&SinKTO, Dec 11, 2010
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