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    What to remove on a new TZ90S

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jack sparrow, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. jack sparrow

    jack sparrow Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all,

    I just received the Sony TZ90S. It has installed Vista Home Premium, and cause I'm not practical with Vista, I would like to know what you guys remove from your TZ.
    Also what did you remove from the VAIO Utilities?

    Vista:
    Windows Media Center
    Windows Media Player
    Windows Photo Gallery
    Windows Movie Maker
    Windows Calendar
    Windows Defender

    VAIO:
    VAIO AV Mode
    VAIO Control Center
    VAIO Camera Utility
    VAIO Hardware Diagnostic
    VAIO HDD Protection
    VAIO Battery Checker
    VAIO Power Managment
    VAIO Status Monitor


    I took the SSD/DVD option, what are the indispensable programs to install?

    Cheers!
     
    jack sparrow, Aug 23, 2007
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  2. jjahshik32

    jjahshik32 Notebook Deity

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    hey I was wondering can you control your brightness settings by pressing fn and the f6? I remember I could do that at first but i uninstalled something and now I cant get that back.. make sure u know which one is which..
     
    jjahshik32, Aug 23, 2007
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  3. exetlaios

    exetlaios Notebook Evangelist

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    It depends what you really need and what you like.

    Personally i deleted most of Vaio Utilities, i kept only Vaio Battery checker, Power Managment and AV Mode.
    Again, for the SSD install what you really need because the storage is small. I have Office, Ad-Aware, AVG,Firefox,Skype and some other stuff.
     
    exetlaios, Aug 24, 2007
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  4. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    I only removed the most buggy application:

    VISTA

    ;)
     
    Phil, Aug 24, 2007
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