Uninstall vs Clean Format

Im wondering if there is a way to uninstall all the bloatware that comes with vista laptops. I know i can run a clean format to remove everything, but i would rather an alternative. Or is the only way to get most/all of the crap off by clean formatting?

 

It is the only surefire way to do it (assuming you have clean installation media, not recovery ones with the crap already included).

Everything else depends on the bloatware having properly working uninstallers, or you spending time hunting remains in the file system and registry.

 

Just do a reformat. It'll take some time (depending on your partition size) and amount of drivers but you'll have the 'Most Up-to-Date' notebook. Isn't that better than running something that probably has numerous fixes for?

 

There really is no other alternative, the bloatware leaves many registry keys where even registry cleaners can miss them also the bloatware can leave behind running resident programs, you are more prone to have some kind of problem down the road as some bloatware can or has modified certain windows dll's which can turn your computer into a mess, just have a look at how many process are running with the bloatware at idle, uninstall the bloatware and have a look at how many process running, then have a look at the process at idle after a clean install, its like night and day, go for the clean install.

 

let's say you have a glass of water.

now, let's say that someone puts several small pieces of dog poop into your glass of water.

would you rather...

1. "remove" the dog poop one by one from your glass of water

or

2. get a completely new and fresh glass of water

 

The time spent doing a clean install with Vista is going to be less than if you went through the effort of uninstalling every bit of bloatware and removing all the registry keys all other remnants on your computer. Plus, it will be cleaner

 

Well, when you put it like that i guess ill have to clean install

 

I don't know if your running a Dell but my Clean Install thread below has gotten alot of attention.

Conversely, even if you don't have a Dell, the Tweak thread will help you out alot.

 

the BEST way to put it