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    vista questions

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by agirlinnyc, Apr 27, 2007.

  1. agirlinnyc

    agirlinnyc Newbie

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    Thanks in advance for any advice given.

    I attempted to transfer some files from my xp to my new hp pav.dv6000t.
    It says the d drive is full, only 1% left and the c drive has 20% left.
    im defragmenting now.

    How do i get rid of all the unnecessary crapware? Its not listed in the programs/feature to remove. I trashed the icons. Is there another way I can be sure the Vonage and aol and crap is gone?

    I want to make room for firefox, spybot, and adaware se. Also-
    On xp i used zone alarm pro for a firewall, what good firewall can I use on vista?

    Thanks for any advice to this learning novice..
     
    agirlinnyc, Apr 27, 2007
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  2. sylonien

    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi.

    I'm not familiar with HP laptops, anyway but if you're harddrives are full, then defragmenting it isn't gonna help much surely? It's just re-arranging your file system and its not "making more free space" for you to install your apps.

    Well again, not sure what is pre-installed with your HP, however I would take a stab and go through the Programs and Features menu in Vista to unistall anything that you don't want. Unfortunately I dont' know how you would remove some bloatware if they are not listed. As for me for instance, I have a Sony SZ and there's some pointless crap on it, which I can't get rid off :confused:

    Firefox, spybot, ad-aware isn't gonna require huge amount of harddrive space to install. Oh and just a thought, laptops will always have a limitations on harddrive, so why not consider moving some of your large files to another medium such as an external harddrive?

    I think Zone Alarm works with Vista? I remember reading it somewhere so you could just use that instead of searching for an alternative? :)
     
    sylonien, Apr 27, 2007
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  3. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    Remove programs you don't need under ADD/REMOVE. Afterwards, delete all internet cookies, temp files. Clean the registry. I use CCleaner a free program from download.com (cnet). It will clean broken files, shortcuts, registry entries. After you do the ADD/REMOVE delete the directories the programs were on. Sometimes a program uninstalls but still has remnants of the directory and files.

    Your "D" drive is a partition where backup restore files are located. I too have a HP (dv2138). I believe that partition is about 10gb.
     
    kanehi, Apr 28, 2007
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