I am quasi-comp literate, my buddy just got a toshiba laptop w/ Vista & a TON of bundleware. SO I am charged with the task of streamlining it. But I'm totally confused. Can anyone point me to a tweaking site for Vista? Also recommend what to do - I can't find how to remove unwanted software since what was "add/remove" is now only "add"! Also a list of boot up services & task manager process(for Vista) would be good.
2007-08-07 03:52:34 · 2 answers · asked by Beavistron 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
"Add/remove programs" is now called "programs and features". But you could try PC Decrapifier (http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/), just be sure to right click it and "run as administrator" ro give it full privilages. IT makes uninstalling bundleware easy!
2007-08-07 04:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by Heh? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Vista, the Add/Remove Programs has been changed to "Programs and Features". You will find it in the "Control Panel".
To clean up the Windows "Start up", do the same as you would in XP. Click Start>Run, in the Run box, type "msconfig" without the quotes and the click the "Start Up" tab. Remove the check from any and all programs that you do not want to load with Windows.
Allot of the bundled software that comes with the computer is not installed so you can simply delete it.
2007-08-07 11:01:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋