I bought a new HP DV6000 with Windows Vista and a whole bunch of stuff is already installed - Vista seems to boot up slow even thought I upgraded to 2gb of RAM.
Any ideas?
2007-10-16 08:45:59 · 5 answers · asked by endznow 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
most likely uninstalling preinstalled applications isnt going to help vista .. a faster harddrive may help some ..
2007-10-16 08:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a recent money maker for computer manufacturers. THey sell other companies (like AOL) the right to be intrusive on your computer. The junk comes preinstalled and it is like swimming with an anchor because of all that useless add-ins. The height of that nerve was now when HP is advertising a new computer that has as a feature the fact that they did not load it with worthless programs. They are touting that as a benefit.
Go to CONTROL PANEL, Remove software, and look a the list ti comes up with. Take a particular look at anything that it says is "rarely run". Then follow the on-screen directions to delete all of those you don't want.
2007-10-16 08:54:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vista a heavy OS, even a clean install seems slow at times, and all depends of your idea of how fast you think if should boot up, after years of working on computers I have put the booting time aside for actual performance once the PC is running..I guess something to put in prospective.
2007-10-16 08:56:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vista always boots slowly. Removing pre-installed software is risky, unless you know exactly what you are removing.
2007-10-16 08:52:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of that crap and bloatware is safe to remove. Most assuredly, the "trial versions" of games are safe to remove. In MY opinion (others will argue) go to the effort of digging deep inside and removing the heck out of Norton stuff, and go fetch a different set of anti-virus and anti-spyware and firewall protection. And finally, you may remove most of that "easy access to the internet" stuff, which gives you a choice of several ISPs (like, say, Earthlink, AOL, MSN, and on, and on...). Get yer own ISP and set it up and blow those ones away. After you remove all this stuff, clean up your disk!
(I wish Microsoft wouldn't do us the disservice of including all this garbage...grrr....and please watch other answers here and make a list and check it twice!)
2007-10-16 08:53:47 · answer #5 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋