Hi, I recently bought a new HP Pavilion Laptop and I want to make sure it's as fast as possible. I downloaded CCleaner to remove programs and I would just like to know which of the following list I should still delete and which I should keep. Note: These are all the programs that show up, which means that any others have probably been deleted. If there are any that I should have for the functioning of Windows or my laptop and it's not on here, please point that out. Thank you. Acrobat.com Adobe AIR Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin Adobe Reader 9.1 Agere Systems HDA Modem Apple Mobile Device Support AVG 8.5 Broadcom 802.11 Wireless LAN adapter CCleaner COMODO Internet Security Google Chrome HP Active Support Library HP MediaSmart Webcam HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 L1 IDT Audio Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver iTunes Java 6 Update 7 JMicron JMB38X Flash Media Controller Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable MSXML 4.0 SP2 ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Quicktime Realtek 8101E/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapters Touch Pad Driver Windows Driver Package Thanks again.

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You can't use CCleaner to uninstall preloaded programs. Ccleaner is a Windows registry optimizer and not a program uninstaller. You have to uninstall each of the so-called "crapware" programs individually. i_Xp/VistaUser

There are pages/applications that show/work how to strip down systems. I forget the names but both xp and vista are supported. It gets your system down to the smallest fastest it can. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

Most of your list is essential drivers for the system or utilities such as Acrobat Reader, Quicktime and iTunes to deal with media from the web. Acrobat.com - can delete Adobe AIR Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX - web utility Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin - web utility Adobe Reader 9.1 - Acrobat Reader, needed for PDF files Agere Systems HDA Modem - driver for modem Apple Mobile Device Support - Help for hardware you added such as iPhone, iPod or other device AVG 8.5 - Anti-virus program Broadcom 802.11 Wireless LAN adapter - driver for wireless card CCleaner - Program COMODO Internet Security - protection program Google Chrome - possible remove, Internet Explorer enhancement HP Active Support Library - HP utility HP MediaSmart Webcam - driver for built-in webcam HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 L1 - HP utility IDT Audio - sound driver Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver - driver for video card iTunes - media player Java 6 Update 7 - web page media display JMicron JMB38X Flash Media Controller Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - part of Windows, used by some websites Microsoft Silverlight - possible delete, Internet Explorer enhancement Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - part of Windows MSXML 4.0 SP2 - part of Windows ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection - HP utility Quicktime - media player Realtek 8101E/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapters - network adapter driver Touch Pad Driver - driver for the touchpad Windows Driver Package - as stated drivers for Windows If this is all that shows in the installed programs then you will not be able to clean much from the system with add/remove programs. Richard

Thank you for your helps guys.