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Name: CPore Date: February 15, 2003 at 15:46:49 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: p4 2.4G 256M
Comment:
Hey There,
I recently bought my first computer and I wanted to know the best way to get rid of the pre-packaged crap that came with it. I'll need a pretty verbose description since I've not had much experience with this area. I mostly want to streamline my overall system performance. I have all of my drivers and updates and I just need to know the best way for putting what I want on the system and getting rid of all of the extra crap!
Name: Ken Date: February 15, 2003 at 16:09:29 Pacific
Reply:
Well, you could start in the control panel then Add/Remove Programs.
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Response Number 2
Name: Dick Johnson Date: February 15, 2003 at 17:57:41 Pacific
Reply:
CPore: Try this site to eliminate "services" and check out his other tweaks.
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
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Response Number 3
Name: -Bryan- Date: February 16, 2003 at 01:27:11 Pacific
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Well...the best way to get rid of all the crap is to format and reinstall XP...then add whatever software you want.
You say you just bought your new computer...if your computer came with restore CD's as opposed to the actual XP CD, you're not going to be able to reinstall without re-installing everything else with it. If you do have the XP CD...format away! ;)
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 4
Name: CPore Date: February 16, 2003 at 16:34:09 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for all of the help...I got everything in order now and I know where to go for help again...Thanks kids!
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