Getting ready to buy a new pc and of course because of my limited expertise i will most likely end up at best buy/circuit city to buy a pre-packaged system, I am told Vista is loaded with ads, both stores will remove these but charge between $100 and $150 for this service. Can anyone tell me how i can do this myself and save the cash WITHOUT screwing up my system?
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Clean up Vista?
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Make sure you have all the installation disks you need to format the PC the moment you bring it home.
Dell is selling a trialware-free PC now, http://www.pcworld.com/article.....ticle.html
BillC, overlooked so far is a direct answer to your question. It's not Vista, the operating system, that needs to be cleaned up but rather the PC that comes with loads of junk pre-installed by the box stores (in specific).
You can expect trialware, nagware and adware to be part of your new system. As long as you have the Vista OS installation disk and other disks for programs that you actually want to use, feel free to format the computer.
Starting fresh with a new, clean PC makes for a better experience. If you get in the habit of regularly backing up your important files, you can survive a catastrophic event and reformat whenever you see fit.
I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 1525. Along with this nice laptop, came a Windows Vista SP1 Installation Disc. This disc is also marked with Dell's logos and whatnot.
I want to start clean with a clean Windows Vista SP1.
Would my best bet be to create a recovery disc from the Vista pre-installed?
Or would it be to use this Dell Windows Vista SP1 Installation Disc?
THANK YOU!
@cueball: A recovery disc would be something to restore the software configuation to exactly what it was when you got the machine. So it would have Vista, Drivers, Preinstalled stuff like AOL, etc.
The Vista install disc should be Vista only. You would have to install the drivers from another disc after installing it and any software you want on it.
Note: If you want to do that, make sure you have a Dell drivers disc and a disc for any software you want.
Also I wouldn't recommend this if you don't know much about installing an OS, drivers and software.
I would not go thru the trouble of a reinstallation. Yes, there are a few programs on your disk that you might never use ( although you never know). But the only thing you loose is a tiny amount of disk space (that you probably never need either). The only cleanup I would make is in the startup programs. Here I would throw out everything that you are not using all the time - in fact, you could throw out everything other than the security program.
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