¿Usted ha comprado una PC nueva de la marca de fábrica recientemente? Tengo. Acabo de comprar una computadora portátil para mi momia, y la cosa acaba de ser acribillada con basura. Esta clase particular le dirigirá gradualmente con quitar la basura, determinándose cuál es y no es necesaria, y ofrecerá algunas extremidades en qué software usted debe instalar en lugar de la materia inútil.
¿Primero para arriba - por qué su HP/Dell/Acer/nuevo” PC de la marca” venido con todo este software inútil? Porque los vendedores del software pagan fabricantes de hardware para incluirlo en los sistemas. Mucho de él ensayo-se basa (usted puede utilizarlo solamente por días de x antes de que le requieran comprarlo), algunos es shareware, y algo es libre pero absolutamente inútil. Los pasos siguientes le ayudarán a conseguir el la mayoría de su PC nueva de Windows.
- Actualización Windows
- Reserva sus drivers de dispositivo
- Uninstall la basura
- Instale el software necesario
Actualización Windows
Después de que usted haya encendido su PC nueva por primera vez le tomarán con el procedimiento de Windows de la inicial “instalado”. Esto implica generalmente el crear del primer usuario, fijando una contraseña para ese usuario y configurando su conexión del Internet. Después de todo el eso ha terminado, actualización funcionada de Windows. No importa cómo el `nuevo' su PC es, hay una ocasión 99.9% que Microsoft tiene actualizaciones el esperar de usted para descargar y de la instalación. Chasque el “orbe del comienzo” (qué era la tecla de partida), selecto Todos los programas y entonces Actualización de Windows.
Una vez que la actualización haya terminado, le incitarán muy probablemente reanudar su PC. Tan ahora.
Reserva sus drivers de dispositivo
Antes de usted el uninstall cualquier cosa, usted deseará a la reserva sus drivers de dispositivo de Windows. ¿Por qué? En caso de que vaya algo mal, y/o usted uninstall un conductor accidentalmente. Apenas siga las instrucciones contorneadas adentro esta clase particular y le fijarán. Mover hacia atrás los conductores para arriba mientras que su sistema está totalmente fresco es una gran idea y no toma muy de largo.
Uninstall la basura
Y aquí va. Conseguir comenzó a quitar software indeseado, chasca el orbe del comienzo, selecciona Panel de control. De Programas sección, tecleo Uninstall un programa.
Uninstall o cambia un programa la ventana poblará con todo el software instalado actualmente en su PC. Dependiendo del vendedor, y del PC/laptop específico que usted compró, puede para haber a porción of stuff listed, or not too much. In my case, there was a lot - and almost 70% of it was either unwanted or flat out garbage. The red arrows in the image below indicate just a portion of the software I had to uninstall.
One of the benefits of removing this unwanted software is that a lot of it automatically runs each time your PC starts, and continues to run in the background - using up valuable system resources that could be put to much better use. As indicated by the screenshot below, my new laptop had a lot of software from the vendor that provided me with no benefits whatsoever, and used up memory and CPU cycles to boot.
So one by one, go through the list of software in the Uninstall or change a program list and uninstall what you don’t need. If you’re unsure of something, leave it for the time being until you can identify exactly what the program is, and then decide if you want to keep it.
Again, depending on which brand of PC/laptop you purchase, you may be surprised to see that Microsoft Office has been included on your new computer. Before you get too excited, run it (open Word or PowerPoint etc). Likely you’ll get a pop-up message telling you that this version of Office can only be used 25 times before you have to buy it. If you’re “lucky” it will be a time limited version, and you can use it for 60 or 90 days before you have to purchase it.
The same may hold true with any security software (in my case, the Norton Internet Security package). It came pre-installed on my laptop, but it was actually just a 60 day demo. Because there are much better (and free) alternatives to Microsoft Office and Norton Internet Security, I uninstalled them both (and I’ll outline what I replaced them with later in this article).
Some hardware vendors also like to “brand” software by putting their logo on it. In my case, Internet Explorer came with a branded version of the Windows Live Toolbar.
You can disable this toolbar by right-clicking on the main Internet Explorer bar, and remove the check from Microsoft Live Search Toolbar.
But if you’re sure you’re never going to use that toolbar (as I was), it can be uninstalled via the Uninstall or change a program list.
Once you’ve finished uninstalling software from the Uninstall or change a program list, click the Start orb, select Computer from the menu, and then double-click your C: drive. Open the Program Files folder. In here, you may find that even though you uninstalled a program, its folder (and very often some files) still remain. Delete any folders that belonged to software that you uninstalled. In my case (as seen in the images below) the folder Online Services remained, even though I had uninstalled every program that was associated with that folder.
The final step in your cleanup process is to remove items from the Desktop (usually shortcuts to Web pages) and the Start menu. To remove something from the Start menu, right-click on that item and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
Repeat the above step until your list is trimmed down to the programs that you actually have installed, and the shortcuts you actually want to keep.
Now you’re done - all that useless software is gone!
Install needed software
As I mentioned earlier, there are some great free alternatives to the “trial” software that may have been included on your PC. Instead of using Microsoft Office, download and install OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org is a free, open source office suite that includes programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. And the best part is that if someone creates a file with one of the Microsoft Office programs, you’re almost guaranteed to be able to not only open and view it, but edit it, save it and send it back to them - and they’ll have no idea you weren’t using MS Office.
Instead of using the Norton Internet Security Suite, I strongly recommend using free version of AVG anti-virus. Since Windows Vista provides a more than adequate firewall, you certainly don’t need to purchase one from a 3rd party. To make sure the Windows Vista firewall is turned on, open the Control Panel, select Security and click the Turn Windows Firewall on or off - and make sure it’s turned on.
If your PC included DVD-playing software and you uninstalled it (as I did) - replace it with the much better VLC video player. Not only will VLC play your DVDs, but it supports a wide range of other video files and formats.
If your PC included CD or DVD burning (recording) software, and you uninstalled it (again, as I did) - replace it with CDBurnerXP is a free application that lets you burn CDs and DVDs - even Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs if your PC has a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray burner.
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Great tips and these are exactly what I did when I got a Dell laptop recently. Your HP seems to have come with too much crapware than mine
BTW, I’d also advise using PC Decrapifier to uninstall such preloaded junk - It has a ‘crapware definition’ list which it compares against the stuff that’s preinstalled on your PC and removes them quickly: http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/apps
And when I installed Ubuntu recently on my mums computer…It got ZERO crapware.
Decrap your PC. Reformat the drive and install Linux.
You would think that the computer manufacturers would stop installing all of this crap. I got a couple of the free Ubuntu disks a few years ago for a computer I had, and it works fine without the need for decrapifying and it’s free, which makes it a winner in my book.
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