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catb18

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hiya
can anyone tell me if i need the following programs on my desktop
arcsoft photo studio5.5
arcsoft creations
cd label print
microsoft office home and student
microsoft silverlight
quicktime
roxio my dvd basic v9
realplayer

if it,s any significance my computer is hp compaq presario

thanks
 

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If you are asking are they required to use the comptuer, no. If yo are asking do you need them to perform tasks that you, personally, need, I do not know.

Make a system restore point, first. Delete one at a time. Once sure that you are happy with the performace, delete the next. In case of a problem, you want to know the source.

If a little arrow is on the icon, they are shortcuts, will cause no harm to delete.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
For me, I'm lazy, and I don't want to have to have to the press a lot of buttons to get to programs/apps that I want to access frequently. So I would put any of those programs that I use often, either on my Desktop or in my QuickLaunch. Of the programs/apps that you named, I would certain put MS Office on my Desktop, as I access Word multiple times every day. And I use RealPlayer as my default media player, so I have that on my Desktop too.

To relate this back to you, think about which of those programs/apps you use a lot, and put a shortcut to them somewhere that's easy and quick to get to. Also, don't forget that you can pin those same shortcuts to your Start Menu if you like that kind of access as well.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t (Gen. 1)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
    Keyboard
    built in - HP
    Mouse
    built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
    Internet Speed
    max
    Other Info
    ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
I meant too say are the progams needed to help the computer run or are they just crap that came pre installed and forgive my ignorance but how do i create a restore point i,m new to computers.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hello,

Are you planning to just delete them off your Desktop or uninstall them (or don't know)?

Richard
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Stock Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Dell 2007FP and 1 x (old) Sonic flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
    Hard Drives
    1 x 640Gb (SATA 300)
    Western Digital: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0

    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
    Western Digital: Caviar Black, SATA 6GB/S, 64Mb cache, 8ms
    Western Digital: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
    PSU
    Stock PSU - 375W
    Case
    Dell XPS 420
    Cooling
    Stock Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell Bluetooth
    Mouse
    Advent Optical ADE-WG01 (colour change light up)
    Internet Speed
    120 kb/s
    Other Info
    ASUS USB 3.0 5Gbps/SATA 6Gbps - PCI-Express Combo Controller Card (U3S6)
Definitely create a Restore Point, but before you delete any of them, why don't you try each one of them to see if you have any use for them? There aren't that many. And certainly don't delete MS Office.

By the way, RealPlayer has a FABULOUS "Download This Video" link that lets you download any video, music or movie. I use it to download stuff all the time. If you want to access it, Open RealPlayer and go to: Tools, Preferences, Downloading + Recording.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t (Gen. 1)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
    Keyboard
    built in - HP
    Mouse
    built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
    Internet Speed
    max
    Other Info
    ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
New computer?

If you don't know what they are then I assume they came pre-installed. None of them are necessary to run the computer, and some of them are probably trial versions that will only run for a predetermined period unless you buy them.

Arcsoft Studio & Creations - Photo editing, similar to PhotoShop. Probably trial.
CD Label Print - Printing CD labels when you burn CD's - Possibly free.
Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Outlook... Probably trial
Microsoft Silverlight - Helps appearance of some Internet Explorer web sites - Free
Quicktime - Needed for certain types of videos on some web sites - Free
Roxio My DVD - Creates video DVD's from computer video files - Probably free
Realplayer - Plays music, videos, etc. - similar to Windows Media Player but some people prefer it - Free

They won't hurt anything by being there, and you can remove the icons from your desktop by right-clicking on them and then clicking Delete, but if you don't want them, just uninstall whichever you don't want (Control Panel > Programs and Features > Click on program and click Uninstall).

Make a Restore Point first. Right-click on the Computer icon, click Properties, click System Protection. Make sure there's a check mark next to your disk drive and click
on Create. If You have a problem with your computer after reinstalling (you really shouldn't, but, just in case...) you can restore your system by clicking System Restore and selecting the Restore Point you created.

Ed
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown Desktop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B-E
    Memory
    3006 MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
    Sound Card
    Motherboard - SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2235wm / Dell 17" Generic PnP Anolog
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors / 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    3 x ST3250620AS 250GB SATA IDE
    1 x WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0 120 GB SATA IDE
    PSU
    Enerrmax 535W All-in-one SLI 20/24+6+
    Case
    Antec Sonata
    Cooling
    Antec 12cm SmartCool
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX710
    Mouse
    Logitech MX100 Laser
    Internet Speed
    Bell Canada DSL 12MBps (supposedly)
    Other Info
    2 x HP Pavilion 9700v Laptops
hiya
i just tried to uninstall arcsoft but got this messge
An installation support file could not be installed

The system cannot find the file specified.
 

My Computer

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Another way to go about it would be to 1st go into your C drive program folder(s) to manually delete all of the Arcsoft files and folders, and then, to follow that up with an Advanced Search for all files + folders that have Arcsoft in their name, and any other words that might be associated with the app. (By the way, are you aware that Arcsoft Photo Studio is a pretty awesome photo editing program? Not sure why you would want to delete it, except that a slightly newer version is apparently out now.)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t (Gen. 1)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
    Keyboard
    built in - HP
    Mouse
    built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
    Internet Speed
    max
    Other Info
    ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
i,ve decided to keep all the programs and try them,but i have a new problem if you could help me with this one,parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started either because it is disabled or it has no enabled devices associated with it.
 

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Hello,

Do you use your parallel port or not?

Richard
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Stock Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Dell 2007FP and 1 x (old) Sonic flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
    Hard Drives
    1 x 640Gb (SATA 300)
    Western Digital: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0

    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
    Western Digital: Caviar Black, SATA 6GB/S, 64Mb cache, 8ms
    Western Digital: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
    PSU
    Stock PSU - 375W
    Case
    Dell XPS 420
    Cooling
    Stock Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell Bluetooth
    Mouse
    Advent Optical ADE-WG01 (colour change light up)
    Internet Speed
    120 kb/s
    Other Info
    ASUS USB 3.0 5Gbps/SATA 6Gbps - PCI-Express Combo Controller Card (U3S6)
You would probably have much better luck with responses if you start a new thread for this new problem. Good luck!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t (Gen. 1)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    Graphics Card(s)
    512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
    Keyboard
    built in - HP
    Mouse
    built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
    Internet Speed
    max
    Other Info
    ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
catb18 said:
i,ve decided to keep all the programs and try them,but i have a new problem if you could help me with this one,parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started either because it is disabled or it has no enabled devices associated with it.
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Before you delete stuff look in the multi-media or system utilities, if you have a CD/DVD burner for an app to burn restore discs. If your drive gets totally hosed you can at least buy a new HD and put the system back on from the DVD or CD set. Most often the drive won't by physically damaged.. just the files corrupted. Usually you can restore your system to the factory set up(including all the junky programs you are thinking of deleting now.) :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
I wouldn't be in a particular hurry to uninstall the programs that you might eventually use.
If I were you, I would create a new folder on your desktop, name it "Rarely Used", and then everything that you either don't use, or don't know what to do with, put in that folder. You can drag them into it with your mouse.
If you don't mind opening the folders, then you can create one for the programs that you use, and name it accordingly. Like "Microsoft programs".
That is what I do on my computers. I would keep all of them. Especially cd labels print and Microsoft programs.
Besides Restore Point, you will need to back up your files.
Good luck.
 

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