Cleaning up Vista Initial Install

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arob2

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Vista Peeps:

Just bought a laptop from Best Buy - Pentium Dual Core, 3GB, 250GB HDD, etc. plus a Free Agent Extreme External HDD - all for under $500!

One thing that bugs me - Best Buy wanted to charge me $65 bucks to "clean up" the basic Vista installation - they said this clean up will clear the drive of unwanted "adverts" and optimize the computer for how I want to use it.

Does anyone know what they are talking about? Is the initial install of Vista bloated with adware? Is there any utility to do this clean up myself?
 

My Computer

System One

You can go through the add/remove programs list and remove programs you dont want. Yes there will be adverts if you bought from bestbuy. I dont think most of the "crap" is that bad or taking up that much space. A lot of the stuff is just links to websites to download stuff. Atleast thats the way it was with my laptop.

good luck, have fun

jeremy
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (2.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    Asus AM2, nFORCE 560 M2N-SLI
    Memory
    3838MB RAM DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 9800GT
    Sound Card
    Built in C-Media CM6501
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD
    PSU
    600w
    Case
    Raidmax Sagitta II
arob2 said:
Vista Peeps:

Just bought a laptop from Best Buy - Pentium Dual Core, 3GB, 250GB HDD, etc. plus a Free Agent Extreme External HDD - all for under $500!

One thing that bugs me - Best Buy wanted to charge me $65 bucks to "clean up" the basic Vista installation - they said this clean up will clear the drive of unwanted "adverts" and optimize the computer for how I want to use it.

Does anyone know what they are talking about? Is the initial install of Vista bloated with adware? Is there any utility to do this clean up myself?
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You have a laptop with quite reasonable specs, there is no need to pay $65 to clean it up and you can use that money to upgrade your memory if you want.
There are several instructions in the Tutorials section of this forum for optimizing your laptop.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Biostar
    CPU
    AMD Athlonx64 Dual Core 3800+ 2.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Biostar MCP6P-M2
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CIBOX
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 160GB
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