There is a program called the PCDecrapifier that clears off all the bloat ware when you are doing a reinstall. <http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/> It was written by someone who owned a HP and got tired of removing all the junk they put on.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the process of cleaning up unused programs from my computer, many > of which have been preloaded by the manufacturer but have never been > installed. Because they aren't installed, they don't show up in the > Add/Remove Software window. For instance, I don't want to have to > install Norton Antivirus in order to delete it. FYI, Norton shows up in > the D drive which is the protected restore files are. I'd rather not > allow it to get it embedded inside the computer that it already is. Is > there a way to delete programs which haven't been installed? > > Windows XP, SP2 > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard P. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC > http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
