2010/1/9 <[email protected]> > the first thing you must do after you go through the first power up install > is remove lots and lots of junk. To make this computer so cheap Acer must > of cut a deal with lots of software companies to pre-install cpu sucking > bloatware. You have to remove all of this crap. Most specifically, you > MUST, MUST, MUST get rid of Mcaffee antivirus. This will reduce even a > $2000 monster PC to a turtle, It basically turns your Acer blue into a paper > weight. When you read reviews of the Acer blue with people complaining > about performance, this is why. None of them know the evil demon that is > Mcaffee. This alone will increase speed of your computer 4-8x. I'm not > kidding. If you really need virus protection, download the free avast virus > protection, its just as good if not better, totally free, and runs almost > invisibly. when it does interfere, its little system tray icon "a" ball is > spinning, and all you have to do is open it up, pause it, and you have your > rocket again. just remember to unpause it when walk away from the computer > so it can finish whatever background checks its doing. Other things I throw > out is the teaser version of Micro$oft outlook, Micro$oft works, Auto backup > software, all kinds of junk. Go through the "add and remove software" > section and get rid of it. Also turn off all auto updates, they are > killers. >
For the first part, you can simply run the PC Decrapifier: http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ :-) Cheers, Bostjan -- ICBM: 45°53`15.08``N, 13°55`05.03``E--
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