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Dell owners!!

calvinbiss

calvinbiss

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WTF is all this crap running in the background??? There are over 25 processes! How do i get rid of them? I am used to having like five. How did ya'll handle this??
 
A) dell sitting on my lap, too late now
B)I should just reformat huh?/ seems wierd but if thats the way to profit, then.....
 
The first thing you do after buying any major manufacturer's computer is reformat and put on a CLEAN installation of Windows.
 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: masshass81
start---->run----->msconfig

uncheck all those bs startup programs
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YES!!!

1.Read posts from smart posters
2. Dont reformat (yet)
3.
4. Profit
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Disabling the services will certainly regain a lot of performance, but it will never be as good as a properly configured clean installation.
 
LOL, when I got my Dell 600m I never even booted off the hard drive once. Stuck in a fresh WinXP SP2 CD courtesy of my school, booted off the CD-ROM and did a fresh install.

Of course, later on I realized I should've at least visited the Dell site and downloaded drivers first.
 
Originally posted by: Jigga
LOL, when I got my Dell 600m I never even booted off the hard drive once. Stuck in a fresh WinXP SP2 CD courtesy of my school, booted off the CD-ROM and did a fresh install.

Of course, later on I realized I should've at least visited the Dell site and downloaded drivers first.
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Why not use the Dell disc? It doesn't install any applications at all. When I got my XPS Gen4, I formatted right away and used the bundled disc. Just the OS, no junk. Then I put in the resource disc that had all of my drivers on it and loaded everything off there. Tada! No bloatware, just the OS with drivers. 🙂

I'm a *VERY* happy Dell customer! 😀 :beer: <-- it's really Gatorade! Honest! (Beer's nasty)
 
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Originally posted by: Jigga
LOL, when I got my Dell 600m I never even booted off the hard drive once. Stuck in a fresh WinXP SP2 CD courtesy of my school, booted off the CD-ROM and did a fresh install.

Of course, later on I realized I should've at least visited the Dell site and downloaded drivers first.
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Why not use the Dell disc? It doesn't install any applications at all. When I got my XPS Gen4, I formatted right away and used the bundled disc. Just the OS, no junk. Then I put in the resource disc that had all of my drivers on it and loaded everything off there. Tada! No bloatware, just the OS with drivers. 🙂

I'm a *VERY* happy Dell customer! 😀 :beer: <-- it's really Gatorade! Honest! (Beer's nasty)
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Guiness isn't half bad...

they should change the beer icon to a DARK beer icon🙂
 
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