basicallyOriginally posted by: saxguy
Originally posted by: her209
I reformat.
Im in the process of this, recommend any good antivirus+firewall combos?Originally posted by: yezhou
As for myself, before anything, I install antivirus+firewall first (before connecting it to the internet). Then install whatever else I need.
Personally I load porn onto it, I don't know about you.Originally posted by: RecklaZ
My new I700m just arrived and as i'm updating drivers and downloading programs like winzip and aim I was wondering what is the first things you guys do or download as soon as you get a new desktop or labtop(after reformating).
What the heck is "born"?Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Before or after we load it up with born?
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because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be preloaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
So why not delete the shortcuts and forget about it?Originally posted by: MoPHo
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
You're in a Computer Forum...and you just said that?Originally posted by: mchammer
So why not delete the shortcuts and forget about it?Originally posted by: MoPHo
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
Yup, not necessarily the disc space at all. it's cleaning out all the things that dell has set up to startup on their own (and not necessarily right away; some program pop-ups/notices won't appear until a few days later). dell reminders, "try this program!" pop-ups, several neutered demos with ads to buy, and i can't say for sure about others but i detected 1 known spyware (yeah, i ran an av and spyware scan just after i started up out of curiosity). wipe it clean and you're in control with efficiency of a fresh install and no nags.Originally posted by: MoPHo
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
How about MSCONFIG? You could disable the stuff from starting. Your notebook may have custom functionality that would be a pain to track down drivers for.Originally posted by: HN
Yup, not necessarily the disc space at all. it's cleaning out all the things that dell has set up to startup on their own (and not necessarily right away; some program pop-ups/notices won't appear until a few days later). dell reminders, "try this program!" pop-ups, several neutered demos with ads to buy, and i can't say for sure about others but i detected 1 known spyware (yeah, i ran an av and spyware scan just after i started up out of curiosity). wipe it clean and you're in control with efficiency of a fresh install and no nags.Originally posted by: MoPHo
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
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If it were that easy, spyware/adware would never be a problem. I'm not saying what dell puts on is as insidious as that, but you're just more sure that it's absolutely, positively clean. and rather than doing it somewhere down the line after you realize you should have cleaned it out and where you're concerned about backing up things since you've been working on it, might as well just do it from the get go. just my reasoning but it's a moot point since OP wants to know what people do after reformatting. cheers.Originally posted by: mchammer
How about MSCONFIG? You could disable the stuff from starting. Your notebook may have custom functionality that would be a pain to track down drivers for.Originally posted by: HN
Yup, not necessarily the disc space at all. it's cleaning out all the things that dell has set up to startup on their own (and not necessarily right away; some program pop-ups/notices won't appear until a few days later). dell reminders, "try this program!" pop-ups, several neutered demos with ads to buy, and i can't say for sure about others but i detected 1 known spyware (yeah, i ran an av and spyware scan just after i started up out of curiosity). wipe it clean and you're in control with efficiency of a fresh install and no nags.Originally posted by: MoPHo
not so much disk space as it is "FREE 8 YEARS OF AOL!!!" and useless crap you dont need.Originally posted by: mchammer
What kind of crap do they put on it? Do you really need the disk space that bad?Originally posted by: HN
because depending on which division you ordered it from, it may be loaded with a bunch of crap. and what do YOU do with real crap? you wipe it clean!Originally posted by: mchammer
Why bother with reformatting it if its new? Then you need to go find the chipset drivers, graphics drivers, etc.
<------Dell 8400