If the new computer that you received is working, you'd probably be better
off to take your time to tweak the new computer to your liking which
includes uninstalling the Bloatware and adjusting Startup in System
Configuration. You may have more problems trying to get the old Vista to work
(downloading updates and drivers) than gradually tweaking what you already
have.


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oscar

....Right click is your very good friend...


"James Ivey" wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've got a brand new Dell Studio 17 laptop that was bought for me. It has
> Vista Home Premium, Office 2007, and a whole bunch of crapola I don't care
> about - including McAfee (sp?)
>
> Makes me nuts to have all this extra *stuff* on a computer, so I'm
> considering wiping the harddrive and doing a clean install of Vista.
>
> In addition to what came with the laptop, I've got an OEM version of Vista
> Home Premium I bought not long after it was released - seems like it was oh,
> a year, maybe a year and a half ago. This is what I'm thinking of
> installing.
>
> I used to format/reload regularly back in the Win95-WinXP days, but its been
> a while since I did one so I'm a bit rusty.
>
> Any suggestions? Any major hurdles?
>
> Of course I've got about 10 Dell cds that came with the laptop - drivers and
> such.
>
> Dumb idea?
>
> James
>
>
>