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My new XPS - GEN 2 Some Help Needed

post #1 of 10
9/30/05 at 3:27am
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This is my first laptop however many desktops stood before me since the C64

I had to order a computer to replace 3 computers lost to Katrina and Rita
This is going to be my Small Business, Home, Entertainment, TV for the time being..
(the reason for getting such a killer system)


Is there a way to get RID of all the totally UNEEDED waste Dell Puts on without formating.(including all regristery , etc hidden places)
I want to get rid of all of :
1 412-0586 AOL BSD/SMB
1 412-0670 DELL/MY WAY HOME PAGE
1 412-0687 NETZERO ISP
1 412-0744 Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
1 412-0803 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations



I also welcome any helpfull comments suggestions or ideas from this laptop forum of experts.

I know yall will tell me to search the whole forum. However after filling out Hundreds of goverment papers to get my flood , SBA, Business Insurance, etc,
I just do not have the patience.

1) the best rolling or combo rolling backback case. ( i do have a bad back) to protect this fantastic machine.
2) the best lock w/o a alarm (for home) The best lock w/alarm for (travel)
3) the best upc for this system
4) or any other perriferals that are a must have. (bluetooth mouse)
anything special for my Sprint Treo 650
5) also anything I missed (my brain has been fried after losing my home my business and all my possestions to these Hurracaines.

You are welcome to also Email me at rumors@rumorsno.com with your helpfull suggestions and ideas.
Thank You Once Again.
Neil

Thank You All In Advance,
Neil

Here is the System I ordered on a rush basis because of buisness needs to begin rebuilding my gallery of 25 years.

1 221-7531 Inspiron XPS-Gen2,Pentium M 770 (2.13GHz/533MHz FSB)
1 320-4259 17in True Life Wide Screen UXGA,for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 311-4664 1GB,DDR2,533MHz 2 Dimm,for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 320-4213 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra,for IXPS-Gen2
1 341-2142 100GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 420-5102 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,English, for Inspiron XPS
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 420-4928 Windows Media Player 10
1 313-3165 Dell Resource CD with Application Backup,W/Tool, for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 420-4830 DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP
1 430-1277 Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem,for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 430-1048 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
1 313-3164 8X DVD+/-RW Drive,for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 420-5111 CyberLink PowerDVD v5.5 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems
1 464-1990 Internal Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth for Inspiron 6000/9300/XPS-Gen2
1 430-1394 Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11a/b/g54Mbps) for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 412-0802 No Security Subscription
1 412-0741 Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
1 312-0316 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery,for Inspiron XPS-Gen2
1 412-0586 AOL BSD/SMB
1 412-0670 DELL/MY WAY HOME PAGE
1 412-0687 NETZERO ISP
1 412-0744 Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
1 412-0803 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations
1 960-1937 CompleteCare Accidental DamageService, Inspiron, 3 Year
1 412-0357 Soft Contracts - Business Complete Care
1 960-2780 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-5442 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended
1 960-7590 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
1 960-2972 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 2YR Extended
1 412-0359 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
1 900-9987 Standard On-Site Installation Declined
1 464-5002 System not eligible for hardware mail-in rebate
1 420-5136 Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition
1 462-4506 Purchase is NOT intended for resell
1 463-8867 Thank you for choosing Dell
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post #2 of 10
9/30/05 at 4:26am
Just a quick reply:

I ran my system without reformatting for a long time and it was fine. I only reformatted recently because I wanted a clean upgrade form Home to Pro.

The first thing I did with my system when I got it was to simply go into Add/Remove Programs and uninstall everything I didn't want. I got rid of a lot of bloat that way.

Then I used WinTasks Pro (you can DL a free demo, or some other similar app) to clean up all the things that were starting automatically with Windows and to look at all the processes that were running and weed out that last few things.

Then I ran Registry Mechanic to clean out all the leftover stuff from uninstalling everything.

That was most of it, and it made a big difference. You can install different video drivers as you see fit, and things like that, but there's no NEED to format and reinstall if you know your way around XP. (sounds like you do)

Sorry to hear about your losses; I hope everyone you know is safe.

I'm off to bed, enjoy the new system!

-Doc
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post #3 of 10
9/30/05 at 4:29am
I should add that while I was running it this way, all my benchmarks and so forth were on par with everyone elses. Reformatting is really only something you might want to do if you really don't know Windows enough to clean it out yourself.

Oh, and there are a lot of good guides available online for weeding through your services as well. (Start, Run, services.msc)

-Doc
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post #4 of 10
9/30/05 at 4:36am
Thread Starter 
Thanks doc,
I thought Win Media might be different
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post #5 of 10
9/30/05 at 4:54am
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Originally Posted by Doc.Caliban
Reformatting is really only something you might want to do if you really don't know Windows enough to clean it out yourself.
Or if you just want to salt the earth and get it all done in one sweeping motion instead of a hundred little ones.

I ran my XPS Gen 2 for a month or so without reformatting and having just installed all the things I didn't want and letting a program called Tune-Up clean up the registry and such, and it ran very well. I finally reformatted because I wanted a clean slate from which to make it mine. If you don't want to have to do that, you certainly don't have to. Just uninstall all the programs you don't want and use a program to clean your registry and sort your system out. Tune-Up has a 30 day free trial period, and it is 100% active during that time. Go to www.tune-up.com to check it out. I love it, and the new 2006 version JUST came out.
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post #6 of 10
9/30/05 at 6:45pm
Thread Starter 
thanks,
any other suggestions would be welcome
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post #7 of 10
10/1/05 at 2:42am
Reformatting is what you do if you DO know windows well enough and want maximum performance for your OS. I would never, ever, accept a "cleaned out" XP install over a brand new one, there's just so much that you can't get rid of, no matter how hard your look. That and reformatting takes a fraction of the time. Follow the guide in my sig, it lays it out pretty well
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post #8 of 10
10/1/05 at 11:09am
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I do know Win xp very well. However dell told me the only way to get my full xp media edition is to call tech support after my 9300 XPS Gen 2 arrives then I can get the full disk.

I believe if I format and use the recovery disk I get all the C**P back.
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post #9 of 10
10/1/05 at 5:16pm
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post #10 of 10
10/7/05 at 5:44am
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any other must have software to install before I begin installing the usual IE:
Photoshop, MS office, Quickbooks.
( best virus, firewall, best uninstall program that gets rid of all) or any others

I am a pretty experenced xp user however any suggestions help.

Thanks Y'all
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