new laptop - what software to remove?

hubert_cumberdale

format the whole thing and start again if mcaffee has been anywhere near the disk just format it least you know it will be a nice fresh start

guy999

format the whole thing and start again if mcaffee has been anywhere near the disk just format it least you know it will be a nice fresh start ...
Think thats a bit extreme for me, plus i wouldnt no how to! But i take your point and will remove it later.

sillygoose

Got an acer recently, very monotonous removing the games - dozens of them that were one level demos that wanted to go online so you could buy the rest of it. Had to remove one by one.

It also had MS Office trail and MS Works on, that went, Open Office instead. Removed crap security and put on Avira.

adwat

Scrap Windows and install Ubuntu, all the software's free and best of all no worries about viruses.

mttylad

I'd start with removing Windows too lol

GunJack

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

mcrapafee removal tool, or else you'll leave no end of hangover bits on your system..oh, and keep windows on it, you can always run from a cd if you really want to try linux....

steve1980

Type msconfig in the run bar at the bottom of the start menu. See what's sitting in your startup and untick the bits you don't need.

2010

There is usually a "restore to factory settings" partitioned on the hard drive of an Acer laptop.
This does what it says

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it restores it back to day one, exactly how you got it from the shop.

Because Mcafee is only for 3 month, I`d get rid of it and load MS Essentials anti virus.
My PC has a 15 month Mcafee so I`ve left it on. (after all you have paid for it)

birkee

From the question asked, I'd suggest the inquirer isn't ready to go Linux etc, so simple answer perhaps more suitable.

My Sis in Law has a new laptop, with a 60 day trial of Norton Security. Use it for the 60 days, and then change it for the protection of your choice, with a 60 day extension on what it would have been had you changed it immediately.

My personal choice, is Kasperski, which can be bought with a '3 user' licence, which does myself, my S in L, and a Niece for the price of one package......around £25 or less using on-line shopping.
NORTON however, have cottoned on to this, and have a '3 user' licence packackage, BUT....for 1 household, not three.

Best advice so far, is the change using 'msconfig' and unticking items in the 'startup' section that you don't need so they don't use resources (except HD capacity). The unwanted software can be uninstalled as and when after that.

candtalan

guy999 wrote: »

How downloaded fire fox, but do you have a link to a decent ad/popup blocker

get Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.org/

ad blocker: (adblock plus)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

General background information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla