Uninstalling programmes

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emerald21 wrote: »

Ok ive uninstalled them apart from rapport and the mcafee and bt ones. Dont i need the rapport one for my financial details for online banking ?

Let's see how you feel about the performance when complete.

Have you Disabled the StartUp items using the CCleaner interface?

Hang on.... have you made your Recovery Discs?

emerald21

I haven t got any dvd r discs only cd r ones - never had a need for them. So i ll need to buy some. What do i do though when i put the disc in ? Do i just follow instructions. ? This is all new to me sigh. Thank you for all your help again today. When are you off travelling ?

emerald21

emerald21 wrote: »

I haven t got any dvd r discs only cd r ones - never had a need for them. So i ll need to buy some. What do i do though when i put the disc in ? Do i just follow instructions. ? This is all new to me sigh. Thank you for all your help again today. When are you off travelling ?

I didn t know you wanted me to disable the start up items and surprise surprise i dont know how to. How would i use skype if i disabled it would i just open it manually ?

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emerald21 wrote: »

I haven t got any dvd r discs only cd r ones - never had a need for them. So i ll need to buy some. What do i do though when i put the disc in ? Do i just follow instructions. ? This is all new to me sigh. Thank you for all your help again today. When are you off travelling ?

When you start up, you probably get a reminder to create your Recovery Discs. You just follow the instructions there.

To disable start up items, you open CCleaner as before. Go to Tools > StartUp and then highlight the ones that you wish to Disable and then click the Disable button on the right. To re-enable, you highlight and click the Enable button. It's that easy. As you can see, your actions are reversible so don't be afraid to experiment. But leave the Recovery Disc reminder enabled until you create your Recovery Discs.

Yes, with Skype and Messenger you just start them when you are ready to use them.
Day after tomorrow, for a few months.

emerald21

Ok thanks for that. My laptop seems a bit better just by getting rid of those unwanted things unless its wishful thinking lol. I ll get some dvd r s when im next in town and try and do the backup things although ive never been asked to do them on any other pc/laptop before. Re your travelling i guess you are a young guy. I wish my two sons were as knowledgeable as you on pc s tho they do help me if they can. My daughter knows quite a bit but she not a very good teacher lol. If we dont " speak " before you set off have a good time.

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now you've got this far, run ccleaner's cleaner and registry cleaner, delete all they find. It'll help a bit by getting rid of hangovers from what you've uninstalled, and make it easier to see the wood for the trees

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emerald21 wrote: »

Ok thanks for that. My laptop seems a bit better just by getting rid of those unwanted things unless its wishful thinking lol. I ll get some dvd r s when im next in town and try and do the backup things although ive never been asked to do them on any other pc/laptop before. Re your travelling i guess you are a young guy. I wish my two sons were as knowledgeable as you on pc s tho they do help me if they can. My daughter knows quite a bit but she not a very good teacher lol. If we dont " speak " before you set off have a good time.

The Recovery DVDs are for when your hard drive fails and you need to reinstall Windows and Drivers. So they are a must.

emerald21

TakeThis wrote: »

The Recovery DVDs are for when your hard drive fails and you need to reinstall Windows and Drivers. So they are a must.

Hi there. Ive got some dvd r s now and ive had a look but haven t a clue what to do. Could you please tell me what i need to do. When it pops up when i switch on it just says i need to do it but not how to Thanks

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emerald21 wrote: »

Hi there. Ive got some dvd r s now and ive had a look but haven t a clue what to do. Could you please tell me what i need to do. When it pops up when i switch on it just says i need to do it but not how to Thanks

Click here and read from 'Getting Started' and end with 'Once the first disc (DVD1) is burnt, you will be ask to insert the second one.'

When you've finished you can begin disabling your StartUp items and then rebooting.

emerald21

TakeThis wrote: »

Click here and read from 'Getting Started' and end with 'Once the first disc (DVD1) is burnt, you will be ask to insert the second one.'

When you've finished you can begin disabling your StartUp items and then rebooting.

Thank you I ll have a go.