2nd hand pc, what programs to keep and what not?

Lady_K

I have got a 2nd hand pc and there is stuff on here I don't know if I need or not. It seems a lot of stuff

BE CLEAN
REGISTRY MACHANIC
START UP INSPECTOR FOR WINDOWS
TUNE XP 1.5
TCP OPTIMIZER_V1.EXE
TWEAK NOW REG CLEANER

OPERA
EXTRACT NOW
EVEREST HOME EDITION

Plus I added myself theses because I'm used to them:

ADAWARE
SPYBOT
SPYWAREBLASTER
AVG FREE

That opera comes up at times and I don't have a clue wat it is should I keep that too?

superscaper

Opera is quite a good browser. You can use it instead of internet explorer or firefox. No harm in keeping it.

Lady_K

Do I really need all the other stuff though?

superscaper

Lady_K wrote:

Do I really need all the other stuff though?

To be honest, no. If it was me I'd uninstall it all and only put my own programs on that I am familiar with and that I know I'd actually use.

joughtib

Whenever i've taken on a 2nd user machine, i've always wiped it completely and started again. You never know what might be lurking on the hard drive. You might even find it's far quicker after a rebuild.

Lady_K

Thanx I think this person used to use it just for games mostly. I havent got a disc though to wipe it with. Its winxp home edition. I asked him for a disc and he said he never had one

superscaper

Lady_K wrote:

Thanx I think this person used to use it just for games mostly. I havent got a disc though to wipe it with. Its winxp home edition. I asked him for a disc and he said he never had one

I would have suggested the same as joughtib but I suspected you might not have a disc to reinstall windows. If it is a legal copy (I don't know one way or the other) it may be worth makinga note of the serial key with http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml so you can reinstall it with someone else's disc. Would only work if it's legal though to be reactivated etc.

Lady_K

I really don't like it that it keeps on saying his name though. I 've changed the name on stuff but it still sticks on things like my documents n things whatevers in there it says his name, I've changed administrators name to my own and I also noticed somewhere that it even mixed both our names together. Theres no place for photos either my pictures or anything. It also says press f4 to enter raid on start up

Lady_K

superscaper wrote:

I would have suggested the same as joughtib but I suspected you might not have a disc to reinstall windows. If it is a legal copy (I don't know one way or the other) it may be worth makinga note of the serial key with http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml so you can reinstall it with someone else's disc. Would only work if it's legal though to be reactivated etc.

Oh heck I'd be a bit worried about doing that just in case I made a mess of it especally as its a raid thing. I put it through windows update I'm not sure if its a legal one or not but the updates went on

m00nie

is it a branded pc or a home made one?

some branded pc have a restore option to wipe it back to factory settings.

Lady_K

I can look in system properties and it tells me the sustem is registered to him and a number