Hi to everybody!

As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a=20
load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and=20
slows down our system.

XP seems to be extremely great with that!
Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty=20
things that come with the installation (and that you can't=20
avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media=20
Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the=20
control panel, the stuff is still there!!!

I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.

Please answer directly to [email]ds_kl@gmx.de[/email].

Thanks a lot
Sch=E4fer

[url]http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html[/url]

XPlite is a great utility to let you just do that... to get rid of
utilities in XP that seems un-uninstallable ....
if you go to start/run and type services.msc and hit enter it opens a screen
where you can disable some services aswell... be carefull here tho !


greets Johan




"Dieter Schäfer" <ds_kl@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:04f401c3d11c$97bf1e00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
Hi to everybody!

As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
slows down our system.

XP seems to be extremely great with that!
Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
things that come with the installation (and that you can't
avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media
Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the
control panel, the stuff is still there!!!

I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.

Please answer directly to [email]ds_kl@gmx.de[/email].

Thanks a lot
Schäfer

Dieter Schäfer wrote:
> Hi to everybody!
>
> As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
> load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
> slows down our system.

Installing xp should not slow down your system if it is able to run xp. On a
slow computer it may run slower than win98, but if your computer has the
needed power you won't notice any slow downs at all. If you have a fast
computer and xp runs slow then you have something wrong, most likely bad
drivers or spyware/adware.

>
> XP seems to be extremely great with that!

I have never seen xp "slow" a computer down. If the computer is powerful
enough and a clean install is done, it will/shou7ld run fast.
> Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
> things that come with the installation (and that you can't
> avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media
> Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the
> control panel, the stuff is still there!!!

You can't get rid of IE. It is integrated tightly into XP. Movie maker,
media player, tutorials.... none of these will slow your computer down and
neither take up much drive space at all. Your talking a few mb's here and I
assume your drive is 10-20 gig at the least.(it should be if it isn't).
>
> I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.
>
It sounds to me like you either have an old win98 computer that your trying
to run xp on and it just doesn't cut it or you have driver or spyware
problems. I would look into what could possibly be slowing the machine down
rather than trying to blame ms/xp. Post back you machine specs to start
with.

I tested a computer about 1 year ago (my brothers - I am sad to say). The
computer (Gateway) was a dog. Took 10-15 minutes just to boot to the
desktop.

Test results: (my Brother is computer illiterate)

37 different virus
422 incidents of spywear (as per Ad-Aware)
37 additional incidents of spywear (as per SpyBot)

Cleaned everything off. His computer took off like a rocket (-:

I have not since found a computer with more afflictions!

"purplehaz" <software@for.me> wrote in message
news:hoeJb.102726$JW3.75631@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
> Dieter Schäfer wrote:
> > Hi to everybody!
> >
> > As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
> > load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
> > slows down our system.
>
> Installing xp should not slow down your system if it is able to run xp. On
a
> slow computer it may run slower than win98, but if your computer has the
> needed power you won't notice any slow downs at all. If you have a fast
> computer and xp runs slow then you have something wrong, most likely bad
> drivers or spyware/adware.
>
> >
> > XP seems to be extremely great with that!
>
> I have never seen xp "slow" a computer down. If the computer is powerful
> enough and a clean install is done, it will/shou7ld run fast.
> > Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
> > things that come with the installation (and that you can't
> > avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media
> > Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the
> > control panel, the stuff is still there!!!
>
> You can't get rid of IE. It is integrated tightly into XP. Movie maker,
> media player, tutorials.... none of these will slow your computer down and
> neither take up much drive space at all. Your talking a few mb's here and
I
> assume your drive is 10-20 gig at the least.(it should be if it isn't).
> >
> > I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.
> >
> It sounds to me like you either have an old win98 computer that your
trying
> to run xp on and it just doesn't cut it or you have driver or spyware
> problems. I would look into what could possibly be slowing the machine
down
> rather than trying to blame ms/xp. Post back you machine specs to start
> with.
>
>

You should not remove IE. IE 6 is soo much integrated into XP that it is
impossible to remove it without damaging XP.

Y.

"Dieter Schäfer" <ds_kl@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:04f401c3d11c$97bf1e00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
Hi to everybody!

As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
slows down our system.

XP seems to be extremely great with that!
Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
things that come with the installation (and that you can't
avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media
Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the
control panel, the stuff is still there!!!

I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.

Please answer directly to [email]ds_kl@gmx.de[/email].

Thanks a lot
Schäfer

I had a similar experience. No viruses but I used SpyBot
and AdAware to remove over 360 bits of spyware. Logon and
logoff speeded up, some software initiation problems went
away and keyboard, mouse and some goofy printing issues
cleared up.

>-----Original Message-----
>I tested a computer about 1 year ago (my brothers - I am
sad to say). The
>computer (Gateway) was a dog. Took 10-15 minutes just to
boot to the
>desktop.
>
>Test results: (my Brother is computer illiterate)
>
>37 different virus
>422 incidents of spywear (as per Ad-Aware)
>37 additional incidents of spywear (as per SpyBot)
>
>Cleaned everything off. His computer took off like a
rocket (-:
>
>I have not since found a computer with more afflictions!
>
>"purplehaz" <software@for.me> wrote in message
>news:hoeJb.102726$JW3.75631@twister.nyroc.rr.com. ..
>> Dieter Sch=E4fer wrote:
>> > Hi to everybody!
>> >
>> > As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
>> > load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
>> > slows down our system.
>>
>> Installing xp should not slow down your system if it is
able to run xp. On
>a
>> slow computer it may run slower than win98, but if your
computer has the
>> needed power you won't notice any slow downs at all. If
you have a fast
>> computer and xp runs slow then you have something wrong,
most likely bad
>> drivers or spyware/adware.
>>
>> >
>> > XP seems to be extremely great with that!
>>
>> I have never seen xp "slow" a computer down. If the
computer is powerful
>> enough and a clean install is done, it will/shou7ld run
fast.
>> > Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
>> > things that come with the installation (and that you can't
>> > avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE,
Media
>> > Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall
in the
>> > control panel, the stuff is still there!!!
>>
>> You can't get rid of IE. It is integrated tightly into
XP. Movie maker,
>> media player, tutorials.... none of these will slow your
computer down and
>> neither take up much drive space at all. Your talking a
few mb's here and
>I
>> assume your drive is 10-20 gig at the least.(it should
be if it isn't).
>> >
>> > I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.
>> >
>> It sounds to me like you either have an old win98
computer that your
>trying
>> to run xp on and it just doesn't cut it or you have
driver or spyware
>> problems. I would look into what could possibly be
slowing the machine
>down
>> rather than trying to blame ms/xp. Post back you machine
specs to start
>> with.
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

<LOL>
Wes

Yup, the most common problem I find for a slow computer now-a-days is
spyware/adware/viruses.

Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) wrote:
> I tested a computer about 1 year ago (my brothers - I am sad to say).
> The computer (Gateway) was a dog. Took 10-15 minutes just to boot to
> the desktop.
>
> Test results: (my Brother is computer illiterate)
>
> 37 different virus
> 422 incidents of spywear (as per Ad-Aware)
> 37 additional incidents of spywear (as per SpyBot)
>
> Cleaned everything off. His computer took off like a rocket (-:
>
> I have not since found a computer with more afflictions!
>
> "purplehaz" <software@for.me> wrote in message
> news:hoeJb.102726$JW3.75631@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
>> Dieter Schäfer wrote:
>>> Hi to everybody!
>>>
>>> As we are used to with MS every new version brings us a
>>> load of new useless bullsh.. that fills our harddisks and
>>> slows down our system.
>>
>> Installing xp should not slow down your system if it is able to run
>> xp. On a slow computer it may run slower than win98, but if your
>> computer has the needed power you won't notice any slow downs at
>> all. If you have a fast computer and xp runs slow then you have
>> something wrong, most likely bad drivers or spyware/adware.
>>
>>>
>>> XP seems to be extremely great with that!
>>
>> I have never seen xp "slow" a computer down. If the computer is
>> powerful enough and a clean install is done, it will/shou7ld run
>> fast.
>>> Who can tell me, how I can get rid of all these nasty
>>> things that come with the installation (and that you can't
>>> avoid through a custom install), like moviemaker, IE, Media
>>> Player, tutorials etc.? Even if you choose uninstall in the
>>> control panel, the stuff is still there!!!
>>
>> You can't get rid of IE. It is integrated tightly into XP. Movie
>> maker, media player, tutorials.... none of these will slow your
>> computer down and neither take up much drive space at all. Your
>> talking a few mb's here and I assume your drive is 10-20 gig at the
>> least.(it should be if it isn't).
>>>
>>> I only need the most basic XP OS, nothing else.
>>>
>> It sounds to me like you either have an old win98 computer that your
>> trying to run xp on and it just doesn't cut it or you have driver or
>> spyware problems. I would look into what could possibly be slowing
>> the machine down rather than trying to blame ms/xp. Post back you
>> machine specs to start with.