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I'm cleaning up my programs, what don't I need?
My computer's been kinda naughty and slow lately. Besides the fact that it needs to be cleaned of dust and dirt, I'm trying to get rid of every program that I don't need or use. I've had it the way it is for years, and I don't think I ever bothered to get rid of the useless junk and extras it came with. I use my computer mainly for art and playing games, I have Windows Vista Ultimate 32x on an HP computer, and these are my programs:
3DVIA player 5.0
7-Zip 9.20
Activation Assistant for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites
Adobe AIR
Adobe Color Common Settings
Adobe Community Help
Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Reader X (10.1.6)
Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0
Akamai NetSession Interface Service
AMD Catalyst Install Manager
Apple Application Support
Apple Mobile Device Support
Apple Software Update
Astroburn Lite
Audacity 1.2.6
avast! Free Antivirus
AviSynth 2.5
Bamboo
Bluetooth by hp 6.0.1.4400
Bonjour
Canon MP Navigator EX 1.0
Canon MP210 series
Canon My Printer
Canon Utilities Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Canon Utilities Solution Menu
CCleaner
DAEMON Tools Lite
DeskScapes
Device Doctor v2.1
DivX Plus DirectShow Filters
Download Updater (AOL LLC)
DVD Play HD DVD
Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard Solution
ffdshow v1.1.3572 [2010-09-13]
File Identifier version 1.0.2
FileHippo.com Update Checker
Firebird SQL Server - MAGIX Edition
FS_BTS screensaver_desktop_e
Haali Media Splitter
Hardware Diagnostic Tools
HP Customer Experience Enhancements
HP Customer Participation Program 12.0
HP Document Manager 2.0
HP Easy Setup - Frontend
HP Imaging Device Functions 12.0
HP Officejet 6500 E709 Series
HP On-Screen Cap/Num/Scroll Lock Indicator
HP Photosmart Essential 2.0
HP Smart Web Printing
HP Solution Center 12.0
HP Total Care Advisor
HP Update
ImTOO iPod Computer Transfer
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
Intel® Viiv™ Software
iPod for Windows 2006-03-23
iTunes
Java 7 Update 17
Java(TM) 6 Update 43
Java(TM) 6 Update 5
Java(TM) 6 Update 7
JavaFX 2.1.1
LAME v3.98.2 for Audacity
Macromedia Extension Manager
Macromedia Flash 8
Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder
MediaInfo 0.7.61
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft IntelliType Pro 8.2
Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010
Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In
Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 - English
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Windows Live Messenger 32-bit
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL Update kb973923 - x86 8.0.50727.4053
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - KB2467174 - x86 9.0.30729.5570
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2
Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 (x86 en-US)
Mozilla Maintenance Service
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB941833)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB973688)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 Parser and SDK
muvee autoProducer 6.0
Norton Security Scan
Oblivion
Oblivion - Horse Armor Pack
Oblivion - Knights of the Nine
Oblivion - Mehrunes Razor
Oblivion - Orrery
Oblivion - Spell Tomes
Oblivion - The Fighter's Stronghold
Oblivion - Thieves Den
Oblivion - Vile Lair
Oblivion - Wizard's Tower
Oblivion mod manager 1.1.12
OCR Software by I.R.I.S. 12.0
Pando Media Booster
PeerBlock 1.1 (r518)
Project64 1.6
Python 2.4.3
QuickTime
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
Revo Uninstaller Pro 3.0.2
Rhapsody Player Engine
Roxio Creator Audio
Roxio Creator Basic v9
Roxio Creator Copy
Roxio Creator Data
Roxio Creator EasyArchive
Roxio Creator Tools
Roxio Express Labeler 3
Roxio MyDVD Basic v9
ScanSoft OmniPage SE 4
Seagate Manager Installer
Skype™ 6.3
Skyrim
Snapfish Media Detector
Steam
Text-To-Speech-Runtime
The Neverhood
Torch
Uniblue RegistryBooster 2
Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 3
Uniblue SpyEraser
Unity Web Player
Unofficial Oblivion Patch v3.2.0
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch v1.4.0
Virtual Audio Cable 4.8
VLC media player 2.0.5
VoiceOver Kit
WebTablet IE Plugin
WebTablet Netscape Plugin
Windows Driver Package - Broadcom Bluetooth (06/15/2009 6.2.0.9000)
Windows Driver Package - Broadcom HIDClass (07/28/2009 6.2.0.9800)
Windows Installer Clean Up
Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
X360 Video Player ActiveX Control
If anybody has the patience to help me, it's much appreciated c:
4 Answers
- braydenLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't see anything on your list that could be causing your computer to be "naughty and slow". A couple of them are useless but they are harmless.
What I recommend you do is a viral scan and malware scan to see if infection is causing these symptoms. To get the most effective scan, boot up into safe mode and then do your scans.
After you finish that do a defrag.
- ?Lv 58 years ago
That's a very long list of programs but I can't tell you want you use or don't use.
As an alternative try this. Go to run from the start menu. Type msconfig and hit enter. Then go to the startup tab. There you can disable programs from running at startup. For example, the PC I'm using to write this has only three programs that run at startup.
Realtek HD Audio Manager
Panda Cloud Antivirus
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager
In fact I just unchecked Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager as a startup item so now there's only two.
I also have 45 installed programs, which I consider to be more than I need but that's because someone else uses this computer and I'm tired of unistalling useless junk like browser toolbars.
I'm not up to date with my knowledge of antivirus software but I suspect you may want to get rid of Norton and keep Avast.
Also download Ccleaner and do a registry scan but remember to click on fix issues after it scans.
You can also do a disk defrag with the default windows defragger or something like MyDefrag but that's not major. The registry clean is the most important.
- 8 years ago
Reinstall Windows, probably something of Win7 or higher, as the newer it is - the better (don't get me going on this, just trust the word.)
Then install what you need - if you don't know what you need, what you use, then it means you don't need any of those programs at all.
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