You can go to the system configuration program, and disable some of the start up programs, which will speed up the boot time by doing the following :
Start Up Programs : Click on START, Click on Run, than put in the box " MSCONFIG ". Click OK. Now you are in the System Configuration Utility Program. Click on START UP on top. Uncheck the programs from here that you do not want to start up at boot up. You can always go back into this program to restart them. They will not be uninstalled. Click on APPLY, than it will ask you if you wish to reboot the system. Do so. After it boots up again, you will be presented with another window from the System Configuration Uitility Program telling you that you have made an adjustment. If you don't want to see this pop up each time you boot up, put a check mark in the little box in the lower left corner of this announcement.
To get rid of the bloatware that Dell puts on, many of us do a complete Reformat and Reinstall of windows and only put on the system the programs that we want. You said you do not have a disk that came with the system. Call Dell and ask for a operating system disk and be firm. Than if you are up to it, reformat the system and reinstall windows the way you want it. Also make sure you go to the Dell download site afterwards for your system to install the drivers including the ChipSet driver, video card driver and other drivers that you might need.
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You can go to the system configuration program, and disable some of the start up programs, which will speed up the boot time by doing the following :
Start Up Programs : Click on START, Click on Run, than put in the box " MSCONFIG ". Click OK. Now you are in the System Configuration Utility Program. Click on START UP on top. Uncheck the programs from here that you do not want to start up at boot up. You can always go back into this program to restart them. They will not be uninstalled. Click on APPLY, than it will ask you if you wish to reboot the system. Do so. After it boots up again, you will be presented with another window from the System Configuration Uitility Program telling you that you have made an adjustment. If you don't want to see this pop up each time you boot up, put a check mark in the little box in the lower left corner of this announcement.
To get rid of the bloatware that Dell puts on, many of us do a complete Reformat and Reinstall of windows and only put on the system the programs that we want. You said you do not have a disk that came with the system. Call Dell and ask for a operating system disk and be firm. Than if you are up to it, reformat the system and reinstall windows the way you want it. Also make sure you go to the Dell download site afterwards for your system to install the drivers including the ChipSet driver, video card driver and other drivers that you might need.
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INSPIRON1300/B130&os=WW1&osl=EN Inspiron 1300 download site
Message Edited by SR45 on 03-03-2006 10:47 AM
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March 3rd, 2006 17:00
As you did before, remove all unwanted programs using Add/Remove Programs.
Then go here
to get ideas on how to fix the Sonic Update Manager problem.