Thanks for the response.
I have an older laptop, and it often runs very sluggish, especially
when booting.
As I'm working through implementing a new program (AlacrityPC), the
first bits of advice are to peruse the Add/Remove Programs list as see
what's there that you don't know about or remember, and see if you
might no longer need them. Less to initialize at boot and keep tabs
of shile running, yes?
So I'm hoping to accomplish a leaner, cleaner system that boots faster
and runs better.
(Is that the Holy Grail??? 8>/ )
I was especially wondering (not necesarily concerned) about the
multiple MSXML and .NET updates stacked on top of each other.
Especially when I saw the MSXML version jump from 4 to 6. And the
Visual C++ Redistributables?? Don't even know what those are for.
But you're right - they're not taking up all that much space.
Don't know what they eat in terms of running memory or time to boot.
(My biggest vexation - it can take over five minutes to complete a
boot up! Don't know how much of that is due to AGV and Spyware
touching everything as it boots, though. I used CClean once and got a
blazing fast boot afterwards - but it almost immediately bogged down
again.)
Thanks for the help.
Ed
On Jul 26, 3:47 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed from AZ wrote:
> > I was looking through my Add/Remove Programs list and saw the
> > following. I have a Dell Latitude D600 with XP SP3. I use VB 6.0
> > (Classic).
>
> > The MSXML KBs stacked up? The .NET updates? Do I really need
> > these?
>
> > -- Windows Live OneCare Scanner
> > -- MSXML 4.0 SP2 KBs 936181, 954430, 973688 w/ MSXML 6 SP2 KB 973686
> > -- VIsual C++ 2005 & 2008 Redistributables
> > -- MS .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1
> > -- Memory Key Boot Utility
>
> -- Maybe - if you have nothing else.
> -- Leave alone
> -- Leave alone
> -- Leave alone
> -- What is that?
>
> It's not like it has been hurting you and/or you won't gain much in
> performance or space getting rid of them and chances are they got installed
> because you told them to install (either knowingly or unknowingly - but in
> any case they could have all been knowingly if you had paid attention) - so
> what is it you are hoping to accomplish should you get rid of those things
> as opposed to things you know you don't need?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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