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Word 2007 file too big
I have this novel I'm formatting. It has 37 images, most of them greyscale. They are all under 100 kb each. Most of them are under 50 kb. So I already know it's NOT the images. It's. Not. The. Images. ...
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Crapware blocker for Windows
Is there a program that runs in a background and prevents installation of crapware (browser toolbars is the first thing that comes to mind)?
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Where are those crapware desktop icons located?
My new Acer Aspire One netbook came pre-installed with Windows 7 Starter and lots of other promotional software.
Some of them (like Norton and McAfee) I uninstalled immediately. Others (like the ...
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How to perform a clean install of Windows 7 on New Netbook without CD? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Install Windows 7 from USB
I got a new netbook which came pre-installed with Windows 7 Starter and full of promotional crapware.
I am interested in somehow extracting ...
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Installed babylon in Firefox, now I can't get rid of it
While installing Digsby (an IM client) I accidentally installed the Babylon toolbar for Firefox. This was one version of Firefox ago and it didn't go away still (I had 3.5, and installed 4 and it ...
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How do I get rid of this and other fugitive bloatware on Windows 7?
I connected my digital camera to my new HP dv7 laptop and Snapfish came up and offered to move all the photos to the pc and to their service. This tells me that Snapfish is installed at least to some ...
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How can I stop the ads appearing on my desktop?
I just bought an HP Windows 7 workstation. Every time I boot up the machine a series of ads appears on my desktop. For example, right now I have "HP Protection Advisory. Never lose an important file ...
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Is there a way to batch uninstall a bunch of programs in Windows? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Mass Uninstalling
Is there a way to batch uninstall a bunch of programs in Windows (7 Home Premium)? My dad just got a new computer and it has a bunch of bloatware on ...
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Installing Windows 7 manually with new laptops
I've purchased a few laptops that only come with Restore partitions. I can buy restore media (which I can create myself), but they will not provide an actual Windows 7 DVD.
The brands are Lenovo, ...
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How to remove ScanSoft SSBkgdUpdate.exe for good?
On Windows 7, SSBkgdUpdate.exe pops up every time a non-admin user logs in, asking for the admin password. This is the auto-updater for ScanSoft PaperPort 11.
I tried to zap it by deleting the ...
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Reinstalling Windows 7 (Removing Bloatware)
Hey everyone. I have the following problem, I recently bought a new laptop (a Lenovo Ideapad) and it seems as if it came without a Windows 7 Installation disk (though it is on the laptop). The problem ...
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Dell Studio XPS 16: disable touchpad without installing drivers
Is there a way I can disable the touchpad (when I'm using a mouse)?
I want to disable the touchpad because I often accidentally tap the touchpad while typing, often clicking something I did not ...
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Is Lojack preinstalled on Dell's laptops?
I'm looking at buying a Dell Studio 15 or similar. Unfortunately, they all seem to come with Lojack software included and no option to take it out of the build.
I really do not want this software ...
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How can I remove bloatware Acer includes in Windows 7?
I bought an Acer laptop with Windows 7
At first I just installed Linux on it, but I need to run some Windows software and test websites in IE.
I could remove all the crap by hand, but is there a ...
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Reduce disk space used by Windows 7?
Does anyone have any tips on reducing the space used by Windows 7? So far I've got:
Emtpy Recycle Bin
Run Disk Cleanup Wizard
Use 'Programs & Features' control panel to uninstall unneeded ...
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Is it possible to download minimal drivers on Windows, without the extra software packages?
The situation in all its glory:
30 megs for ATIs' "Display Driver Only".
Almost 100 megs for NVidias' GeForce/Ion bloatware.
300 megs for an HP printer driver with immense amount of crap
30 megs ...
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Remove junk applications from new computer en masse with tracking
How do I remove those pesky junk programs typically associated with a new computer? Going through Add/Remove Programs in the control panel seems very slow as it is only allowing me to uninstall one ...
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Why is ccmexec thrashing my disk?
I run continously run Serious Samurize to show graphs of CPU, disk and network usage. Occasionally I see that my E: drive (a hard disk with no system files on it, only data) is thrashing away when it ...
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Excel file suddenly 35MB?
What could cause a 945KB Excel file to grow to 35MB without any warnings?
Tips:
There are table formattings that converted ranges to Tables and I converted them back to Range. Can it be that?
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How do I Install Flash Player 10 without Adobe Download Manager?
How do I get Flash Player 10 (on Firefox) without installing the Adobe Download Manager?
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How to use tilt wheel on Logitech mouse without installing bloated drivers
I recently bought a new mouse (a Logitech LX7), and the tilt wheel (left/right) doesn't work. I went to their website to install drivers, and halted when I saw the 60MB download...
Is there any way ...
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Mass Uninstalling
Just been working on a new laptop today (Acer) and it was pre-installed with all sorts of crapware. Mostly games and "backup utilities" and McAfee. I had to manually uninstall about 30 apps via ...
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What do you remove from a default Mac OS X install? [closed]
Is there anything in the default Mac OS X install that you like to remove for performance, clutter, or non-use reasons?
I have done custom installs without all the extra print drivers and language ...
