How to uninstall Control Point and Bloatware?

I just ordered my Dell e6400 for +17,000, i'm pretty proud of the specs but i'm

hearing bad things about the control point and i want to uninstall it asap once i

get it. I also want to uninstall and trash all the bloatware/crapware they

installed, which ones are they? And how do I know they're bloatware. I want

my Dell to run as fast and as smooth as possible.

I want to uninstall the entire software completely, i hear it is unneeded and slows the system down by 2/3rds.

I had a dell xps m1330 and after 2 years it wouldn't power up. This happened 1

month after the warranty expired but i'm giving dell a second chance.

 

Best way to take care of software bloat is to do a clean install. With Dell's OEM installation disks, you don't get any bloatware, and you can choose which applications (ie ControlPoint) you want to install.

 

how do i do that? i'm a newbie! : (
clean install? is that when i first turn on my laptop.
or are you talking about a back up cd they send with the product. the Dell's OEM installation disk. I should just install that disk?

 

Using your OEM Operating System disc, wipe out your current installation and then do a clean installation of the OS (Vista, XP, whatever it is you have for your E6400).

After loading the OS, you will need to load drivers for your HW, you can either use the OEM driver disc supplied with your system (a different disc than your OS disc), or you can pull the individual drivers for each component off of the dell site for the E6400:

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...ystemID=LAT_E6400&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

I use the Dell-recommended load order, excluding any bloatware you do not want installed:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/driver_install_order?

Whatever other software is up to you.

I would also suggest reviewing the "Dell Vista Install and Bloatware Removal" thread (if you are using Vista):

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=157838

You may need to ignore the Media Direct portion, but the rest is pertinent, particularly if you need to load an AHCI driver for Vista prior to the OS load. The pictorial walkthrough is very helpful:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3314842&postcount=1291

 

will installing windows 7 take care of this?

i've been hearing about clean install and not being able to use the fingerprint reader and/or the integrated camera.

 

you need to install DCP security manager & DCP and NOT the 500mb thingy

 

Ok, now to not waist your time, I have great news.
Dell buisness laptops don't come with crap.
That is the reason you pay more. You see to make the computer most competitive for the Home market and store shelved they put what ever software is willing to pay them to cut the cost. But Dell Buisness doesn't have that (unless you specified it).

You will be glad to know that your laptop will come with the following:
- Drivers (always useful to have)
- PowerDVD (to play DVD movies. And this is actually a good codec so you may actually want to keep it UNLESS you have Vista Home Premium or Ultimate or any editions of Win7.
- Roxio (easy to uninstall)
- Dell Control Panel (I'll get to that)
- 2 (or 3, I forgot) And diver event/diagnostic application that are easy to uninstall if you don't want them despite not running when Windows starts.
That is all.

PowerDVD is a codec, so it's nothing, Drivers.. well drivers, Roxio it's an application you can remove it like any other applications, and the drive application which you don't need which are also easy to uninstall.

That is all your done. When I first tun on my system (see signature.. notice the slow HDD), it took 38sec, and after removing Roxio and driver application, it also took 38sec.. how nice

But DCP! You ask. Yes let me explain how it works.
It's all here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4924992&postcount=4111

Your previous laptop did not break because of applications, that is impossible. As you noticed this laptop comes with MINIMUM 3 year warranty and if your in Canada Dell also pith in a 3 year next buisness on site service, which ensures that you have your laptop in hand ALL THE TIME even if a new one is sent to you (where you are free to swap the HDD if that's not the broken part) to prevent system re-install and act like if nothing happen. Both services for 3 years, as a minimum (you can't have less than this).. you know that Dell knows it won't on you to take such a crazy move.
And if it does happen, well you got 3 years, and you get to keep the laptop all the time, no shipping required, and you get to see a contracted by Dell firm come to your place and change parts in front of you for your satisfaction and Dell cover even the scratch perform by the technician (of course if you did not take next buisness day as it was not a minimum for your country than that is a different story, but it's not to late to get it).

Anyway enjoy your system

If you don't like surprises, here is my view on the laptop:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4967934&postcount=4176

P.S: I hope you ordered your system with Vista 64-bit for the best experience of your system, unlock the full potential of your CPU, and use your 4GB of RAM.
To learn more about 64-bit CPU's read these:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4977444&postcount=4203
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4977419&postcount=4202 (see at second quote)

I hope all this was helpful.

 

Goodbytes,

yes i did order my e6400 with vista 64bit
here are my specs

Nvidia 160M, backlight keyboard, 4 GB 2 dimms, Wireless 5300, Bluetooth, 250 gb 7200 rpm.
and a 3 year complete care warranty just in case. : )

Do you have a E6400 with an anthlon X2 installed? because that is, i think the best processor.

how is it?

Is your fan on all the time?

does you computer heat up constantly?

You installed it yourself? where did you you buy it?

if you did install it yourself did you void dell's warranty when you opened up

your computer?

Can i bring my laptop to geeksqaud or comp USA to get the anthlon installed?

If so, how much do you think it would cost to get it installed?

 

Er, you mean the AMD Athlon 64-bit CPUs? Those, are one, a few generations old now...and AMD chips generally suck on laptops. Plus, you can't interchange AMD chips on an Intel board like the one the E6400 uses. In addition, changing a CPU on a laptop also most likely voids the warranty.

 

+1 to Theros123
What you see on my signature they are 2 different systems. The first is the Dell Lat.. E6400 similar what you have, and the second one is a desktop computer (build in Jan 2006, well, the video card and case were upgraded later-on, as obviously they did not exists back then). Here is an old picture: http://pages.infinit.net/eps/mod/Img_3574.jpg

Ouuuuu! Nice! Real nice!

If you are referring to the Latitude E6400.
The fan only kicks in when I start compiling my programming projects several time, when I play Flash based (i.e: youTube) videos or game. It of courses doesn't kick the fan instantly, it takes time. The fan never kicked on me when I am on battery (then again you can't game, when doing so).

I think, that the Latitude E6400 is very cool operation FOR the power it gives you. The palm rest and keyboard is never warm-warm on me (only staying in the light warm area). The laptop is soo cool that I was able to overclock the GPU pretty high (see signature).

I build my desktop computer myself by ordering hardware parts from an online computer part store. You do save a lot of money when building a high-end computer yourself (well it was high-end back in 2005-2006, but of course, not anymore).

No, because:
1- They are morons. They are basically like any average person knowledge and follow some manual instruction, and over charge you for anything. The day you'll get your Dell Latitude E6400, ALWAYS get Dell involved if you can, if not do it yourself. Don't know how? figure it out. This laptop has 1 screw panel to have full access to the hardware. Let's say after 4 years the wireless card is broken, you can change that. You want 8GB of RAM, no problem, etc... If you can insert a cartridge game into a gaming console, you can upgarde a computer And of course, we are all here ready to help you.

2- You can't mix CPUs. They have different sockets (connectors) as they all functions differently (ie: Pentium 4 architecture is completely different than the Intel Core 2 Duo which is completely different than the Core i7 and different from any AMD CPU's).
But for fun, let's image it can work (meaning attaching my desktop CPU into this laptop, despite about being 2 times it's size), I can only assume that you'll get 3min of battery life. The Intel Core 2 Duo that you'll get in the laptop is not only faster than my desktop CPU but only consume at full power about 25W, my old desktop CPU consumes 110W and is less powerful. So not a smart moved.. not to mention that it only supports the slower DDR1 RAM, and other complications. Anyway what we are doing here in this imagineray world is that he try to plug an HDMI cable into a composite connector

Anyway, if you plan to upgrade the CPU, the only thing you can do, is purchase a more powerful Intel Core 2 Duo for your laptops. Basically, if Dell have it for the laptop, you can put that one in, else you can't, or you can but the BIOS won't support it, therefore nothing will work.
Because this is Dell Buisness, any hardware upgrade you do will no void the warranty, just Dell won't cover that part and act as if it doesn't exists. Unless, you purchase that part from Dell website. So if you change your RAM to 8GB of RAM, your system warranty won't be voided, but if you return the system to Dell and did not put back the old RAM that originally came with the system, Dell will charge you for the missing RAM, despite having 8GB of RAM instead of 4GB in the system. Also, you won't have 8GB back easily, and probably Dell will make you pay shipping costs to have your RAM back, not to mention a big problem that might take some time to solve.