What bloatware should I delete from my Toshiba Satellite Pro 550?

What bloatware should I delete from my Toshiba Satellite Pro 550?
All of it.

I never keep any of it.

hey thanks for the quick reply, but are you saying this because you have a toshiba or because the rule is that all of this software is useless?
thanks.

1--If it's new, you can delete all the trialware with PC DeCrapifier.

If it's not so new, and you did#1 ages ago, skip it
2--Uninstall any programs you never, ever need.
3--Run Msconfig>Startup tab and remove anything unnecessary from your bootup.
4--Run CCLeaner.
5--Run TFC (Temp File Cleaner)

far better to just do a fresh install - f%$% the original install  

Not necessarily so. You don't know if his system is screwed, or if just has too many programs or too much temp system junk. You don't know if he has backups, copies of all his drivers, installers for all his programs. Fresh installs are a last resort, not a means of regular maintenance.

Rocket, you didn't specify anything about your system's age, what your symptoms are, or what YOU consider to be unnecessary. Tell us more about the Satellite.

On the new computer, run PC Decrapifier at the beginning.

+1 to the advice graywolf - both PC Decrapifier and not doing a fresh install unless necessary.

I'm also a fan of Revo Uninstaller - deletes the temp info and items in the registry tied to the program install.

hey thanks for the great info, i just have a couple of questions.
is #1 the PC DeCrapifier downloaded off of pcdecrapifier.com, i just want to make sure that i'm downloading the right thing.
and what are the steps to do #3?
what is CCleaner? and how do i run it?
and is the temp file cleaner called disk cleanup?

i just got the computer at the end of last year, and it has all of the basic toshiba software. i brought this from the uninstall programs in the control panel.
1. toshiba face recognition
2. toshiba value added package
3. toshiba pc health monitor
4. toshiba disc creator
5. toshiba hardware setup
6. toshiba eco utility
7. toshiba recovery disc creator
8. toshiba internal modem region select utility
9. toshiba extended tiles for windows mobility center
10. toshiba agreement notification utility
11. toshiba flash cards support utility
12. toshiba quality application
13. toshiba service station
14. toshiba application and driver installer
15. toshiba web camera application
16. toshiba upgrade assistant
17. toshiba resources page
18. toshiba assist
19. toshiba software modem

thanks a lot for your patience.

Best answer selected by rocket123.

You'll have to go through the Toshiba programs and remove what you don't need. I can't judge all of those. Some will be running in the background constantly, and if you later find they're just a nuisance, remove them as you go along. Don't remove any Toshiba drivers.

But you can apply what I said to any of the outside programs too. TFC and CCleaner should be part of regular maintenance after that, maybe weekly.

Digit--I need a laptop expert here.

I also own a Toshiba laptop and i removed all of it except the web cam app. That was 3 months ago and I've never had a problem with it. JMHO

Alan

Hi, I know this is an old thread but it keeps coming up in google searches. Several points:

-- PC Decrapifier (as of 2.2.5) does not remove Toshiba utilities.
-- On the Toshiba Satellite laptops I've been working on, at least one Toshiba utility is needed for the Fn key to work, and the Fn key is necessary to turn of the WiFi. I cannot readily determine which Toshiba utility that is. I believe it's Toshiba Flash Cards as indicated in msconfig, but Revo shows no entry for Toshiba Flash Cards.
-- I use Revo Uninstaller and like it a lot. But when removing at least one of the Toshiba utilities, Revo also removed files and folders for multiple other Toshiba utilities, which crippled them. Note: I was using Revo 1.9.1 at the time; an update might correct this problem. I'm not willing to go through 20 uninstalls in various permutations and combinations to try to see which ones are mishandled by Revo. I did successfully remove Toshiba activation, Toshiba Book Place, Toshiba Apps, and Toshiba online backup.
-- Performance on these machines was quite satisfactory for ordinary everyday office work, so I left about 10 of the Toshiba Utilities running.

--Bob

Hi I just wanted to say that I just bought a new Satellite p750 and really liking it so far (day two). I installed TuneUp Utilities 2012 which I used to see what programs were actually taxing the system, removed some of the "launch at start-up" programs and used a lot of other features as well. I am going to be putting this on every computer I own from now on.

They have a free trial of course (I think 15 days) which will be plenty of time to rid your system of bloatware. Also if you like the program and are thinking about buying it I would suggest uninstalling it before the end of the trial and that should trigger a pop up to their site with an offer to purchase it at about 1/2 cost.

I am not trying to push their software - just saying it worked great for me.

http://www.tune-up.com/

I also installed CCleaner, Spybot - Search and Destroy, AVG 2012 and Ultimate Defrag 3.0.
If you are trying to clean out your system (and keep it free of adware) I would suggest looking into these as well.

(Protip- Based on other posts here, I would use the uninstaller utility from Control Panel to remove the unwanted Toshiba software packages. Less risky than having an automated program do it for you.)

Side note: I was actually impressed by the relatively little bloatware on the system. There were a few junk game utilities, a really annoying ad pop-up program (called DealPly - I think) and some "apps" from Toshiba that were junk. Much much less than some other companies I know of (cough, cough, acer. ahh-hm).