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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 09:49:46AM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > >3) For amusement, battery life after fully charged overnight: 3 Hrs 25 > > > > Turned off Aero: 5 hrs 29 > > Removed MS Works and mcafee: 10 hrs 27 > > > > Is that actual running time or estimated running time as given by Windows? > Estimated running time by Windows > >4) I need Microsoft .NET and probably Silverlight as some websites seem to > > demand both > > A lot of new programs for Windows are written in .Net. IIRC you > should be able to get away with .Net 1.1 and .Net 3. Don't forget > the service packs though (you should be able to grab it all from > Windows Update, now helpfully found in Control Panel on Windows > Vista and Windows 7). Done: some 35 downloads in three separate sessions > > > Any thoughts on deleting any of the following: > > MS office suite activation? (Presumably this is junk) > > If you're not running MS Office then yep, you should be able to get > rid of it. Gone > > > MS SQL Server 2005 compact edition? (why would they include this?) > > Some of the Windows Live software makes use of this (god knows > why!). There might be some other applications using it too. > > > MS Visual C++ 2005 redistributable? (why would they include this?) > > > > I'd keep that, a fair few applications use it. Basically it's a > load of shared libraries for applications which are written in > Visual C++ 2005. In a way it's a bit like the old Visual Basic > runtimes. You'll probably find removing this may stop some > applications from running. > > > > Can anyone think of an advantage of MS Live or MyWinLocker? > > Windows Live is now a suite of applications which includes Windows > Live Movie Maker (for video editing, and saving mainly in > proprietary formats), Windows Live Messenger (for instant > messaging), Windows Live Photo Editor (for basic photo editing), > Windows Live Toolbar (an annoying Internet Explorer toolbar which > uses Bing search) and Windows Live Family Safety (Basic net-nanny > type controls). > > If you're not likely to run any of these then you should be okay to > get rid of them. It might be what is using the SQL Server compact > edition actually. > > Not sure about MyWinLocker, sounds like some sort of encryption > software or 'cloud' file storage. > Mywinlocker is embedded in various places: will leave for the time being Live: gone > Rob > Many thanks
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