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Your advice: what to delete upon arrival.

Lenovo laptops are (so I read) full of SW junk right out of the box.

This unit is to be used for some word processing, some web-browsing, some game playing (mostly of the CIV type, not shooters stuff).

I want to know how to set this unit up to not be bogged down with stuff I don't need or want, and how to clean it up as a first step.

TIA!

Ed

Optimize your machine by tunning it. You can start by removing the programs you are not going to use. I suggest you perform "Custom Factory Restore" that lets you choose your choice of programs from the "Lenovo Base Software Selector". Obviously you'll have to settle on which programs you need according to your requirement.

To do so:

a. Turn off your machine.
b. Power it up and carefully observe the display. Look for the logo screen. At any time, while the logo screen is onscreen, press Thinkvantage Blue Button or F11.
c. Once Rescue and Recovery Predesktop area fully initiates, you'll see many option on the top and left side of your screen.
d. Under "Rescue and Restore" press "Restore your system".

At some point you'll be presented with custom restore option.

Also you can refer to the following thread to read on the similar topic:

New X61T List of Software

Thanks!

Ed

Runner wrote:Your advice: what to delete upon arrival.

Lenovo laptops are (so I read) full of SW junk right out of the box.

I want to know how to set this unit up to not be bogged down with stuff I don't need or want, and how to clean it up as a first step.

TIA!

Ed

Runner,
This is how an employee of Lenovo thinks about Thinkpad bloatware and how to get rid of it. Interesting to read, in particular "ThinkVantage Base Software Administrator":
http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=63

Thanks, Marie-Anne. That was helpful. Now, if the computer would get here, I can apply these good ideas!

Ed