What exactly is Framework.net?

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Originally Posted by dr_roberts49

HP is notorious for putting every one of their applications in the startup folder, and they don't ususally ask. I downloaded an update from their website yesterday for my daughter's digital camera. BTW, I checked their website myself because I had long ago pulled their auto-update from my startup folder

Anyway, true to form, HP attempted to put every little app in the update into my startup folder, but Watchdog warned me each time that there was an application that wanted to add itself to my startup and asked me yes or no. I replied no to each one. The programs can be accessed when I need them simply by clicking on them. Why for the life of me does HP (and others) think I can't use my computer properly without their apps automatically loading each time I startup my computer? It's no small wonder that so many people find their computers running at a crawl and running low on resources. And most think it's spyware!

Another example, is all the crap that comes pre-loaded on off-the-self computers. There was an article I read recently, that more and more vendors are becoming increasingly aggressive to resellers on putting their apps in new computers. Example in point. When I bought my two older kids laptops for college, they immediately noticed how much slower it took their computers to get to the desktop when compared with their desktop computers (which I built). I use XP Pro on my computer, but had purchased additional keys for XP Home Edition for my kids. We wiped all the useless crap from their Sony Vios, and then did a clean format and install of XP, and then loaded the programs they would need for school. Screw Norton and his overpriced bloatware, we went with our favorite suite of free internet protection programs. My kid's laptops now run as smooth as their desktops. It's too damn bad that a majority of computer users don't have the background to deal with this, and the powers that be know this, and take full advantage of it to shove their apps down their throats. It's a real shame, and it's the truth. Sorry to get off subject and rant, but this is one on my major gripes.

Robert

Robert, how do you know what you can/cannot delete from your startup folder? It takes my computer "forever" to boot up, and I thought that I had deleted everything in the startup folder that I could. It this just XP? And, can we safely delete all the "IBM" or "Sony" or "Dell" items in the startup folder? Thanks!