Hi gang,

OK here's the situation. I've just re-installed WinXP Home on my fathers computer and half the stuff that gets put on he wont use.

eg:

Notepad and Word pad - He has MS Works
Calculator - Already got one and failing that there's always pen and paper
Magnifier, Narrator, On screen keyboard - Who uses these?
Fax
Paint........
the list goes on.

My question is, and I appreciate it might be a long answer but, If I re-installed WinXP again using the custom installation option what programs/utilities do I definately have to install for XP to run properly?

Think I've made myself clear but if not.......

Thanks Smirnoff

Just wondering.... Why bother?

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Normally I wouldn't. I was just curious cos like I said half the stuff he either doesn't use or wont need

Smirnoff

Personally I'm not sure.

Programs such as paint, calculator etc don't take up much room on your hard drive - messing around trying to uninstall each program is a waste of time...

If you don't need a program, Windows doesn't force you to use it! I think its best to keep all XP's programs there for just in case...

But thats just my oppinion .

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Trying to cut out unnecessary components from Windows is a pretty normal phase for most PC users to go through, but it's pretty pointless really.

Windows is purposefully engineered to be highly interdependent, which means there's very little that you can cut out without running into irritating little issues. Any software developed for Windows presumes a minimal but standard installation of programs and libraries, including things like notepad, Internet Explorer etc. This is why there's very little in Add/Remove Programs, other than little things like calc, wordpad etc. All these components account for a small fraction of a Windows installation.

You can pretty much do without everything in the Windows Components in Add/Remove Programs, but I wouldn't advise removing anything else.