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What are the basic programs needed to run XP

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by barrie91

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What are the basic programs needed to run XP Professional? I have come into possession of laptop that has an 80 Gig hardrive and I forget the Ram but it is large. The computer is full of junk and down to a few MB of hardrive left. As it is a nice laptop with large screen I thought I would keep for myself and would like to clean it to the basics and then put what I need on it for my business. So I would appreciate any information as to what I should keep so that it will still function correctly and delete the rest.

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by dumphrey

It really depends on what you want XP to do.
All you NEED, is Xp its self, and some drivers. Other then that, an office program and a media\dvd player are nice.
But from add/remove programs, un check the show updates button, and you can remove every thing, but I would leave video card divers, sound card divers, and MS updates.

by magic alex

Why not just start with a fresh installation of windows?
There could also be a lot of junk on the Hard Drive that can not be removed with Add Remove Programs, old users' My Documents folders can house a lot of old useless files and take up a sizable chunk of your hard drive especially if there is a lot of media stored there.
It's fairly simple to go through an old computer and get rid the of useless junk but it can be quite time consuming if you don't know where to look. If: you have a copy of XP, know what hardware is in the pc, and know how to find the necessary drivers. A fresh XP install is the way to go to make the most out of your new pc.

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