John, there is a nifty little program called PC-Decrapifier. What you can do is perform a reinstall from the recovery image, then run PC-Decrapifier to remove all the, well, crap that gets installed. They keep a database of what each of the vendors crap up their systems with and then provide a one-stop shop for removing them. Of course, you get to select what to remove and what to keep. Everytime I restore my Vista system from the recovery disks, using PC-Decrapifier is the first thing I do.

You can run it later; however, they recommend running it right after restoring the system.

Just a thought.


John

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