Are these programs needed?
Hello,
I have an acer aspire with windows 7. I would like to only keep programs that are vital for my computer. I do not understand all of these programs, so if someone could tell me which are safe to uninstall, I would be very grateful.
They are:
Acer Backup Manager
Acer Crystal Eye webcam
Acer epower management
Acer erecovery management
Acer updater
adobe air
adobe flash player 11 activeX
adobe reader X
broadcam card reader driver installer
broadcam netlink controller
clickadvanced frameworks
cyberlink mediaExpresso
ETDware PS/2-X64
Identity Card
Microsoft silverlight
MyWinLocker Suite
newsXpresso
norton online backup
nti media maker 9
welcome center
Best Answer
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Hi Kate0627!
Acer Backup Manager - a useful program to back up your files etc, can be done manually.
Acer Crystal Eye webcam - This is for your webcam. May not work properly without it
Acer epower management - Useful, but not essential
Acer erecovery management - Very Important, needed if you need to restore your computer & to burn your recovery disks
Acer updater - Important, will update programs/patches for your Acer system
adobe air - Not important
adobe flash player 11 activeX - useful for viewing certain websites.
adobe reader X - PDF reader, useful to have, others are available
broadcam card reader driver installer - Needed
broadcam netlink controller - Needed
clickadvanced frameworks - needed
cyberlink mediaExpresso - video/photo conversion software
ETDware PS/2-X64 - Important
Identity Card - Important, needed by Acer if things go wrong to identify your pc type etc.
Microsoft silverlight - similar to Flash, needed by some websites
MyWinLocker Suite - Can be a useful program, not really needed
newsXpresso - News reader. Gives you the latest news for all different websites in one go
norton online backup - Not necessary, ideal for backing files up online. (a USB stick or hard drive will do)
nti media maker 9 - making CD's/DVD's coping disk.
welcome center - not really needed
Obviously, you can uninstall any program that you're not going to use, but certain programs are needed by the computer or web browser...
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Hi Kate0627!
Acer Backup Manager - a useful program to back up your files etc, can be done manually.
Acer Crystal Eye webcam - This is for your webcam. May not work properly without it
Acer epower management - Useful, but not essential
Acer erecovery management - Very Important, needed if you need to restore your computer & to burn your recovery disks
Acer updater - Important, will update programs/patches for your Acer system
adobe air - Not important
adobe flash player 11 activeX - useful for viewing certain websites.
adobe reader X - PDF reader, useful to have, others are available
broadcam card reader driver installer - Needed
broadcam netlink controller - Needed
clickadvanced frameworks - needed
cyberlink mediaExpresso - video/photo conversion software
ETDware PS/2-X64 - Important
Identity Card - Important, needed by Acer if things go wrong to identify your pc type etc.
Microsoft silverlight - similar to Flash, needed by some websites
MyWinLocker Suite - Can be a useful program, not really needed
newsXpresso - News reader. Gives you the latest news for all different websites in one go
norton online backup - Not necessary, ideal for backing files up online. (a USB stick or hard drive will do)
nti media maker 9 - making CD's/DVD's coping disk.
welcome center - not really needed
Obviously, you can uninstall any program that you're not going to use, but certain programs are needed by the computer or web browser...
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Thanks to the both of you. I really appreciate the help. I'm used to a mac computer, but this one I have not used in quite a while.
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