My mother has had her VAIO (model vpc-eb12fx with windows 7) for about 9 months right away as well as she is commencement to protest which it is using slow. we am upon her laptop right away as well as she is not lying. we checked out a processor, impel as well as graphics label as well as this laptop should be using during light speed with this hardware. My theory is which there have been a garland of un-needed/never used bloatware programs using in a credentials pleasantness of sony as well as most others.
Below is a list of a programs which can be seen in a programs as well as facilities (add mislay programs) list. Please let me know what would be protected to mislay as well as what is vital. we am omission things which we know for certain we will keep (photoshop, adobe, all a Intel things etc.) If any a single knows of any alternative measures we can take to purify a cobwebs out of here we am all ears. Thank we all.
Alps Pointing Device for VIAO (no idea what this is)
Apple Application Support (i pod things we assume…not certain if it is ever used as well as is
necessary for us to make make use of of i tunes)
Apple Mobile Device Support (same criticism as above)
Apple Software Update (not certain if this is unequivocally needed)
Compatibility Pack for a 2007 Office System (probably necessary)
Java (TM) 6 Update seventeen (are both of these needed?)
Java (TM) 6 Update seventeen (64 bit) (same criticism as above)
Media Gallery (from a friends during sony)
Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft SQLServer 2005 Compact Ed [ENU]
Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redstrib…Package
Microsoft Works
PlayReady Personal Computer Runtime amd64
PMB
PMB VAIO Edition Guide (Bloatware?)
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (Click to Disc) (Bloatware?)
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (Click Image Optimizer) (Bloatware?)
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (Click Movie Story) (Bloatware?)
Roxio Easy Media Creator 10Lj (Burning software, is this indispensable to bake CDs
or did Windows 7 already come with identical software?)
Setting Utility Series (Sony Again)
SmartWi Connection Utility (Sony Again)
Sony Home Network Library
VAIO Care (Necessary?)
VAIO Content Metadata Intelligent Analyzing Manager (Necessary?)
VAIO Content Metadata Intelligent Network Service Manager (Necessary?)
VAIO Content Metadata Manager (Necessary?)
VAIO Content Metadata XLM Interface Library (Necessary?)
VAIO Content Monitoring Settings (Necessary?)
VAIO Control Center (Necessary?)
VAIO DVD Menu Data (Necessary?)
VAIO Entertainment Platform (Necessary?)
VAIO Event Service (Necessary?)
VAIO Help as well as Support (Necessary?)
VAIO Media as well as (Necessary?)
VAIO Media as well as Opening Movie (Necessary?)
VAIO Movie Story Template Data (Necessary?)
VAIO Original Function Settings (Necessary?)
VAIO Personalization Manager (Necessary?)
VAIO Power Management (Necessary?)
VAIO Quick Web Access (Necessary?)
VAIO Survey (Pretty certain this is rubbish 
)
VAIO Transfer Support (Necessary?)
VAIO Update 5 (Necessary?)
VAIO Wallpaper Contents (Necessary?)
VRTC Version – CD (Necessary?)
WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software ( We don’t make make use of of Bluetooth so I’m presumption this can go, complaint is
does stealing it disaster anything else up?)
Windows Driver Package – Broadcom Bluetooth (Same as above)
Windows Driver Package – Broadcom HIDClass (Same as above)
Windows Live Essentials (Is this REALLY essential?)
I comprehend which this is a single heck of a subject to be asking. Thank we so most to any a single with both a believe as well as calm to answer this for me…may we live to be 200 years aged
About 90% of that stuff you listed you really don’t need. Though its a bit tough to say it is JUST the bloatware. If she started to complain /now/ then that means it was recent. Even with the bloatware, the laptop ran at great speeds and only recently it has gotten slow. Which means it was a recent thing.
Either way, It’s a better idea for you to reformat the whole operating system. Then just reinstall the needed drivers and programs and you WILL be running at light speed. You can use a device known as an IDE/SATA to USB Adapter (google "BT-300 topmicrousa"). This device allows you to back up and transfer files at an incredible speed (480mbps). Once you back up all your files (you might as well back up programs while you’re at it), reformat the hard drive. When you’re done, recopy the files and install the drivers and you should be as good as new.
Best of luck.
Number each line and post again. That way we can go 1 – keep, 2 -remove, 3 remove and so on.
Another thing to do is push the windows logo key and the R key and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter. Click the startup tab and most of those you don’t need starting up when the computer starts.