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Annoyances, and sometimes solutions.
So many reboots!
Just is the initial setup, without installing my own software preferences, I must have been required to reboot a half-dozen times. No workaround on this one.
Automatic Update
I told it I don't want automatic updates, but it keeps nagging. [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html This blog] contains a lot of info around Auto Update settings. [http://www.egreeley.com/messages/1899.html This message] suggests disabling the Auto Update Service.
Norton Antivirus
is also nagging me, but I don't want to install it. I plan on installing Trend Micro, so [http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10168_7-5543538-1.html this article] may be useful in taming the beast.
Default Settings
Why are they so hard to find? I've installed Winamp, and associated it with every file format it knows, but the "default music player" is set to iTunes.
Deleting unwanted software
With Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs I uninstalled
- Easy Internet Signup
Norton Internet Security 2005 (funny, it asked me to agree to a license agreement) requires reboot
Norton Security Center (should have done this before Norton Internet Security, I think) It kept popping up asking me to agree to the license and, when I said no, told me to go to Add Remove Programs, which wouldn't uninstall it because it was open. Finally I went into task manager and killed it. It also disappeared from Add Remove Programs without doing an uninstall. I fear this will cause problems in the future.
LiveReg (Symantec) [denied]