New Laptop with a lot of junk already. What to do?

Question

So I just got my new HP Laptop and I see this on the add/remove program:

Activation Assistant for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites

Adobe Flash Player ActiveX

Adobe Reader 8.1.0

AIM 6

Broadcom 802.11 Wirelass LAN Adapter

Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office System

Conexant HD Audio

CyberLink YouCam

DVD Suite

EA Link

Hauppauge MCE XP/Vista Software Encoder (2.0.25149)

HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

HP Active Support Library

HP Customer Experience Enhancements

HP Easy Setup - Frontend

HP Help and Support

HP Photosmart Essential 2.5

HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.30 E1

HP QuickpPlay 3.6

HP QuickTouch 1.00 C3

HP Smart Web Printing

HP Update

HP Wireless Assistant

Java(TM) 6 Update 2

LabelPrint

LiveUpdate (Symantec Corporation)

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

Microsoft Office Powerpoint Viewer 2007

Microsoft Works

muvee autoProducer 6.1

My HP Games

NetWaiting

Norton Internet Security (Symantec Corporation)

NVIDIA Drivers

Power2Go

PowerDirector

QuickPlay SlingPlayer 0.4.6

RICOH R5C83x/84x Flash Media Controller Driver Ver.3.52.02

Slingbox Flash Tour

SlingPlayer

The Sims Life Stories

Touch Pad Driver

Viewpoint Media Player

Yahoo! Toolbar

Is there something I should uninstall immediately?

All in all, these programs are not as bad as my old laptops which had a ton of unnecessary junk.

In addition to just looking at these programs, is there anything I should clean up or check to optimize my laptop's performance?

Answer 1

that doesn't seem too bad

you can see what unnecessary programs are loading up at startup that will free up some more resources

Answer 2

It looks like at least two programs need a security patch.

Go here and run a free text. You will be advised what is needed and where to get it.

http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Important!! After updating Java, go to add/ remove programs and uninstall ALL old versions. Left installed, they are a security risk.

Answer 3

Remove the ones you don't need. Some are useful, like Office and those hardware installs, but the rest is bloatware.

http://www.blackviper.com/

Use this as a guide to tweaking your new computer.