Which of these programs can I safely delete of my Toshiba laptop?

Question

I just bought a used Toshiba Windows XP laptop and there is a bunch of stuff in it and I was just wondering what stuff can I safely delete from my system. I still want to able to play DVDs and I hope to get Wi-Fi connection soon.

PROGRAMS:

Cda Product Service – shared component

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver

Toshiba Configfree

ATI Control Panel

ATI Display Driver

ATI - Software Uninstall Utility

Touch and Launch

webHancer Customer Companion

Windows Installer 3.1 (KB…)

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB…)

WebFlders XP

Atheros Client Utility

Toshiba Tbiosdrv Driver

Toshiba Touchpad Utility

Toshiba Hotkey Utility

Toshiba Utility

CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer

Microsoft Software Update for Web Folders (English) 112

Toshiba Software Upgrades

REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver

AC97 Data Fax SoftModem with SmartCP

Atheros Wireless LAN MiniPCI card Driver

DVD Ram Driver

Conexant AC-Link Audio

Answer 1

webhancer

cda

toshiba utility

Answer 2

Cda Product Service – shared component   <-- stupid program driver

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver <---- is your laptop touch pad

Toshiba Configfree        <---- OEM program

Touch and Launch  <--- OEM software

webHancer Customer Companion <--- SPYWARE!!

WebFlders XP   <-- something you installed

Toshiba Software Upgrades <--- nothing really you can use

Microsoft Software Update for Web Folders (English) 112

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OEM are things that the computer came with, toshiba wise so they're not needed since you can configure with windows, lol

Answer 3

Geek Squad charges about $30 to remove junk ware, but I'll see if I can help you out for free.  Just vote mine as best answer, wink..

Don't uninstall the programs listed

Cda Product Service – shared component

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver

Toshiba Configfree

ATI Control Panel

ATI Display Driver

ATI - Software Uninstall Utility

Touch and Launch

Windows Installer 3.1 (KB…)

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB…)

Atheros Client Utility

Toshiba Tbiosdrv Driver

Toshiba Touchpad Utility

Toshiba Hotkey Utility

Toshiba Utility

CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer

Microsoft Software Update for Web Folders (English) 112

Toshiba Software Upgrades

REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver

AC97 Data Fax SoftModem with SmartCP

Atheros Wireless LAN MiniPCI card Driver

DVD Ram Driver

Conexant AC-Link Audio

Answer 4

webHancer Customer Companion

WebFlders XP

Microsoft Software Update for Web Folders (English) 112

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