My whole point is that Windows installs with a load of junk which either serves no purpose, or does things you do not want and do not need. It opens a whole raft of programmes in the background which drain the computer processor's resources or the memory needed to do what you bought the computer to do. It allows programmes you install to do the same whether you like it or not. I, for instance, do not need Real Player to monitor whether or not I am connected to the internet if all I am doing is word-processing a document.
You have to take active measures to disable or remove these junk programmes, and that in itself can be difficult, as you are not told which of these background processes are actualy running Windows, and which are simply parasites.
I want to organise some lean, mean, application specific set-ups which will allow me to do jobs efficiently (if that is possible using Windows). It used to be a doddle when I ran a Commodore Amiga (there are still a lot of graphics programmes which do a better job on my 20 year old Amiga with 16MB Ram, than the PC does with however many hundreds of MB).
To get more efficient running, I want to shut out the junk and parasites. I also want to reduce the total size of the instalation where this can be done without compromising efficiency.

Quack!
Geoff.