Would the aggressive use of an uninstaller tool be equivalent to a fresh install of the OS?

Question

I would like to speed up a slow Dell Inspiron 1545 running Windows 7. It is something like 5 years old with the original OS installation on it.

I know that reinstalling the OS would do the trick but I would like to avoid the endless Windows update that would follow (I have no access to a slipstreamed version of the OS).

Would an alternative be to use a tool like the Revo Uninstaller and delete everything I can?

Answer 1

Only uninstalling will not help speeding up the computer. There are few other things you can try which might help speeding up the old machine.

1. Update all the device drivers to the latest one available on the Internet.

2. Perform a Disk Cleanup on the drive containing the OS, that is your C: drive.

3. Do a Disk Defragmentation using the Disk Defragmenter program that is available on Windows. Or you can try out other free defragmentation tools that are available on the Internet.
4. Run msconfig and disable unwanted Services and Startup Items.
5. Uninstall all those unwanted programs. You can do this without Revo.