It wasn't updates that I was thinking about...... It was all the unnecessary and by now well outdated crud that Dell would have included when the machine was new. Personally, I would never use a "restore system" to reinstall an OS.

In reply to a post by Deadbeat:

... all the unnecessary and by now well outdated crud that Dell would have included when the machine was new.

Such as?

I do not see any of that on Dell machines - the exception being a free copy of Works on a Vostro!

Never heard of the Dell Decrapifier?