First, Thank you for taking the time to help.

Second, I have a l list of the CURRENTLY installed ITEMS on my Laptop:

System Stats:

Manufacturer:   HP
Model:              Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC
Rating:             3.5 Windows Experience Index
Processor:       Intel Celeron 2.20GHz
RAM:               2.00GB
System Type:  32-Bit OS


List o' Items:

7-Zip 9.11 beta
Adobe AIR
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Reader 9.3.2
Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5
AquaSnap
Atheros Driver Installation Program
BitTorrent
CCleaner
Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system
Conexant HD Audio
CursorFX
CyberLink DVD Suite
CyberLink YouCam
Google Earth
Google Toolbar for Firefox
Google Updater
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
HP Customer Experience Enhancements
HP DVD Play 3.7
HP Help and Support
HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 H2
HP User Guides 0118
HP WIRELESS Assistant
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
Java(TM) 6 Update 20
Java(TM) 6 Update 7
LabelPrint
LightScribe System Software  1.14.17.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (English)
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Works
Mozilla Firefox (3.6.3)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB973688)
NetWaiting
Norton 360
NVIDIA PhysX v8.10.29
OpenOffice.org 3.2
Picasa 3
Power2Go
PowerDirector
Realtek 8169 8168 8101E 8102E Ethernet Driver
Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader
Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
Winamp
Winamp Detector

Do you see anything in there that isn't necessary for a home PC?

Ones in bold are ones I'd prefer to KEEP.greyfox82092,

I would uninstall the following:
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Reader 9.3.2 -- bulky (use FOXIT Reader instead)
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
HP Customer Experience Enhancements
HP DVD Play 3.7
HP Help and Support
HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 H2
HP User Guides 0118
HP Wireless Assistant
Java(TM) 6 Update 7 - you have a more recent version
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022 - you have a more recent version
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) - you have a more recent version
Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9

The following are programs that are not necessary, if you don't use them of course:
Google Earth
Google Toolbar for Firefox
Picasa 3
Google Updater - if you have any Google software you should keep this (any of the 3 the three above)
Power2Go - Disc and Data Burning Software
CyberLink DVD Suite - Playback and authoring for both Blu-ray and HD DVD
CyberLink YouCam -  Webcam Software – Add Cool Webcam Effects to Video Chats
LabelPrint - Personalize Your CD/DVD Labels
LightScribe System Software  1.14.17.1 - Make CD/DVD Labels
NetWaiting - uninstall if you're not using dial-up

Hope that helpsMuch obliged, thank you! Quote

MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) - you have a more recent version