PC Decrapifier is fantastic. I've always been impressed with it, especially for its ability to remove Norton and McAfee from a new system, which is no small matter.

Sadly, Matthew_k, Dell does not provide you with a disc either. At least they haven't in the last several new machines I've seen people get. Fortunately, the last time I checked you can just call them up and have them send you the restore disc. It won't be the full Windows install disc you USED to get way back in the day, but you're right, it's way better than a recovery partition.

HP, on the other hand, charges you something like $15 for a freaking recovery disc.