The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Unwanted pre-installed software

  Windows…

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  • nkat2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Exactly, thank you. It’s interesting how the great culprit was omitted from the title.

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• timestatic@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Laughs in arch linux

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• anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Never a good idea to use a computer with the preinstalled operating system.

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  • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So most people shouldn’t be using PCs anymore, or…??

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    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No you should install your own OS like a grownup.

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    • Fecundpossum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No, they should be installing Linux on them after reformatting the provided SSD.

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    • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Why would you say that. It’s true that most users take a blase attitude to security these days, and it’s normalised by articles like this. It’s just basic good practice, whether buying a new or used PC, to do a clean install because even if you think you’ve removed the bloatware, you can’t really trust there’s no secret malware. Especially these days when so many companies want to spy on users it really isn’t just paranoia.

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• in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  wipe and install any flavor Linux.

  There I fixed the entire article for this guy.

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• AgentBoom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The most annoying bloatware I found in a laptop is HP Analytics. Its only purpose is to get data from you and sell it. It works in the background and you only notice it because the laptop is slow for unknown reasons. To “delete it”, you must disable its service. If you want, you can change its folders permissions so you can delete them as admin. But it will install itself again in a few weeks and you will have to remove it once more, unless you never update Windows and drivers. HP Analytics works like a malware, but antivirus won’t detect it. And you can find this on every HP modern laptop, so it’s very common.

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• Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Step 1: I just wiped entire laptop and did linux.

  Just Seemed easier.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Most common bloatware is windows as it comes with bloatware for its bloatware

  Install Linux bad he done with it

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This website is bloat

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