Unwanted pre-installed software
Windows...
Exactly, thank you. It's interesting how the great culprit was omitted from the title.
The most annoying bloatware I found on 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.
Step 1: I just wiped entire laptop and did linux.
Just Seemed easier.
wipe and install any flavor Linux.
There I fixed the entire article for this guy.
Never a good idea to use a computer with the preinstalled operating system.
So most people shouldn't be using PCs anymore, or...??
No you should install your own OS.
Even if you're using windows you should at least be using a cracked version of LTSC so you can stay away from win 11 while still catching sw updates.
Any link to find a safe cracked version of LTSC ?
Most people can't.
*won't
I very seriously doubt most people are physically or mentally incapable of taking an hour or two once to teach themselves how to preform a basic maintenance task on a machine they use daily.
Just as car owners should know how to put on a spare tire or replace a headlight, you should understand basic computer maintenance if you're an adult who relies on one.
I mean, most people should, yeah, but most don't. Hell, most people I know can't change a flat on their car, either, and I personally couldn't change my car's headlight. Probably would've figured it out, since I could change the spark plugs, but still. I think it also comes from a different source, though. It's always been anxiety over ruining things for tech, or sending all of your money to a Nigerian prince. Nowadays it's because tech has become more of a black box (like cars) for capitalism reasons, so most people just... Don't look into it. They don't fix their own cars, they don't fix their own computers, they take them to the dealership, or to GeekSquad.
I honestly don't even know if I would've learned half of what I know if I grew up with today's tech. It's a lot more locked down now, so you can't just curiously fuck around with it and see what you can do without breaking it
It’s a lot more locked down now, so you can’t just curiously fuck around with it and see what you can do without breaking it
All the more reason to learn more cool shit
Most common bloatware is windows as it comes with bloatware for its bloatware
Install Linux bad he done with it
Laughs in arch linux
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