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Title: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: black_biff_stadler on August 11, 2016, 04:48:25 PM
I just need to decide what's deletable bloatware and figure out which settings to tweak as they pop up. Please help.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: lonestar on August 11, 2016, 05:08:24 PM
Just coming in to say I'm dumb too and can't help.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: BlobVanDam on August 11, 2016, 11:25:12 PM
Quote from: black_floyd on August 11, 2016, 04:48:25 PM
I just need to decide what's deletable bloatware and figure out which settings to tweak as they pop up. Please help.

As a general rule, I find that anything named after the manufacturer of the laptop is a great place to start.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: black_biff_stadler on August 11, 2016, 11:48:54 PM
So long, ASUS Fashion Suite v. 7.1  :'(
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: pogoowner on August 11, 2016, 11:49:56 PM
Yeah, Blob's advice is sound. You could also post a screenshot of your programs list, and we could make recommendations.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: black_biff_stadler on August 11, 2016, 11:56:46 PM
That's a damn good idea. Thanks.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: BlobVanDam on August 12, 2016, 01:07:16 AM
Quote from: black_floyd on August 11, 2016, 11:48:54 PM
So long, ASUS Fashion Suite v. 7.1  :'(

Well hey now, let's not get too hasty.........

I've set up a few ASUS laptops, and there are definitely a lot of their programs you can remove, like some kind of online vault program, webcam programs, and misc accessories. And there's probably some bundled anti-virus trial to remove.

pogowner's got the right idea. It will be pretty easy for us to spot the crap if we see a list.
Title: Re: Help me set up my new laptop. I'm dumb.
Post by: black_biff_stadler on August 12, 2016, 02:03:15 AM
Sounds great. Going to sleep now. I've limped through 9 hours of intermittent failure to handle five simple tasks so my eye strain is bad right now. Thanks a bunch to all of you who responded though.