Bloatware

[augoldminer]

Why, oh why can't they just build a good operating system that runs quietly in the background and just does it's job? I didn't ask for all that bloatware. It's not much different from Android that way. Equally obnoxious is the required reboot after update and then attempting to get me to sign-in to the mothership to complete the setup.

they do have a good OS without the bloatware it's called linux.

[sigstroker]

It doesn't matter what it's called if it's not called Windows, because my software won't run on it.

[Fastattack]

they do have a good OS without the bloatware it's called linux.

Yes, I run Linux on a computer. I'm an old Unix guy. I wish it was more popular.
Oh, and unlike Windows, Linux doesn't slow down with age.

[saudadeii]

I recently read a bit about Atlas OS. It's not an OS (although the name implies differently), it's a "tweaK" to Windows to rid much of the bloat and kill unneeded processes. It's billed as a thing for gamers to squeeze a few more fps and reduce CPU utilization.

Perhaps it might help. Full disclosure: I don't run it. I did try it out on a Win10 VM. Install went OK, but didn't see any performance gain due to the VM (didn't expect any). My old Lenovo runs Win11 well enough for my needs.

https://atlasos.net/

[remusrm]

PC Decrapifier helps but make sure to read everything it does so it doesn’t remove things you need.

try o n o shut up