bloatware

[Futurecollector]

I just received my new laptop and I would really like to get rid of pretty much everything I don't need. So two things,

What the best way to reduce the bloatware?

and any recommendations on things to keep and to delete?

my goal is to reduce the amount cpu usage.

FYI here is the laptop I bought.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00568V8S4/ref=oh_o02_s01_i00_details

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I usually run MSConfig and turn off non-essential stuff running in the background

[high_revs]

if they gave you the dvd or you can burn it from the hard drive, do you have the option of installing OS only? even with uninstalls and msconfig, there's always garbage out there unless you're brave enough to clean the registry too. sucks that companies will charge you extra to have a 'clean' system these days w/o all the bloatware.

[Quinc]

filehippo.com download ccleaner. remove all the crap then go to start up and turn everything off.

[BigRig81]

for every piece of bloatware on your new laptop, the cost was less for you (or whoever purchased it). The computer manufacturers sell 'space' on the computers to software companies, like ads on websites. That said, can you blame them?

On to the 'help' part, check this thread out on notebookreview.com's forum: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus...are-guide.html

I'm not sure how relevant it is at this point in time, but I've sent a few people there in the last month and it has helped them, ftmp.

Hope this helps.

[DVSmith]

I agree that if you have the OS disks, do a clean install and download just the drivers you need/want for your hardware. Unfortunately, a lot of systems don't come with install disks anymore. In that case you are stuck using a cleaning product after uninstalling what you want to get rid of.

[BigRig81]

Most notebook/laptops don't come with a disc, from what I have seen.

[nick]

A clean install is the best way to get rid of it.

If that's not an option, go over the installed programs, and remove the ones you don't need. Then get Ccleaner that was already recommended here, and use it to clean up the leftovers, and to remove all the stuff that starts on boot that doesn't need to be running all the time. check the services, too.

[gfourth]

Use ccleaner as mentioned above, but also use Revo Uninstaller (there's a free version). It does a very thorough job of getting rid of any traces of the program you're uninstalling, including the registry.

[ibanezfoo]

Ccleaner is good. We've also used http://pcdecrapifier.com/

[NSR500]

Delete System32 folder and reboot.

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[gfourth]

Delete System32 folder and reboot.

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And if the OP actually does this....?

[bender152]

With every laptop I've gotten I've started off by completely reformatting the hard drive (using the restore discs).

The more recent (as in past few years) laptops have all given me the option to restore only the OS and none of that bloatware junk.

[POLICESTATE]

When I get a new laptop I leave the discs it came with in the box. I boot up, note all the drivers that are being used. Download those on another computer (always good to have the latest anyway) and burn onto a disc.

Then I reboot the laptop with my Windows 7 disc in it and start from scratch. I don't use their restore discs.

When I'm done it's like having that freshly-brushed teeth feeling, you know, when everything is nice and clean?

[Montu]

clean install even if it means obtaining a windows disk else where and just using your product key

other then that uninstall everything and run msconfig