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(Solved) Problems with Lenovo bloatware
Julian:
--- Quote from: Shane on July 29, 2015, 06:24:43 pm ---I have windows 10 installed in vmware, when it asks me to make a microsoft account I just skip it, then it lets me make a local account :-)
Windows 8 should auto pull the key from the system bios, so you should be fine. Heck i think 10 will as well.
Shane
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yeah something annoying on windows 10 is that when you create a local account and login to an app with your email it will auto set you up for skydrive bs lol... I'm gonna find a work around to make that disabled
Lady:
Okay guys, I managed to get rid of almost all the bloatware and so far so good, the laptop is still functioning, haha.
It was superannoying that there is just no information on the web about whether a program is necessary or can be deleted. I find that Lenovo itself should explain on their site what all these programs are. I saw many people asking questions about this but there weren't many answers. And there were programs that needed to stay like the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver :shocked:! Who knows what that is if you're not an IT person like you!!
So, pffff, just 3 programs left for you to say whether they can stay or go.
The first I'm most concerned about as it might have to do with sending my data somewhere.
The second I think has to stay for as far as I was able to find out.
The third I have no idea.
Can you help out?
Boggin:
I think I'd be inclined to uninstall the Customer Feedback Program.
As for the other two, nothing of any value came up on a Google search for them, but any Contollers should be left alone as they may be required for some adapters and may be Lenovo specific.
You may want to have a read of this article to see if you are affected as it looks like more spyware from Lenovo. https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht073614?tabName=Solutions
Samson:
You may find this article interesting......
http://news.filehippo.com/2015/08/lenovo-busted-installing-irremovable-spyware-software-computers/
Lady:
Thanks, Samson!
That's pretty scary. I was advised to buy a Lenovo laptop by the head of the technical dept. of my PC shop as being the best laptop available at the moment for its internal stability and high quality materials on the outside. Did I make a mistake then? :confused:
The article doesn't give any links to the BIOS updates and that's way over my head anyway, so I need you guys to help me out with that as well. Anyone in for that? :smiley:
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