My brother just bought a new laptop. Any way to easily remove all bloatware?

[RixxzIV]

So, my brother just bought a brand new Asus N53SV-SX513V, however, it boots extremely slowly due to all of the bloatware.

Is there any way to quickly get rid of it without reformatting?

[moesislack]

Even reformatting won't do anything because it'll just restore it to factory settings including the bloatware. All you can do apart from finding a windows disk that's not from the manufacturer is uninstall them yourself.

[naelstrof]

You can always install ubuntu, it's free, easy to use, and doesn't have too much bloat.

[moesislack]

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;31490612]You can always install ubuntu, it's free, easy to use, and doesn't have too much bloat.[/QUOTE]

It has alot of bloat. It's the bloatiest distro out there.

[naelstrof]

I still see ubuntu having less bloat than windows.

[RixxzIV]

[QUOTE=moesislack;31490495]Even reformatting won't do anything because it'll just restore it to factory settings including the bloatware. All you can do apart from finding a windows disk that's not from the manufacturer is uninstall them yourself.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, my brother and I decided it'd be best if we just re-installed Windows with my friend's Home Premium disc, seeing as my brother's got a license key and everything.

[Amy Pond]

Format. Or just go into the add or remove thingy and start uninstalling shit.

[missionfloyd]

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[moesislack]

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;31492338]I still see ubuntu having less bloat than windows.[/QUOTE]

Well yes anything that's not windows has less bloat then windows, but if you're going for the least amount of bloat then using the bloatiest distro sorta defeats the purpose.

[naelstrof]

I've only expirianced two distros, arch and ubuntu. I really don't see common people installing arch easily. Is there another distro that's easy to install and run like ubuntu, but has less bloat?

[that guy]

It's not entirely window's fault that the computer is bloated.
I'm almost positive that the manufacturer has taken part in filling the computer with bloatware.

[editline]4th August 2011[/editline]

On topic now: Just uninstall all of the bloatware, piece by piece, until it's all off. No need to reinstall windows.

[Amy Pond]

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;31505935]I've only expirianced two distros, arch and ubuntu. I really don't see common people installing arch easily. Is there another distro that's easy to install and run like ubuntu, but has less bloat?[/QUOTE]Linux Mint, maybe?

[rsa1988]

Yeah just reinstall the OS using the Home Premium disk that your friend has, that is the fastest way to get rid of bloatware.

[Splarg]

Reinstalling windows is somewhat extreme for removing preinstalled software.

How many programs are we talking about anyway? There must be a fuckton of things running on startup to slow down a brand new Asus notebook.

[Peachy]

[QUOTE=Splarg!;31540277]Reinstalling windows is somewhat extreme for removing preinstalled software.

How many programs are we talking about anyway? There must be a fuckton of things running on startup to slow down a brand new Asus notebook.[/QUOTE]
Most new laptops come with anywhere between 5 and 20 trials of software.

[MotherMinge]

a hammer to the hard drive will often remove most bloatware, or at least prevent it from running.