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I just removed a fuck-ton of crapware from my new probook 17 as I do with all my new laptops this file was one of them thankfully. The number of Windows 10 (Pr
by boznz 9y ago
I just removed a fuck-ton of crapware from my new probook 17 as I do with all my new laptops this file was one of them thankfully.
The number of Windows 10 (Pro) processes at boot-up dropped from 112 to 80 (As a comparison it used to be 21 on Windows XP Pro but I guess that's progress)
- chrisper 9y agoWhy didn't you just do a clean install?
- qb45 9y agoIs it possible to install from a clean medium and have all this activation and licensing stuff handled on an OEM machine without paying for another license? Last time I used Windows (Vista era) the only choice was OEM installer pre-filled with crapware and The Pirate Bay, neither exactly optimal.
- vbezhenar 9y agoOf course you can reinstall your OS from clean state and you could do it with any Windows. AFAIK Windows 10 will send your hardware information to Microsoft servers and will be activated automatically when you reinstall it. Installing clean Windows and activating it with fake KMS server should work too, if you want to steal it.
- chrisper 9y agoI think in the newer Windows, they put the license key in the bios. That's the case with my Thinkpad at least. Whenever I reinstall Windows from scratch it detects the key automatically. Thankfully, you can now also just download the Windows ISO from Microsoft directly.