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> Best I can tell the Dell image for XPS 9550 is just Windows 10 with minimal drivers. I've worked in an IT shop before. Even if the image is just Windows 10 w
by dabockster 8y ago
> Best I can tell the Dell image for XPS 9550 is just Windows 10 with minimal drivers.
I've worked in an IT shop before. Even if the image is just Windows 10 with included drivers, those drivers can include bundled programs and bloatware themselves. I used a Dell laptop in the past with Windows 8 that had a trackpad application which had to autostart and run in the background for the trackpad to work properly. No matter what, that program was guaranteed to be using at least 50MB of RAM. Upon upgrading to 8.1, I had a bunch of OS errors. Turns out, uninstalling and reinstalling the trackpad driver fixed the problem.
OEM drivers aren't just the drivers themselves, but often instead an entire suite of programs that bloat your system and interfere with Windows' ability to take care of itself.