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> There is no Cortana, no AI Co-Pilot, or an extreme amount of unwanted, pre-installed software. Ok XP came with tons of crap and bloatware from most manufactu
by nicetryguy 3y ago
> There is no Cortana, no AI Co-Pilot, or an extreme amount of unwanted, pre-installed software.
Ok XP came with tons of crap and bloatware from most manufacturers of the time, let's not rewrite history here! Of course, you could just do a fresh install or actually delete the programs you didn't want, looking at you Edge....
- darknavi 3y agoOh I love McAfee preinstalled for me! /s
- calamari4065 3y agoLet's not rewrite history here, OEMs shipped a ton of preinstalled bloatware. If you got an image of XP from Microsoft, it was totally clean. Contrary to today when Microsoft bundles bloatware directly with the OS itself. You can't install a clean copy because a clean copy just doesn't exist.
- moolcool 3y agoThe key phrase is is "from manufacturers". Most power users and DIYers have always done fresh installs.
- accrual 3y agoAnd for those wanting even less bloat, to the point of removing drivers and other unwanted OS components, there is nLite. :) https://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html https://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
- Sakos 3y agoNow we get Microsoft delivered bloat and unwanted, pre-installed software. They'll even automatically install all the OEM junk when updating a fresh W10/11 install with a clean USB stick made from the MS iso. That didn't happen with a fresh XP install with a non-OEM disc.