The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Acer Aspire One - bloatware strategy

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by techman41973, May 12, 2009.

  1. techman41973

    techman41973 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    119
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    To owners of the Acer Aspire One with XP,
    did you do a fresh install of Windows XP or did you just remove the bloatware the comes installed.
    It comes with a trial verison of MSOFFICE, trial of Macafee and Im sure plenty of other junk.
    Has anyone compiled a comprehensive list of what can be removed?
     
    techman41973, May 12, 2009
    #1
  2. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,038
    Messages:
    3,071
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I've done both. I remove everything except for acer launch manager and other required drivers for AAO to function correctly.

    Things I remembered I removed:
    Office 2007 trial
    Macafee
    MS Works

    AAO is actually relatively bloatware free.
     
    jackluo923, May 12, 2009
    #2