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    Annoying Asus Update Window

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by TheSilent1, Jul 18, 2008.

  1. TheSilent1

    TheSilent1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everytime I use my computer there is a pop from "Asus Live Update" that tells me to download the "Bios 203" version to update my computer. I'm fine with updating it but everytime I try to do it the updating progress stops after about a 10th is finished. I have no choice but to exit and it'll pester me to update a couple hours later. I wanna figure out how to fix this so I can update successfully and stop this popup once and for all. I have the Asus M50-SA version btw.
     
    TheSilent1, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Delete/uninstall Asus Live Update. It's not useful at all and barely works.
     
    David, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    I second that! :D
     
    niGht kiD, Jul 18, 2008
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  4. TheSilent1

    TheSilent1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are there any other programs that are pretty much useless? I tried getting rid of the bloatware before but I made the mistake of trying to take everything out at once. Doing one by one is what I plan on doing.
     
    TheSilent1, Jul 18, 2008
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  5. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Well, ASUS laptops barely come with any bloatware, maybe upgrading the video drivers... Nothing else to do.

    As for the ASUS Update thing, it actually never worked for me as I remember, and on top of that it went crazy and took %50 of the CPU performance (a core out of the two, the maximum amount that a single threaded program can take) before I killed it with the task manager.
     
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  6. niGht kiD

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    niGht kiD, Jul 18, 2008
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    The only thing I kept was P4G. Everything else seemed unnecessary for me.
     
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  8. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Isn't LifeFrame needed for the webcam to work?
     
    niGht kiD, Jul 18, 2008
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    Nope. As long as the drivers there, webcam will work perfectly.
     
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  10. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Then where do I go to if I want to record a video or take a picture? Sorry, I'm little confused here :p
     
    niGht kiD, Jul 18, 2008
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    Oh.. I was under the impression of using the webcam to video chat/conference, which MSN, Skype etc, will activate your webcam automatically. But if you want to record videos and take pictures, LifeFrame and many other free video capture programs will do the job.
    Sorry for the misunderstanding...
     
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  12. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Not really, my bad :eek:
     
    niGht kiD, Jul 18, 2008
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  13. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    As there wasn't any complete answer on what ASUS software to keep and what not, I will point you to my Vista optimization thread (link in sig). It lists some of the commonly uninstalled bloatware. :)
     
    E.B.E., Jul 19, 2008
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