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    Whats Mean "BLOATWARE"

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Imations, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. Imations

    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    I hear many345x about this...
    This Problem specially for G1S, because im user G1s ^_^ n also this is first time im using notebook.
    Whats mean bloatware, this is very danger...? what solutions to kill this problem...
    Thank u For u Help ^_^


    ASUS G1s A1
    C2D 7500 2.20 SANTA ROSA
    2.00 GB RAM
    160 GB HDD Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 7200 rpm SATA 300
    Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
     
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  2. DrewN

    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    Bloatware is the additional software the OEM preinstalls in the PCs it ships. Good examples would be Free trials for AOL, or a preinstalled Norton Internet Security with a 30-day subscription, or small apps that are meant to enhance your computing experience but just end up being uninstall fodder (Asus Live Update, for example).

    Bloatware can always be removed without issue, which is why it's called bloat, it just eats up disk space that can easily be used for something else.

    EDIT: The solution for bloatware? Uninstall it :p. Then follow up with a good registry cleaner and defrag.
     
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    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    Thank u DrewN...
    I try first... but actually im not really understand but no problem
    I try u solution if Bloatware coming ^_^

    ASUS G1s A1
    C2D 7500 2.20 SANTA ROSA
    2.00 GB RAM
    160 GB HDD Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 7200 rpm SATA 300
    Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
     
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    We call "bloatware" any unneeded application that the system comes bundled with, i.e., that is preinstalled on the Windows installation that comes with the notebook.

    "Unneeded" is very user specific; some users might need one particular applications while others may not.

    For ASUS, the typical things recommended to remove are ASUS Live Update, which is very badly designed and coded and rarely does anything, and Norton Antivirus Trial, which is a very bloated version of antivirus software. However, it needs to be replaced with another,lighter antivirus, for instance AVG or Symantec Antivirus.

    Depending on your particular needs, you might decide to remove other applications afterwards. But I suggest you try them out and see which of them you can use and which not. Typical candidates for disabling are ASUS Splendid, the combined wireless/bluetooth control application (I can't remember the name now), the modem helper.
     
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  5. DrewN

    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    :) no worries. When you fire up your notebook and look at the start menu, and you see all this crap that you don't recognize, and ask yourself what is this crap. Well, that's bloatware :). It's nothing dangerous, just annoying.

    Just make sure that, before you get rid of bloatware, you know 100% what it is and that you absolutely do not need it.
     
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    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    Ya... i try first
    N thank u for u help
    ^_^


    ASUS G1s A1
    C2D 7500 2.20 SANTA ROSA
    2.00 GB RAM
    160 GB HDD Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 7200 rpm SATA 300
    Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
     
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    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    Yess thank u ... again :)


    I check...


    ASUS G1s A1
    C2D 7500 2.20 SANTA ROSA
    2.00 GB RAM
    160 GB HDD Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 7200 rpm SATA 300
    Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
     
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  8. brian.hanna

    brian.hanna Notebook Evangelist

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    simply, it's the software that comes with the computer that you never asked for.
     
    brian.hanna, Jun 3, 2007
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  9. nukec

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    In this case, it is the best to do fresh reinstall of your system. And you don't have to worry about speed anymore in life :) (until next reformat is needed :p )
     
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  10. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Bloatwares - Something that bloats your system, taking up precious memory and hard disk space, and pretending to be "Hey i'm useful!". Some native Windows utilities can do the job.
     
    System64, Jun 3, 2007
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