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    Purging ALL HP Software?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bdubz4552, Dec 4, 2013.

  1. bdubz4552

    bdubz4552 Newbie

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    So I've became increasingly annoyed with my HP 2000 Notebook PC in that all these HP programs bug me constantly about updates I don't need, I hardly use half of HP's programs, and I can do myself everything that HP update does. I am rather computer literate and don't need HP telling me to install 4 different AMD and Intel drivers, on an Intel CPU (it did this automatically once when I left it for an hour). I already destroyed all the bloatware that came with the PC, and now just want to know if I would break any hardware (I don't think so but I like to be sure cause HP is HP after all). Any feedback would be great.

    Hardware that I'm concerned about:
    Processor - Intel Core i3-2328M @2.2GHz
    Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 3000 (integrated chipset)
    Wireless Card - Ralink RT5390R 802.11bgn Wi-Fi Adapter
     
    bdubz4552, Dec 4, 2013
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  2. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    These days, it's pretty much impossible to "break" hardware with software.

    Easiest way to deal with the bloat problem would simply be to reinstall the OS using a fresh copy of a Windows (or whatever OS you're using) .iso (you use the same product key the OEM gave your notebook's current OS install). Of course, back up any valuable data to external storage first.
     
    Jarhead, Dec 5, 2013
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