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    Experiences with "bloatware"?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by PaladinPC, Feb 21, 2018.

  1. PaladinPC

    PaladinPC Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I remember watching a video on GamersNexus a while back where Steve complained about bloatware on MSI laptops.



    For MSI laptop owners, what are your personal experiences with this?
     
    PaladinPC, Feb 21, 2018
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  2. senso

    senso Notebook Deity

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    Installed Win 10 Pro a couple weeks ago because Dragon Center and the other one where fighting about power states, my CPU would never drop to 800Mhz, with some back and forth adjusts the lowest it would go on battery was 1700Mhz, nuke it, ditch everything from MSI, install only XTU, and it just works as it should.

    I'm running an icc profile, so I dont want that other program messing with my colour profiles as well.
     
    senso, Feb 21, 2018
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  3. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Many resellers here, including XoticPC, GenTechPC, and HIDevolution offer a service where they will do a completely clean installation of Windows with no extra software aside from the drivers necessary to get the computer up and running.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 21, 2018
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