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    Reinstalling applications on ultra book S5

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by MeGuinness, Oct 9, 2014.

  1. MeGuinness

    MeGuinness Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just reinstalled a fresh copy of W7 on my S5 ultra laptop ,wondering witch of the Samsung applications are essential to reinstall and witch one are not just to reduce bloatware .
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    MeGuinness, Oct 9, 2014
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    Dannemand Decidedly Moderate Super Moderator

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    The Win7 install guide covers that, keeping bloat to a minimum: You only need the drivers, SW Update and Easy Settings. You can find the latest Easy Settings (2.0.0.78 as I recall) in SW Update under recent Win7 models such as NP930X5J.

    On ExpressCache models you want that too, the latest version 1.0.0.98 can be found in SW Update under model NP540U4E. You can look under Win8.x drivers, it will work for Win7 as well.

    And make sure to avoid the bloated PROset intel WiFi driver. Again, covered in the install guide.
     
    Dannemand, Oct 9, 2014
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