Quote from Steve on November 9, 2024, 9:52 pm

Two years ago, I pulled a brand-new HP computer out of the box. I fired it up to make sure everything was working. I couldn't believe the amount of logins, email addresses, money for warranties, newsletters I had to join right away....

Well, I guess it was working. So I overwrote Microsoft Windows with Linux. This did away with all this crap!

A brand-new Windows computer should be pristine. After all, you haven't gummed it up yet with software, right?

Leave that to the computer manufacturers who load your new PC with "free" software you don't want. You might call it bloatware, crapware, shovelware, or crudware, since it's basically useless to you. There's a reason for doing it, of course—bloatware offsets the price of super-cheap PCs on retail shelves, even if only by pennies.

Here's an article by PC Magazine that tells you how to get rid of bloatware.