How to remove Bloatware from new laptops

This post describes how to remove Bloatware from newly purchased laptops. Bloatware are softwares which are over packed with features and therefore slow or unwieldy.

Generally they occupy excessive amount of memory or have very large file size.

Removal of Bloatware gives a performance boost to your computer and makes it more responsive.



You have 2 options:

1. Reinstall Windows - see Clean Vista install WITH NO ACTIVATION by orev
Also see How to Perform a Clean Installation of Windows 7

2. Remove the bloatware manually
- Remove programs using the Control Panel Uninstaller (ie any trial software such as Norton, etc.)

- Download and run CCleaner

- Go into Computer and go to C:\Program Files and clean up any folders that were left behind after the Uninstall. There are some other directories that you might want to look around for old files such as \Program Data, etc but be careful not to delete anything you're not sure about.

- You can also try PC Decrapifier