If you recently bought a new Windows laptop, it’s almost certainly running Windows 8/8.1 and its pre-installed browser will be Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). In this feature we’ll show you how to remove all kinds of pointless pre-installed junk from new PCs, tablets, phones and even that old computer you’ve been using for years. Lenovo has now released an official Superfish Removal Tool and published full instructions for removing it manually (Not all pre-installed programs are malicious, of course, but these incidents prove that just because something was put on your PC by an official authority, it doesn’t mean it’s good or even safe. I recently took aim at PC maker Lenovo for bundling malicious search adware, Superfish, in people’s new laptops. Then there’s a dishonourable wealth of third-party rubbish such as Ask Toolbar and Savings Bull, whose creators struck partnership deals with the manufacturer to get their products on to your PC.Īt best, this built-in junk is annoying at worst, it’s dangerous. Most do little other than fill up that hard drive you paid good money for. Other pre-installed tools were put there by the PC’s manufacturer (the likes of Dell Update and ‘Face Recognition for HP’). Many built-in programs on a Windows PC are Microsoft tools, and some are useful, but they’re not all necessary. Where did all those programs come from? You didn’t put them there, that’s for sure. In fact, unless you construct the PC yourself or pay someone through the nose to custom-build it for you, you’ll get a shiny new PC that’s stuffed to the gills with pre-installed junk.įire up your new (or nearly-new) laptop, open the All Programs list (or click Apps in Windows 8/8.1) and behold the clutter. You may get a new machine that’s deliciously fast, but it won’t be empty. After years of fighting a losing battle against that growing landfill of software, updates and program files, you deserve a fast, new, empty machine.You won’t get that, though. The best way to declutter your junk-filled old PC is to replace it with a new one, you’d think.
Jane Hoskyn shows you how to remove the rubbish that came pre-installed on your PC, laptop, phone and tablet
Your hard drive was full before it even left the shop.
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