Bloatware as Fast As Possible
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2014
- Bloatware and crapware... What is it, and why does it exist?
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Norton on my laptop: "i am a virus i must uninstall myself"
xD
acctually some antivirus torrent links comes with a malware.. so yeah, they have to commit suicide
+Ridheesh Amarthya i bought a HP laptop that had windows 7 AND 8 versions of norton pre-installed so i think that was the reason.
Ahti Sinkkonen oh ok..
Gold XD
The worst bloatware I ever have pre-installed in my PC has to be Candy Crush Saga.
bloatware for your life you mean
I had mine on the laptop. I played it for a while until you reach the point where you need to request friends.
KaizoJay
What's worse is that it was preinstalled when I did a fresh reinstall of windows on the hard drive, which I did to remove the bloat.
why do they even bother to have it preinstalled when noboty (with a brain) ever plays it
*crapware
'Cause Candy Crush is real shit
Hmm resource usage... TIME TO DOWNLOAD MORE RAM! :D
Hello, is this working??? It says I need to download more ram.
Btw sub to rslash
Download cpu instead it keeps your PC perform faster go give it a try
@@jibnathgautamhy1280 I can download a core i9 right???, and it's free???
@@lachlann4753 sure why not you can Google it and upgrade your cpu install it it works just fine I had purchased core i5 now after installing this app I'm having core I 9
@@jibnathgautamhy1280 and while your at it you should download the newest Nvidia RTX Graphics Card
Step 1: Build your own computer
Step 2: There is no step 2, you are done.
Instructions unclear, got dick stuck in GPU fan.
Step 1: Build computer
Step 2: Install OS
Step 3: ????
Step 4: *Profit*
***** Buy Windows from the Microsoft Store. They have the Signature experience, no bloatware.
***** Well, those are needed. Not some uneeded "ASK" thing.
***** Buy it from the Microsoft Store then.
one time i got bloatware that helped me remove bloatware!
Lucky :3
Andy The Playah ikr
The Everyicated Gamer well , i dont have any good channel pics , and i dont have the skill to make one ,
+The Everyicated Gamer
At least I don't have a picture with a creeper face.
Andy The Playah its a creeper/goomba hybrid
So...
Norton won't be a sponsor of Techquickie anytime soon, eh?
Thank god.
Norton uninstalled my operating system on my old Windows XP computer :(
rotfl lmfao
*System32 folder is suspicious.*
*->* Delete
->Quarantine
->Cancel
Deleted.
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*Please reinstall Windows.*
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Fuck norton
The number of times I have unchecked the McAfee installer when updating Adobe Flash...if I had a quarter, I would have paid off my house.
Now that Chrome doesn't use Adobe, you can unclench lol
It's terribly ironic that that web site recommends installing additional potentially dubious free software to get rid of the potentially dubious free software you don't want. What's so wrong with just doing it yourself in the Control Panel? Even if it leaves behind a few files and registry entries here and there, it still gets rid of 99% of the junk.
Well some people don't know how to do that and it's easier to just search for an app to do it (I'm not one of those people)
A website recommended me to “fix” the vcruntime140_1.dll problem and it turned out to be just a way to get money out of the people who bought it. I didn’t do that because people that make programs just for the money are stupid. So I uninstalled the program and downloaded the Microsoft visual c++ program and it fixed the problem after I restarted.
1. Download Ccleaner
2. Deny programs from starting with your pc which wont need to. Etc Skype,Steam.
3. Start the programs manually when you actually need it!
You don't need CCleaner to do that....
But even idiot can do it whit it.
NuffMan Noticed^
Windows button > Run > Msconfig > boot
I have seen many OEM computer's that doesn't have the "Run" button enabled!
HeadCamThis doesn't even take that many steps.. Start > msconfig *enter* > disable crap
NuffMan 95% of PC cleaning tools are basically useless or only make it slightly easier to access common tasks, thus mean there is little reason to use one, when all you have to do is google "how to do the thing" and find many ways to do it with or without third-party tools.
you guys always are at the forefront of awesome quick and helpful tech stuff that is usually not explained well.
Want to avoid malware, crapware and bloatware? Don't buy manufacturer PC, build it.
+Leonel Cantú de Llano SOOOOOOOO true (from my home made PC)
Or just re-install Windows as soon as you take the pre-built PC out of the box.
***** I am going to reinstall windows on my grandpa's pc
Leonel Cantú de Llano how do I make my own laptop.
Gfjfj Ufidi You don’t. Desktops are the only thing you can practically build (assemble) yourself.
I wish bloatware was illegal. My poor, poor Galaxy S4.
it's lligal in South Korea
it's lligal in South Korea
just root it...
homeycdawg Use an iPhone.
Gfjfj Ufidi iPhones are crapware
“I can’t see the internet anymore, please help!”. My mother every 6 months when her browser window is completely filled with useless toolbars. Not clicking yes to any suspicious pop ups should be something even a 6 year old could manage.
Awesome Video Linus...really set yourself apart from others with your videos !
I had this crappy crapware stuck with me for the past 2 months and finally cleaned it :)
Thank You
Worst Bloatware is called Windows
There are more versions of it can you explain in more detail before people call you names?
kolikooo1 Some operating systems are more bloatware than others, especially if you pay for them (When you buy a PC with Windows, you are paying for it in price of that PC)
Marcuss2 But it is not windows that comes with it but the whole PC with pre-installed windows...
windows isn't bloatware since you gave permission for the installation...
The worst bloatware is called system32 and we should all delete as quick as possible! :D
"Would you like to install InstaSearch with this instillation of fotoshop?"
****clicks "no"****
Installs fucking InstaSearch fucking anyway.
Fucking degenerate software developers.
I hate this bloatware on my pc, its called internet explorer i need to get rid of it
My laptop came with Firefox. Acer confirmed twitter using uwu-spaming furries, all gamers switch to ASUS.
dont get rid of explorer because Microsoft edge and other windows apps rely on internet explorer.
lol
@@Eagle10021 wasnt internet explorer literally just the windows explorer at one point?
Internet explorer served an essential use. Installing a not shit browser
I had SO much crapware on my laptop that I guess was also malware because, along with installing a million toolbars and changing my default browser, it made it that pretty much whenever I clicked on a link in my browser it took me to some sketchy "YOUR COMPUTER HAS OVER 9000 VIRUSES" page that I could not close out of even using task manager. It also disabled file downloads over 1MB from my browser. So yea I had to wipe my HDD and it was ironically the McAffee bloatware on my PC that linked me to the website that infected the PC in the 1st place
Lesson learned: McAffee is not only annoying, it actually causes viruses (and is a virus itself tbh)
AVG is the only anti-virus software out there that actually does its job and doesn't slow or contaminate your PC with crapware and viruses and ads.
i use mcaffee and i am fine you maybe downloaded it from a fake website
It wasn't me. I have a friend who has been repairing PCs for a long time and he told me that most anti-virus softwares don't fully do their job, exception being AVG.
Might I recommend malware bytes anti-malware.
3:14 This guy is definitely Canadian.
KK89 you're right.
Correct
that's probably because he is
South Park reference?
KK89 South Park xD
i was about to say why not use windows 10's reset option then i realized i was recommended a video from 2014
Once you reset though it will try to install the bloatware like Candy Crush
For the mobile phone ones its usually the damn carriers that do 90% of the bloatware. The manufacturer preinstalled stuff is usually actual features that usually make the phone better to use.
Say that to samsung
Ivanderjsk Samsung did the right thing with the S5 by moving most of the preinstalled S-features and apps to their own GALAXY Apps store. Then you can just download the ones you want/need. For ex. I don't want S Translator, but I did download extra camera modes etc...
Leuel48Fan oh really? Well, I use a grand 1 so idk
Leuel48Fan or if you have an iPhone you don't get any.
It's not really bloatware, carriers usually add apps that appeal to the majority of customers, such as sports apps or stuff
Nailed it! - keep up the good work Linus - I really enjoy your channels.
This is why Linux has package management. Everything is uninstalled, installed, and updated the exact same way so it's really easy to get rid of (non-wine) crapware/bloatware.
potato potato potato potato potato potato potato open software/software center on your distro and show installed applications.
@@potato_x69
Depends on the Distribution. Arch has Pamac which list everything. You could also try hitting tab in the console...
@@potato_x69 apt list --installed
on debian based systems.
So Edge on Windows 10 is crapware because it has no real use?
+Wyatt Johnson IDK. I never really used it too much. Microsoft Edge is basically Internet Explorer "new and improved" according to Microsoft.
+Wyatt Johnson Well if it wasn't included by default how would you get another internet browser if you didn't flash drive a setup for chrome or something?
I like it, it's light and basic
+Massimo Giardina it's really new and broken. if it wasn't broken, they wouldn't include internet explorer in Windows 10
+Jato [HD] It would be like aol in the bad old days. Once you finally get the program installed, running, configured and connected to the net, it would automatically download a browser. Over a 14.4 modem, that could take days.
1. Avast Antivirus is free, and is on PC and Android.
2. Windows Vista can be added to the bloatware list.
I agree with both, but I'm now trying bitdefender
Avast Antivirus, at least the free one, is worse than the stuff you're trying to block with it. I thought I installed an anti-virus and anti-malware program to make sure I *DON'T* get all kinds of bullshit popups all over my screen. Instead, Avast Free puts up so many that I feel like I need to download something else to get rid of Avast so all the spam stops.
Fuck Avast free, they completely ruined a good product and I sure as shit will not reward that behavior by buying the full version.
I moved from Avast to Windows Defender. (I have Windows 10 on my machine, upgraded from 7 during the free offer frame.) It's simple, straight, doesn't give you that pop-up "Virus database has been updated," and these days, they've updated it with it's own boot-time scanner, Windows Defender Offline.
In an un-related note, Windows 7 fixed all the problems Windows Vista created, and Windows 10 took things a step further, combining the best of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Phone, into a single cross-platform package.
I use Avira and it works fine.
I dont understand why so many people dont like Vista. We had once an windows xp pc and it was unstable as hell everytime yoou put work on that pc there was a chance that it just froze and you needed to restart it. After that we got a good vista pc that wasnt unstable, not annoying and easy to use. It got good performance but after some time it started to slow down and to freeze again (after 6years usage). I wanted to use the recovery tool to reset everything and restore the default but it freeze again while restoring. After that i "upgraded" to Windows 7. It worked 1.5years. Then it just got blue screens and was unable to boot.
The point is after "upgrading" i felt like the performance was the same or even worse. I just wanted to say for me the stable vista edition was a huge upgrade to the unstable windows xp.
Most folk don't realize that there are as many versions of any OS as there are computer vendors who install that OS on their machines with their own (sometimes poorly thought out, undocumented, & unacknowledged) choices about deep default settings, and software components they have imposed on 'your' OS. Crap/Bloatware are only the obvious surface of how those undocumented perversions of your OS affect the performance in your unique user environment. 99.9% of all users have no way to learn of these issues, much less, control them. Going with the odds, you lucked out with Vista.
A very cool video,
Keep on bring the short but very useful information.
Nice job as always guys! Realy enjoy these videos, keep it up! :)
I was dying when the Norton guy start talking. 😂
I always preferred to install the OS by myself, so this hasn't been a significant issue for me, though even some of the Windows software from Microsoft can be adequately described as bloatware.
Great video Linus! It does get on my nerves a lot!
Thank you cooler master for sponsoring such a channel
I can personally vouch for CoolerMaster, had multiple custom PCs built with their products. They're the shit
idea for a future fast as possible, firewalls and NAT types
Thanks for telling me more! Could you also do a fast as possible on ECC memory? I am quite curious about it.
For those who have slow boot-up times, particularly on lap-tops with usually slower hard drives, make sure that you disable start-up programs as-well. (Use discernment)
On windows 8/.1, It can be done in the task manager.
crapware toolbars isn't a problem if you have a 4k monitor :P
Makes sense.
Rado you can have a million toolbars, but they will never take up the full screen because of the terrible scaling support muahahahaha
Genius solution! lol
In portrait mode you have huge amounts of space
toolbars are always problems.
Do you guys have any opinion on the free antiviruses?
I've been using avast (in silent mode) for the past few years and it's great, but features that were free are now not included, would you recommended anything else over that for a normal user who wants adequate protection?
AVG free.
best protection is and always will be common sense. I have ran for 6 months without Antivirus, then I installed and updated a Nod Smart Security, we have for free from our ISP.
0 infections.
AVG and BitDefender are pretty good.
I've run a combination of AVG Free, Microsoft Security Essentials, and Spybot: Search and Destroy for years, all free. It's a nice safety net and has helped a ton in the case of the computer reserved for the under 18's in our house in keeping it running. The only things that's slightly annoying is Spybot S&D 2 will tend to have its Immunization tool open up at seemingly random points in the week but a bit of google searching can lead you to turning that off.
Have been running MSE (and later WIndows Defender) since it launched, never even considdered using anything else since
0:05 - I hear you, Dimwitted. I got tired of Newegg a long time ago too.
my friend . ty for all your effort and these nice videos , thx to all the group . i really keep learning from you and i have one tip , please try to make it simpler as you can as the words you use or descripe it more . we follow you from arab world and from south america and even if we are a bit experienced but can't understand englesh as you do
. ty so much
If I didn't put the application or plugin on the computer myself then it's getting uninstalled, standard operating procedure when I build systems for myself and others. Occasionally I'll add Firefox along with the trifecta of Spybot Search and Destroy, Microsoft Security Essentials, and AVG free on systems intended for younger users or just as a safety net in general but that's my own inclination.
I hate McAfee, Norton, Ask Toolbar, and similar things because of these kinds of shenanigans, if I didn't ask for your service then I'm certainly not going to appreciate hiding it within the service I actually wanted.
I hate Norton. It blocked all my games from Steam :D
It did not for me :P
wat
AVG did that for me. Moved to bitdefender -> Flawless
N1cX59 I fucking Hate AVG, It's litterally a virus disguised as an antivirus.
18aidanme I guess you could say that. Lets pretty much every virus through.
This is why I like Mac. With Mac you can choose what starts up with your computer from system preferences, and if it isn’t listed as a startup program, you know it won’t start up for sure.
Lifehacker is probably my favorite website, I learned so much useful information and got so many good apps that I can't live without now.
This is yet another good reason for building your own pc.
I'm disgusted, I got an *_ALIENWARE_* ad before this video!!!
Oh poor grandma
Lol i have the "Super massive stacker thing" I love the 935.
Wish it had more cable management room though...
Im buying from coolermaster just because i enjoy your honest ads, oh and because im building another rig.
Linux
Xantu
Linux
Xantu You are correct. But most of the community refers to it as Linux. Like how cheese-nips are called cheezits, a name.
Xantu
That RMS copypasta...
Ubuntu come with somes bloatware... :-/ You can remove, and no big deal... but ok!
Xantu I'm pretty sure I've seen you post that exact same copypasta on a Linus video before. Is that your thing or sth?
There's nothing wrong with calling it GNU/Linux, but being a pain in the ass about it whenever someones calling it Linux really gets annoying.
"oh, lets use norton as a example" :)
1:48 When someone complaints about that it always reminds me of how awsome Ubuntu/Linux and the sudo apt-get install command is, and the fact that i use Linux
I like sooo much how ALL Techquickie videos are edited ! LIKE
_Ever wanted to get bloatware and / or crapware_?
Go to fucking *Softonic*.
Emeraldy softonic has TH-cam channels
I did that once.......... lets just say i was searching through every single program files folder to delete "GoogleAdsPro"
I want to kill myself everytime I see someone downloading from softonic.
Those "Tooterals" weren't Tutorials, they were useless Toolbars. XD
I have my entire setup just the way I like it. I set up my browser, my shortcuts, blah blah blah, and then I have to use someone else's computer. OH GOD!
oh my goodness that beginning was so golden
My motherboard drivers came with a chunk of bloatware without telling me and I didn't know about bloatware until now! Thank goodness linus made this alt channel!
3:14 Canadians look funny when they talk
WHAAAAAAAAAAT ANOTHER 4K VIDEO !!!!
ARE THEY MULTIPLYING IN SECONDS ?!!?!?!?
I really love your videos. Is like if I dreamed them.
McAfee is notorious for coming pre loaded on pc's and laptops,while the 'free trial' is active it tends to send annoying notifications that take alot of effort to dismiss,but once it ends it just spams you with multiple notifications per hour about 'you pc is unprotected'
And it takes like 2 minutes before you can even dismiss it
Internet explorer = Bloatware...
Except its not useful.
Then in your opinion, that would make IE crapware. You wasted typing time labeling an item that you, in the end, forgot to correct the end-result labeling of.lol.
And yes I agree, that's why I don't use it EXCEPT when testing if the reason why a url isn't loading is because of the browser. I damn sure AM NOT even going to make such an exception on Safari since it's BEEn the world's most easily and quickly hacked browser for 5+ years straight.
IE is great for downloading another web browser.
*****
I wouldn't describe it as great for anything but downloading another browser is about the only thing you should ever do with it, right before you disable it ! Yes DISABLE it, even if you are not using it, it's a liability !
Nothing wrong with newer versions. Guys still bashing on IE(5 years later) are just attention whores.
*****
Of course not :)
I thought that this is just basic knowledge... Something that everybody knows.
Not really, human learns something new everyday.
HCK Gaming
False.
Bananahead88 Well, if that is really your thought, good luck in the future.
You definitly haven't cleaned any friends or relatives computers. Oh the horrors.
I didn't know how it was called (well I did but it was not that long ago)
great video linus! Loved it, even had a good laugh :D
My laptop came with a bloatware/crapware removal tool as bloatware. Pretty useful.
wait what your kids dont get paid to go to school?
Phoenix Rain Do I care? No? Your right!
MattMattMatt Cool Your the one who commented first kid.
+Phoenix Rain idk, I just find it very strange, how do teachers get their income???
taxes
+Dr IllumiNAUGHTY Ok, thanks.
Want a bloatware? Download windows 10
Hello Linus, I really appreciate the Fast As Possible episodes.
Once, Norton detected an issue on my PC. The issue was that "Norton is an issue. Uninstalling Norton as it might be harmful".
Ironnically, I was watching SW:RoTS and Palpatine said "Ironic" as I was about to say it.
I work in IT and every time we get a new computer I just do a clean install of Windows. Gets rid of everything you will never find a use for
I wish everyone did that!
Dead Caste Don't you need to pay for a copy of Windows?
Dead Caste all the haters here complain about they got the windows infected and they are using Macs because bla bla bla...
WELL, guess what: My dad never reinstalled his windows since it's release and he still keeps it and using it with no problems. Take that, haters!
And he is doing work, watching yt and playing games...
Why Macs are garbage as fast as possible
LOL. The " trash can mac" proves it. " Overpriced garbage that is"
They are not inherently "garbage" - simply, it's hard to justify the pricetag of an Mac when you can buy a PC for much less.
***** Considering Windows and Linux can accomplish virtually anything OSX can do, yes it is.
Jeston Aylen So if you're a fan of OSX I hear hackintoshes might be a good idea.
well OSX and other Macs have basicly the same problem as Linux does they can do it all for general use propuses just when you want to do something lets say gaming then you will have to get either a VM of windows, a emulator of windows, or WINE to play most games as almost everything is made exclusively for Windows or console.
In that a Mac is just a overpriced Linux computer which Linux is just the cost of the hardware while Mac is around $1,000 to $4,000 USD depending on which one you go for of course
For windows 8 huge hint to get a bit of it away: Go to the reset thing and have ur computer reboot to regular fresh windows 8. Usually only like Nortan will be there.
OMG, I have a MSI motherboard and Live Update is constantly trying to install Norton on my PC. I use a combo of Windows Defender and the free version of Malwarebytes and haven't had ANY issues with viruses.
malwarebytes is great. I really like it after seeing videos of rogueamp. But I normally only use avast
So Windows 11 is both crapware and bloatware?
Yes
$54,99 a year for norton... XD on g2a it's like $1,50 a year
+Xiodazer you buy norton? HAHAHA
danggg
+Xiodazer Microsoft Security Essentials is free and even comes preinstalled on windows 10 under windows defender.
Same user interface so i think its the same.
how ironic linus. you make a video about crapware/bloatware which is basically just a form of advertising, then you give an advertisement at the end of your video! with that being said, your still the man.
Could you do an explanation of CAS Timings, Latencies, and the other technical stuff about RAM that's a little more difficult to understand?
Norton i trusted you. Well at least you get it free with Xfinity.
CUDA cores as fast as possible
Can you gus make a video of which virus protector or malware protector is recommended by you something like that
Das why i like to build my own PCs. And the sense of a fresh out of the box new installation of Windows.
All I use is Avast
Avast for life!
Avast ftw
+crazy_A Glorious Malwarebytes Master Race.
+crazy_A Amen to that! I have Avast, and so does my family. In fact, it's our de facto antivirus program, and has been for years.
nothing beats Avast, ye swabs.
i'm an OS X user and what is this
This kind of crap is why I forced my sister to buy a Mac. Best decision ever. I haven't had to help her with anything since and it's been about a year now. Beyond initial set up I've been completely nag free!
TalesOfWar pc is way better bad decision. i know apple is cool but doesnt have many useful things as pc
LenGaming Really? Such as?
LenGaming His sister probably doesn't do anything like what you are describing on PC, she probably only does twitter, instagram, facebook.
sorry if i made your sister sound like a teenage white girl. TalesOfWar
Dylan McIntyre Gaming is the only reason you'd want Windows, and even then most people don't really WANT Windows, they just want something that plays their games. I don't use Windows, I was stuck with that POS for 15 years before I saw the light. I use it at work and every day I'm reminded why I spent stupid amounts of money getting Macs lol.
I love the hardware of PC's, I just don't like Windows. There's an old saying that goes something like this: "PC guys love hardware, Mac guys love software" and in mine and most other people I know's case that's very much true. You can build a bad ass PC with a fairly meagre budget, but then you're stuck with Windows which is mediocre at best (IMO), or you can get a Mac with OS X and a much less frustrating software experience (again, IMO).
I would like to see what are the "must have" programs once someone gets a new pc. Thanks! nice vid!!
Sometimes there are programs that make it really convoluted and don't tell you what else you will be installing. I use Adw Cleaner and CCleaner which pretty much get rid of everything. Malwarebytes also helps a ton.
Use linux, problem solved
Linux is not immune to stupidity. If you know how to install anything in the linux world AND the individual user is dumb enough to do it, it can be infected also.
The problem is PREVENTED when the end user uses COMMON SENSE and knows not just to " click click next next" without READING something carefully first.
Raymond Tyson
1. I am 99.999% certain you will never get a virus installing programs within the official user repositories
2. Most viruses are targeted towards windows and it's proprietary formats
3. Typing in your root password will make the user more aware of what they are doing opposed to clicking a button
***** as a "microsoft-free" hardcore gamer I respectfully disagree.. and I hope you too in the near future (after SteamOs release).. now, if you excuse me, I have a paused XCOM game waiting for me..
***** fair enough.. happy gaming!
The Scarlet Devil 1 I'm a gamer Linux doesn't have many of the games in my libraries 2 a 1gig anti virus and you will be fine
Pirate an OS and install it rather than using the one that comes with a new computer. Buy a Windows 7 computer, reinstall bloatware free pirated W7, Use product key from original bloaty W7. Yay clean PC.
Yes..and enjoy the FACT that there is a REAL chance that the pirated version you get 's product key is ONLY in one of the many middle eastern countries that if UNLESS you speak their languages, good luck using it, dumbass..let alone the FACT that you can't get windows security updates.
If you're that hellbent on not paying for an operating system and have the patience for such more advanced work arounds...just use a linux based distro and call it a day. They have BEEN free, are much MORE safer ( notice I didn't say safe or completely safe from viruses), and still are slowly but surely catching up to Windows in usability, and compatibility.
Raymond Tyson If you install the exact version of windows that came on your pc it's not really pirated and your product key will work. I had the issue before with just too much crap that came stock that I couldn't just simply uninstall. He wasn't saying use the pirated version's key, just an easy way to get a clean copy of windows, which I believe you could get through their support these days if you have the key, though I could be mistaken.
Raymond Tyson
lol dude wat, as Engine said, I meant Pirate an OS because they're always clean of bloatware, then use your original key from the OS you're replacing.
With that being said, I've been pirating Windows 7 since I the very second I was able to drop that atrocity Vista. Reformatted many times with different W7 copies, and there is never a chance to get a middle eastern product key, that's not even how they work. If you want to actually do it illegally, you install the OS and use a random product key (Like 000000.etc) then before you connect to the internet, you install a little tiny program that blocks the OS ability to check if your registry key is legit. Installing one tiny program in like 2 minutes isn't much of an "advanced work around"
There are even some modifications or copies that don't even require you to put in a product key. Easy as just Install, run little activation block program, done.
The bad/good cycle of MS OS releases pisses me off, and when windows 9 is released, I will most likely pirate W9 onto my Legal W8 machine, lol.
enginesnblades
You'd still have to pay for postage I'd imagine if they were to send you one. Still, if you got semi respectable internet speeds, you can get a clean copy in like an hour. No way faster. Recently did this for my little Acer Windows 8 laptop. Thing runs better than the day I bought it, it's great.
Sythriox
you really should just get the Mircosoft .iso file and burn it instead of pirateing one as you are using a legal key anyways for windows 7 here is the link for the Mircosoft .iso file
www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/
all versions of windows 7 sp1 .iso files are on that site and legal to download just no key is supplied to which you will have to go out and get your own key ... from what you have said you already had a legal key so that wouldnt be a problem the .iso files are also without any bloatware at all on them so doing a clean install is possiable as much as installing it off of a DVD or a USB drive
Raymond Tyson Linux is not safe. Period.
There just are many different versions and too few people actually using them to be worth to write viruses for them. But for most parts, Windows has a better security.
This is why I always perform a clean OS install on new machines every time I get the chance.
Great video, LMG!
I am Norton's the worst.
Seriously SwiftKey? Iak Norton's the worst is what I wanted to say.
which anti virus software is best?
Linux doesn't need one!
but for windows....free once like (I know I know) avira, AVG and I think there is another one that's pretty popular.
Portentous Lad Linux so little market share it's not worth fishing for idiots......
Stego Saurus It changes from year to year, You will find people that have had a bad experience with one and say it sucks and others that use the same one say its the best. What I can say is stay away from AVG last time it was good was back in 2008.
Wait, you have kids ? But.... Why ?
ahh kids the ultimate bloatware lmfao
finally a sponsor segment i wanted to watch.
This video encouraged me to uninstall some bloatware form my computer that I accidentally installed on my PC when trying to fix one of my games!
the biggest bloatware ever is by google
(yes I am looking at you google+!!!!!!)
Well 4 years later it gets removed
Also its not bloatware its crapware it has no use
People still buy PCs? Why WOULDN'T you build a PC? It's like Lego.
Andrew Voutsinas I once tried to build one and it blew up. Instruction videos weren't helpful
u are so good man u earned ur self a sub!
I like these educational videos.
I like the way Linus is mentioning the sponsor of this video. Casual and cool 8-D
Oh man, i feel the same way when i see tool bars and stuff like that.
The beuty of a self build, only pre installed stuff is what comes with your choice of os.
I just upgraded to windows 8.1 pro on my mums crapy pc that she bought and it got rid of all the bloatware. Loving a fresh install.