tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14307486.post3114875561918392987..comments2024-03-28T11:24:13.222+00:00Comments on theatre of noise: ASUS X5EAE / K51AE Configuration: Bloatware Hellrobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14307486.post-19124438675633627692011-01-24T22:42:33.745+00:002011-01-24T22:42:33.745+00:00I have never had so much cruft to deal with. ASUS ...I have never had so much cruft to deal with. ASUS set some sort of a record. <br /><br />Besides that the computer has worked out very well. WiFi good, no bad battery surprises and so on.robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14307486.post-48725067625699104122011-01-24T20:37:15.284+00:002011-01-24T20:37:15.284+00:00Thanks a lot Robin for this article.
Indeed, I sav...Thanks a lot Robin for this article.<br />Indeed, I saved quite some time from your blog entry and the ASUS bloatware page you refer to.<br />I really can't stand all this finacial logic in which shitware is pushed on your desktop. Actually my preferred OSses are Linux based. But for the rest of my family I sometimes have to cleanup new hardware !!! Tkx again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14307486.post-67333609849321189092010-09-01T11:56:19.320+01:002010-09-01T11:56:19.320+01:00Wow, yet another reason to avoid Microsoft product...Wow, yet another reason to avoid Microsoft products! <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-microsoft-office-2010-click-to-run-technology" rel="nofollow">This page</a> describes why it is there. I would guess you can zap the partition, but I have found no definitive info on this. If you have made a system backup, there is little risk in trying.robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14307486.post-15079793059223714172010-09-01T04:46:19.422+01:002010-09-01T04:46:19.422+01:00So I pretty much uninstalled everything that you s...So I pretty much uninstalled everything that you suggested but going into "computer" it is showing four hard drives. OS (c:), Data (d:), my external, and "microsoft office click-to-run 2010 (protected) (Q:). Since I no longer have office installed I wanted to free this partitioned space up, but it's protected. Does anyone know what this drive is all about and what to do with it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127474385295800935noreply@blogger.com