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<blockquote data-quote="marzametal" data-source="post: 366891" data-attributes="member: 23627"><p>Not sure how HP sets up Cyberlink via pre-install, but removing it from this ASUS notebook was easy until I saw the remnants in registry (after a scan supposedly cleaned it all up) and directories; deleted a lot more via manual editing.</p><p></p><p>Watch out for registry remnants from some pre-installed AV products. They leave permanent legacy drivers in registry, cannot be removed. Well, I know Trend Micro does. Even though you got HP, some of this can relate...</p><p></p><p>It depends if you're a n00b or a nerd, n00bs don't care for registry remnants, nerds do.</p><p></p><p>First off, make a backup using the pre-installed recovery application (there should be one, if not, HP is slipping...). Then remove bloatware, then remove unwanted HPware, then use a 3rd party backup/recovery app to make a backup of a bloatware/HPware cleaned system. The rest, good luck to ya'...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marzametal, post: 366891, member: 23627"] Not sure how HP sets up Cyberlink via pre-install, but removing it from this ASUS notebook was easy until I saw the remnants in registry (after a scan supposedly cleaned it all up) and directories; deleted a lot more via manual editing. Watch out for registry remnants from some pre-installed AV products. They leave permanent legacy drivers in registry, cannot be removed. Well, I know Trend Micro does. Even though you got HP, some of this can relate... It depends if you're a n00b or a nerd, n00bs don't care for registry remnants, nerds do. First off, make a backup using the pre-installed recovery application (there should be one, if not, HP is slipping...). Then remove bloatware, then remove unwanted HPware, then use a 3rd party backup/recovery app to make a backup of a bloatware/HPware cleaned system. The rest, good luck to ya'... [/QUOTE]
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