Uninstalling Bloatware on Windows 7 for a Smoother Experience
Windows 7 comes with a load of bloatware that most users either have little knowledge of or no use for. You can easily uninstall all this unnecessary software for a leaner, cleaner system. All you need to do is to search in the search box on the
Start menu for Turn Windows features on or off . When you turn the utility on, you'll see a dialog box that allows you to pick the features to keep and the ones to get rid of. Here are ideas for several features that would make good candidates for uninstalling.
Start menu for Turn Windows features on or off . When you turn the utility on, you'll see a dialog box that allows you to pick the features to keep and the ones to get rid of. Here are ideas for several features that would make good candidates for uninstalling.
The fun stuff
Windows comes with a number of simple games built in -- Titans, Spider Solitaire, Purble Place, Free Cell and other well-known names. Since it's easy to find far better games around the Internet, getting rid of the ones included is an easy way to declutter your Windows.
Network-related services
Internet Explorer being one of the least user-friendly browsers available, it won't be missed. Internet Information Service is the inbuilt Web server that comes with Windows 7. It allows you to turn your computer into a server. Since most computer users don't need it, it comes disabled by default. You can completely uninstall it if you don't use it.RIP Listener , a corporate networking tool, and Telnet Server and Client , a legacy text message chatting utility, are both unnecessary to most.
Developer-related services
Internet Information Service Hostable Web Core is a Web server that's included with Windows for use by developers. Microsoft Message Queue Server is another complex developer service -- it is meant to help developers test sending and receiving messages in an environment where regular software components are unavailable. Simple Network Management Protocol is aimed at developers who need access to legacy networking protocols while using modern computers. Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications helps developers run UNIX applications on Windows. Every one of these programs can be got rid of.
Printing services
Windows comes with deep features for those with professional printing needs -- Scan Management, Internet Printing Client , Line Printer Daemon , Windows Fax and Scan, LPR Port Monitor , XPS and so on. The average Windows user has no use for any of this software.
Windows Search
While Microsoft positions it as a core feature many Windows users never use it. If you don't get much use out of it, you can disable it, together with the Windows TIFF iFilterextension. Ifilter helps you search within documents that you've scanned to the TIFFformat.
Windows Gadget
The Gadget environment gives you a sidebar that holds number of widgets -- weather, time, games and so on. If you don't use the sidebar, it's easy to uninstall.
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