Another tactic these pre-installed apps like to take is they give you a free 90 days install but after that, they force you to subscribe and pay an annual fee for the privilege of leaving them on your computer.

Normally it is only the DEMO copy that will only allow you to do something interesting if you pay the software company another $30 for the “Premium Edition”. Crapware is defined as “Software that is near useless, slows down your system, and was installed only because the manufacturers receive payment for pre-loading it on all of their computers. Step 1 – Install Revo UninstallerĬhances are if you bought an HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, or any other pre-manufactured computer, it will come completely loaded with un-needed, bloated, crapware. With the general availability of Windows 8.1, customers on Windows 8 had until January 12, 2016, to move to Windows 8.1 to remain supported. Windows 8.1 reached the end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2018, and will reach end of Extended Support on January 10, 2023.

Update: This article was written for Windows 7 ( which is no longer supported) and Windows 8 which has reached end of mainstream support.

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