Seems like it could be a bazillion causes. Doesn't this happen on everyone's Windows PC since Windows came out? I've seen it on every one, I'm 78% sure... Maybe 82%...
Seems like it could be a bazillion causes. Doesn't this happen on everyone's Windows PC since Windows came out? I've seen it on every one, I'm 78% sure... Maybe 82%...
It turns out this is a Dell issue, not Windows 10.Seems like it could be a bazillion causes. Doesn't this happen on everyone's Windows PC since Windows came out? I've seen it on every one, I'm 78% sure... Maybe 82%...
No, it's not in the least "clean". Dell bundles a TONNE of extra software on top of Windows. Useless games, trial-ware, utilities, all of them constantly running in background and phoning home to the Mothership. I usually have to uninstall at least 20-30 unwanted software packages and disable as many services in order to "clean" a Dell system.This is a personal computer bought new from Costco. I'm reluctant to re-install the OS, it should be clean from Dell I would assume.
Only gives you list of 1/2 of what's really installed. It's the hidden stuff that causes all the troubles. That and he would have to do 10x screenshots to capture entire list for us to see.If you don't want to do a command line you can left click on the windows icon. Then type Control panel and you should see it come up on the right side. Click on it and then click on programs and features this should give you a list of installed programs.
Danno, I followed your instructions and I get the following message:
Invalid File Name
I tried it twice to make sure I didn't make any typo mistakes.
Any thoughts?
Note that the path to output file has a back-slash \ character. C:\
Thanks to Mr. Gates for weaseling deal with IBM to provide OS for their new 8088 PC. He went across street and bought an old outdated OS CP/M and re-badged it as MicroSoft DOS. To avoid any copyright issues, he changed path separators of / to \ and claimed it was "new and improved". More important limitations such as 8-character filenames were carried straight over from obsolete OS.
I've updated commands in above post. Best to copy & paste bolded command from browser window into powershell window. No typing needed.
Yeah, way back in '80s, I was managing SunOS and HP-UX systems and thought pretty lowly of CP/M. After decades of managing enterprise-level IT (10k+ systems for Select Staffing, Gilead Sciences, Berkshire Hathaway, etc.), I'm so glad to be director of non-Windows outfit. It's all Linux and UNIX here. We have thousands of customers all over the World and have zero need for desktop OS support. I just manage infrastructure of Linux servers, AWS and several million IoT devices.Okay, before reading this (I didn't update my session before making another attempt) I followed your original instructions. I had left out a space following the prompt before entering: /output:C:\....
This wrote the list "InstalledList.txt". Is this of any value or should I go with your updated instructions?
I want to thank you in advance for your terrific assistance here. Back in the day I was an assistant HP-UX system administrator at our HP division but my geek skills are pretty rusty these days. I loved UNIX (and the HP version).
Dan
Yeah, way back in '80s, I was managing SunOS and HP-UX systems and thought pretty lowly of CP/M. After decades of managing enterprise-level IT (10k+ systems for Select Staffing, Gilead Sciences, Berkshire Hathaway, etc.), I'm so glad to be director of non-Windows outfit. It's all Linux and UNIX here. We have thousands of customers all over the World and have zero need for desktop OS support. I just manage infrastructure of Linux servers, AWS and several million IoT devices.
I've got InstalledList.txt, you can remove your post with it attached. Will PM you some questions about your devices and usage patterns. Then create an uninstall script to remove all unnecessary software. brb.
It seems to be random but I have not documented it. I should do that, thanks.
It turns out this is a Dell issue, not Windows 10.
... Back in the day I was an assistant HP-UX system administrator at our HP division but my geek skills are pretty rusty these days. I loved UNIX (and the HP version).
Does this mean you found the cause?