Bloatware is a technical term for software that you no longer use and that take up space on computer. According to The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), “Unused or unwanted services and software can create security holes on a device’s system, which could lead to an increased attack surface of your network environment.” In others words, search and clean your computer for these type of softwares.
Here are some services that you might need to get rid of according to helpdeskgeek.com.
- The print spooler, a service that you may not be of use anymore because of how prevalent paperless documentation is becoming and how you can basically use your phone’s camera to scan documents nowadays. So, you can go ahead and disable this one.
- Windows Image Acquisition, “This is the service that waits until you press the button on your scanner and then manages the process of getting the image where it needs to go. This also affects communication with digital cameras and video cameras that you connect directly to your computer, so be aware of that if you need this function.”
- Fax service, even though a lot of companies uses them, faxing is becoming obsolete. However, it depends on whether or not you still use a fax machine. If you don’t, then uninstall it. ‘Bluetooth,’ this one is simple. If you are not using it then disable it. You could always activate later.
- Windows Search, can be disabled to increase your machine performance. However, it can also disable the ‘Window Search Indexer’ . It is not recommended by helpdeskgeek.com to disable it. Then again, if it’s not something you use at all, you can disable it to increase the performance of your computer.
Leave a Reply