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Usefulness of the ScreenXpert software

BD34 Posted messages 15 Status Member -  
brucine Posted messages 25111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello

When I turn on my computer, a notification (it's the first time) asks me to update ScreenXpert, but I don't know what it might be useful for. Thank you for letting me know where I can find more information.

Sincerely

BD34

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    Panth33ra Posted messages 23180 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassador 2 357
     

    Hello, what brand of PC do you have? ScreenXpert 3... https://www.asus.com/us/content/screenxpert3/

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 160
       

      Hello, this is commonly referred to as "Bloatware" on Asus PCs designed to manage a secondary touchscreen. If you want to keep it, follow the update. If you want to disable it, go to services.msc, the Asus ScreenExpert Host Service should be stopped and disabled. Uninstalling it is likely another matter; check what you find in the Control Panel programs, installed applications, or look for it using specialized software like Revo Uninstaller. If nothing works, you'll need to find an anti-Bloatware utility that supports it, which will be more complicated.

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  2. BD34 Posted messages 15 Status Member
     

    Thank you for your responses. My PC is indeed a 3-year-old ASUS that is giving me a lot of problems right now. That's why I'm trying to avoid overloading it. Not having a secondary screen and not using a touchscreen (I disabled the small screen that was too sensitive to the proximity of my hand when I'm using the keyboard), I will follow the advice to stop and disable. Thank you BD34

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 160
       

      If I rely on mine (HP but it's not any better), there must be a ton of other Bloatwares. While we're cleaning up, none of them are useful, I've uninstalled all the programs that caused issues with HP and disabled all the corresponding services. Since they're crafty, there might be automatic startup registry entries (check via Autoruns) or scheduled tasks launching them. More generally, on a not-so-powerful PC, it's wise to remove from startup anything that isn't essential (check Autoruns again), and even disable unnecessary Windows services (it's a bit trickier but sometimes obvious, like XBox if you don't use it).

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