On Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:37:15 UTC, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Not malware exactly more demoware when you buy them these days.

that is malware

The first
thing any new user should do is strip it back to the core stuff, then
install what they want.

It is, however very wasteful, modern ways of creating software, with huge
runtimes, loads of graphics and lots of redundant routines in from
different programming environments that folk use to make their software. Its
no wonder that much of it is only partly accessible.
Brian

Use msconfig to prevent apps starting up at boot time. It's an insane practice to run all apps all the time. A SSD rather than HDD can make a huge difference - just keep the hdd for user data. Restart firefox etc frequently, it's a huge ram hog.


NT