PC manufacturers take absolutely no care of their computers offered for sale. For many years now, in fact, every time we buy a brand new computer, it is already full of junk programs, trial version antivirus, commercial software of various types and many other useless programs that start automatically, immediately slow down the PC and it is not clear what they do. Due to the aggressive commercial policies of the producers, we find ourselves with very slow, underperforming and risky computers (especially for the lesser known junk programs). In this guide we will show you all the steps to be performed to clean up a new PC from unnecessary and adware programs, so starting from "zero" with a really clean Windows 10 and without any additional program (except those added by Microsoft). This operation is to be done immediately, without waiting a moment: the more you delay, the less convenient it becomes to format the system, since our personal files and programs will appear to prevent us from intervening in such a "drastic" way.
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How to clean up a new PC from junk programs
To clean your PC very slowly we can follow two ways: reset your computer with the Windows 10 recovery procedure or use specialized cleaning programs for junk software and adware. As a last resort, we can format Windows 10 using a definitely clean recovery disk, so as to obtain a system free of adware or crapware.Perform a full restore of Windows 10
The fastest and most effective method to really remove all the junk programs and adware is to completely restore Windows 10, so as to remove everything and return to the operating system as designed by Microsoft.To restore Windows 10 and get a clean system, open the Start menu at the bottom left, search and open the Settings app, press the Update and security menu and finally open the Restore menu.
Press the Start button under the Reset your PC section to start the recovery procedure; in the next screen we choose Remove all to format each partition of the disk and make ourselves comfortable: in this phase the PC will be restarted several times and will be initialized, as if it had never been "touched" by the manufacturer.
Once the restore is complete, we create a new Windows 10 user or log in with a Microsoft account, then use the operating system without any junk programs or adware.
To learn more, we can read our guide on How to install Windows 10 even from scratch (clean installation) .
If we use a portable PC, there may be a recovery partition hidden by the manufacturer: it is better to delete it and create another clean one following the steps of the guide on how to create a recovery partition of the Windows PC .
Remove the junk programs without formatting
If we realized the useless junk programs too late and want to avoid formatting, we can use the free tool The PC Decrapifier.
Once installed, just launch it to immediately see the list of bloatware and adware installed on our computer and that we can remove in a single click, simply by placing a check mark on the programs indicated.
To learn more, we recommend you read our articles Bought the new PC with Windows "> how to install a freeware program without additional sponsors and how to remove Adware and toolbar .
Format Windows 10 from recovery disk
If none of the previous methods has managed to remove the junk and adware programs, we can move on to "strong manners" by completely formatting the PC via a recovery disk.First we download the Windows 10 installation disc (thus obtaining the ISO copy of the operating system) and recover the Product Key license key from the computer to be formatted, so that we can restore it after the operation (in reality Windows 10 automatically reactivates, but you never know if there were problems)
Now we burn the ISO of the system on a blank DVD or on a USB stick (the latter is faster), insert the medium in the computer to be formatted and change the boot order to start the system from the disk or from the USB stick .
In the boot screen we select the Custom item : install only Windows (advanced option) and, in the new screen, select the partitions one by one and press the Delete button. As soon as we get drive 0 as the only unallocated space partition, make sure it is selected and click Next at the bottom.
The rest of the installation is simple, as we have seen in our guide on how to format and install Windows from scratch, to have a clean and new PC .
If after formatting we have problems with the drivers of some devices or internal hardware components, we immediately launch a Windows update or read the methods proposed in our article on how to download drivers to install safely .
Conclusions
If we have purchased a pre-assembled PC or a laptop, following one of the methods proposed above we will be able to clean up the computer from junk and adware programs and use it without slowing down or without unnecessary or harmful programs.The only way to have a clean computer from the beginning is to not buy it ready at the mall, but to buy one to assemble piece by piece .
Who does not feel capable or does not want to put the pieces of the computer together, will be able to buy it in computer stores by paying for the assembly, with the guarantee that that computer will be absolutely virgin, with Windows installed and nothing else.
In other articles we have seen which parts to buy to have a perfect PC and, above all, the guide to assemble a PC and assemble computer parts .
For portable PCs, on the other hand, we don't have much choice but to clean up the system from the first start, so as to be sure to be the first to install new programs, thus avoiding junk programs, adware, bloatware and crapware.
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