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‎03-17-2018 07:22 PM - edited ‎03-17-2018 07:23 PM

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Product: HP 15 Bwoxx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi. So I bought a new HP laptop today and I'm looking through some of the programs and I was wondering what I can safely uninstall/what they do. I'm not familiar with these.

 

The programs in question are:

 

HP Audio Switch

HP Connection Optimizer

HP Jump Start Apps

HP Jump Start Bridge

HP Jumt Start Launch

 

Thanks!

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‎03-17-2018 07:31 PM - edited ‎09-26-2018 10:11 PM

HP Recommended

Hi tomstar,

 

HP Audio Switch

It's just an application for switching the audio output or microphone but you can do that manually through Windows Sound settings. A bit useless in my honest opinion.

 

HP Connection Optimizer

I recommend keeping it as it provides wireless connections, Bluetooth, etc. 

 

All things related to HP Jumpstart

Mostly bloatware. I would only recommend it to users who are unfamiliar with computers and want to use HP's bundled software.

 

Hope this helps,

Eddy

I used to be an HP Expert. I no longer participate in this community.

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‎03-17-2018 07:31 PM - edited ‎09-26-2018 10:11 PM

HP Recommended

Hi tomstar,

 

HP Audio Switch

It's just an application for switching the audio output or microphone but you can do that manually through Windows Sound settings. A bit useless in my honest opinion.

 

HP Connection Optimizer

I recommend keeping it as it provides wireless connections, Bluetooth, etc. 

 

All things related to HP Jumpstart

Mostly bloatware. I would only recommend it to users who are unfamiliar with computers and want to use HP's bundled software.

 

Hope this helps,

Eddy

I used to be an HP Expert. I no longer participate in this community.
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‎03-17-2018 07:39 PM

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Thanks kem579!

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