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WinSxS bloat eats available drive space. The Windows folder keeps growing and growing...this is actually normal for Windows. Problem: the system only has 32 GB of memory..after just a few weeks, Windows/WinSxS grew to almost 10 GB, Windows used 17 GB, was down to 1 GB left at one point. The system had only Office 365 and a few tiny apps installed. Used DISM.exe and the Task Scheduler to attempt to shrink WinSxS.. Used Windows Cleanup running as Administrator too: I knocked off a couple of gigs, but I ended up having to run HP recovery to do a full reinstall. I have two of these Hp Stream Notebook 13 C002dx systems purchased over the last few weeks..both suffer severely from Windows bloat. An HP tech suggested a recovery CD, will try that when it arrives (will have to buy a portable CD drive if I can't network install from my desktop PCs). I haven't given up though: will try Linux or Windows 10 if I can't fix the vanishing drive issue. These systems are still sort of usable, you just won't be able to add many apps. If HP had designed these with 64GB disk space instead of 32, all would have been well. I can clean Windows for a while, but the bloat soon takes over. Manual deletion of the WinSxS folder or its files is not recommended: you'll break the OS. Many other users seem to have this issue as well as I checked for a solution online. With this system, the user starts out with 21 GB, not 32, because a third of the drive is recovery software. Windows eats most of the rest. That leaves the system seriously crippled even for minimal usage requirements. Attempts to take ownership over the Windows/WinSxS folder were defeated by the system..TrustedInstaller interferes with DISM.exe, et cetera. On the positive side, I think HP did a good job on the hardware build. Sound was a problem at first with lots of distortion but a BIOS upgrade and a switch to Windows drivers seemed to clean it up mostly. The system can run Office 365, but , as I mentioned above, when you're down to your last gigabyte, the system will soon come to a grinding halt. I very much wanted to like these, but the Windows bloat issue turned a working system into a brick. Ran Ubuntu 14.04 from a USB stick: had to set the BIOS to legacy. Ran into wireless problems and Flash issues but others with these issues say that these are fixed with 14.10. If Windows 10 doesn't cure the bloat issue, I'll toss Windows for Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Still working to get these to work...
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.it sucks. All I need for it is to get on wifi, and it can't even do that. don't waste your money.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I love this computer. Don't get me wrong it does have its limitations no cd/dvd drive small storage space just to name a few but they are easy to overcome. I bought a 1TB micro drive and used Velcro to attatch it to the back of the screen its fast enough I don't even think of the info coming from an external drive. have not found any drawbacks to no cd/dvd since most programs you buy can be dl from online and use the cose on your package to activate. love the touchscreen also for navigatin around makes it a lot easier. This is my secone personal laptop but have had 7 others in the house all with different capabilities. my first was top of the line Toshiba only had it 2 yrs and the HD crashed non reparable lost all py pics and everything else. my wife has a HP top of the line right now which is great. both of those are way too much for wha I do on computers and this one id wonderful for those needs
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I use it for work, and this laptop has been great as far as speed or picture... My kids use it for YouTube and games, and no issues thus far..
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Totally worth the price. I bought a $500 W8 laptop prior to this and now I wish I could return it.
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