There are a lot of recommendations about reinstalling windows in order to get rid of all the bloatware.. do I get the windows licence with the computer so I can reinstall and activate it ?

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There are a lot of recommendations about reinstalling windows in order to get rid of all the bloatware.. do I get the windows licence with the computer so I can reinstall and activate it ?

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John · Accepted Answer

The Windows Licence key is stored internally somewhere, so you never actually have to enter the key anymore.

That said, there was not a lot of bloatware on this... most of the "bloatware" I ended up putting back on.

SnoCone · Answer

I didn't think there was much bloatware, a few MSI items for controlling the keyboard & gaming profiles and such, but minimal bloat otherwise. If Office 365 isn't your thing, Microsoft offers a tool to completely remove it (the standard uninstall procedure leaves a few components behind, search microsoft.com for details). FWIW I did not go for a separate license. Uninstalling the few extra items worked fine for me.

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