• Andi@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    When choosing the region/language, choose “English (World)”. Boom, bloatware be gone.

    You can safely change it to your correct region once you’ve logged in (Note: the Windows Store won’t work until you do).

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        1 year ago

        Remember some ‘core’ apps, such as Paint and Calculator are delivered via the Store now too - so they’ll also be missing.

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      1 year ago

      Are there laws in England that prevent bloatware?? That sounds like an EU thing, not an English thing. I would think the England install might be even more bloated than the US one.

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        We have English (United Kingdom) as a localised install.

        Not any more bloated then English (US) but if this English (World) install is even cleaner as Andi says, I’ll start using that instead for fresh installs.

        Nice Tip.

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        1 year ago

        Because the paid-for “bloat” is per region. If you don’t define the region… taps side of forehead