ASUS bloatware

Hi guys, as some of you might already have known, ASUS ships with some pretty interesting bloatware which has discouraged me from fresh-installing an OS over the default one but rather, run a dual-boot. So Today, I shall cover all the bloatware which can be found under the ASUS utility on the start menu.

1. AI recovery burner

This would probably be one of the first sights that greet a new ASUS user. Running on every boot by default, this program allows you to create a recovery disk like its name suggests. For those who do not know what a recovery disk is, you can read up more by searching 'recovery disc' on Wikipedia. But in short, it is a disk that allows you to restore the factory state of your program and in this case, the default ASUS customized Windows. This utility is rather useful as most users would not already have a Windows installation disk when they buy a new PC or laptop, causing inconvenience when recovery is needed. Although a third party disk can be created (such as the one from EasyBCD), it would be great to be able to restore to the original version to avoid a void of warranty or any such servicing problems.

2. Virtual Camera

There is really nothing under this program. However, if I am not mistaken, it installs the drivers for the ASUS default web-cam found on your laptop so if you happen to have problems accessing the ASUS webcam, trying downloading this program and tell me if it helps. One thing I have to say though, the ASUS built in web-cam is very sluggish and does not have a particularly high FPS count so taking videos with it is virtually impossible.

3. Control Deck

This is pure eye candy. So you thought the Mac dock looked cool? You haven't seen the ASUS control deck. Think 6 docks lined upwards from the bottom to the top of the screen that allows you to change options from battery mode to brightness to volume to screen resolution to boot options to ASUS applications. Essentially, these collection of docks give you access to every possible setting you would want to change. This eye-candy, as with all eye-candy comes with a price though, lagged response. You would have to wait several seconds, even on the X42JR, before the docks will unveil in an overlay on your screen. However, I wouldn't mind a little lag for something this nice. So good job, ASUS, for the awesome graphics.

I have just realised that none of my posts are getting posted because of the extremely bad internet connection here so I will post them bit by bit and hope that works.

to be continued...

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