HP laptop built-in software list - What's safe to remove?

[Vox]

I have a Hp laptop with x64 Windows 10 system. It is a small office laptop so we use only word/excel/outlook and print (through a HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M476dw printer on wifi). I wonder if I could remove some of the in-built bloatwares, statistic / anonymus data senders, etc, since the laptop is already very slow by default and kinda short on free space too. Some of the program names doesn't tell anything of their functionality so I'm not sure what should I remove

HP Clolor Laserjet Pro MFP M476 – I think this is the printer's driver, so I would need it.
HP Support Solution Network
HP System Event Utility
HP Touchpoint Analitycs Client
HP Update
HP Utility Center
HP Wireless Button Driver
HPCLJproMFPM476
Intel(R) Manageability Engine Firmware Recovery Ag
Intel Management Engine Components
Intel Rapid Storage Technology

and a couple of MS visual C++:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.59193
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) — version: 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) — version: 8.0.61000
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.12.25810
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.12.25810
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64)

Should I really need all of them?

 

[Peter Martin]

Everything is garbage. I format the drive and install win 10 clean

If you are just uninstalling then uninstall the hp stuff you don’t care about. Leave the ms stuff alone in that case as well as the intel stuff

 

[Vox]

hp stuff you don’t care about

As I said, some of the program names doesn't tell anything to me. Most of HP stuff anyway.
HPCLJproMFPM476, utility center, HP update? I mean, should I really have a standalone software named "HP update" to get my HP printer driver updated? HP Support Solution Network, System Event Utility, Touchpoint Analytics Client — what are those anyway?

 

[Peter Martin]

like I said, I format and reinstall as soon as i get a laptop. I would just uninstall all that stuff you don't know what it is. odds are, you won't be using it anyway. do you call support and work issues through with them? it's for them mostly.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Whilst you can remove the bloatware, you'll probably find that it won't improve performance and the computer will gain a negligible amount of disk space, so I'd suggest that it's not worth the trouble. If the computer is slow then you need to discover why it's slow. In most cases, the speed of the disk is the cause.

 

[Peter Martin]

yeah, it's that horrible 5400 rpm pos they call an hdd most likely. in the end, I had to get an ssd for my notebook to be useable in any fashion. the hdd could not even handle simple updates to the os

 

[Vox]

Yes, the speed is my main problem too. My laptop is a HP 250 G2 F0Y89EA#AKC and it's terribly slow, I believe it's because of the HDD. Whatever tiny program I run, the taskmanager lists its disk usage to 100% everytime. With this topic I was trying to snipe the unnecessary applications to stop them sucking the disk speed whether they run on the background occasionally or not.

I'm not sure if there's a way to replace this model's HDD for an SSD. Is that possible?

 

[Peter Martin]

Yes, the speed is my main problem too. My laptop is a HP 250 G2 F0Y89EA#AKC and it's terribly slow, I believe it's because of the HDD. Whatever tiny program I run, the taskmanager lists its disk usage to 100% everytime. With this topic I was trying to snipe the unnecessary applications to stop them sucking the disk speed whether they run on the background occasionally or not.

I'm not sure if there's a way to replace this model's HDD for an SSD. Is that possible?

here, watch this breakdown guilde.

A teardown of the HP 250 G2 laptop showing how to upgrade the memory, hard disk drive, wifi module, battery and optical drive.


you will NOT void your warranty doing this stuff either, HP doesn't care about upgrading ram and hdd, unless you are not careful and destroy the cables or something, lol

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

you will NOT void your warranty doing this stuff either, HP doesn't care about upgrading ram and hdd, unless you are not careful and destroy the cables or something, lol

I wouldn't be so sure of that. If there are signs that the internal components have been fiddled with, then any warranty may well be voided. Best thing to do is to ask HP or the shop where you bought the computer from.

If the laptop is out of warranty then feel free to go nuts. An SSD is the best upgrade you can make.

 

[Zapthos]

You can remove everything but:
HP Clolor Laserjet Pro MFP M476
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.61001
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable — version: 8.0.59193
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) — version: 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) — version: 8.0.61000
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.12.25810
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.12.25810
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64)

The visual c++ is to ensure you won't get error codes with software & the intel thing is a driver.

 

[Peter Martin]

I would NEVER remove VC_REDISTS, for any reason. Once in the system, leave them alone. they are just C++ runtimes. The programs you install need these to run, or, what has already been installed. Still, never remove them as suggested above.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

I would NEVER remove VC_REDISTS, for any reason. Once in the system, leave them alone. they are just C++ runtimes. The programs you install need these to run, or, what has already been installed. Still, never remove them as suggested above.

I agree, leave the C++ redistributables alone. A program may stop working if you don't.

Whilst the Intel storage driver is probably not doing anything, there's no good reason to uninstall a driver unless it's causing a BSOD or other fatal error.

 

[Peter Martin]

you will NOT void your warranty doing this stuff either, HP doesn't care about upgrading ram and hdd, unless you are not careful and destroy the cables or something, lol

I wouldn't be so sure of that. If there are signs that the internal components have been fiddled with, then any warranty may well be voided. Best thing to do is to ask HP or the shop where you bought the computer from.

If the laptop is out of warranty then feel free to go nuts. An SSD is the best upgrade you can make.

yeah, on their website it says that, at least for my pc, and others that have posted here.

 

[Vox]

here, watch this breakdown guilde.

A teardown of the HP 250 G2 laptop showing how to upgrade the memory, hard disk drive, wifi module, battery and optical drive.

While many of your replies are helped to solve this issue, I found this linked video exceptionally informative even beyond the original question. As an appreciate for your searching I picked this reply as solution.

Thank you very much for all of your great help on this topic!