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A friend got a new laptop, and wants me to reinstall windows to eliminate the bloatware. I did that, but it turns out EVERYTHING is proprietary.

I realized that the wireless drivers were proprietary, so I downloaded speccy onto a USB and went to install it. The USB drivers are proprietary. No problem; ethernet. Also proprietary. I know I can remove the hard drive and manually copy files onto it, independent of the native OS and hardware, but is there anything simpler I could do?

I can say that it is an HP Pavilion dv6 series

 

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Windows Update has many of them built in, and what isn't there should be on HPs website (drivers without bloatware).

 

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Windows Update has many of them built in, and what isn't there should be on HPs website (drivers without bloatware).

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I waited for windows update, and it gave me nothing. It didn't even start.

I take it that means I have to remove the HDD and do it manually?

 

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What's the exact model number of the laptop?

 

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Knufire said:

What's the exact model number of the laptop?

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Hence, my reason for attempting to install Prioform's Speccy. I will edit this post after I install it.

 

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Ah, it's not inscribed somewhere on the laptop?

 

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Knufire said:

Ah, it's not inscribed somewhere on the laptop?

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He has a habit of using the space under the keyboard to the right of the trackpad as a mousepad. The label was gone within an hour.

By the way: seem to have an issue. It isn't a driver problem; it's just that only one USB port seems to work. Any suggestions?

 

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HP Pavilion dv6-6c48us

I have installed Ethernet, and it is only a matter of time before I get WLAN up and running.

 

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HP Pavilion dv6-6c48us

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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...3&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5218546

 

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Knufire said:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...3&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5218546

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Thank you. I have finished work on the computer. The USB drivers were packaged with the Graphics Card drivers, and everything installed correctly. I was hesitant to mark as resolved until now, but I have returned the computer to its owner, and everything appears to be working properly.