Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide

[David]

Thank you! I will pleased to add it on our Italian support site, just dropping you a message about that request.


Cheers,

What Italian website is this, may I ask?

[pigmywolf]

Hi Guys,

A couple of questions please...

Is the Asus Configuration Utility the same thing as the ATK ACPI utility?

Also, under the utility section for the ul80vt, there's also "A system restoring Utility" and an "IP Switch Utility" listed.

Do I need all of these? I'm getting ready to do a clean install of Windows 7.

Thanks

[David]

ATK ACPI is a driver that allows communication between the BIOS and OS. You should have this installed.

The IP Switch Utility is also known as Net4Switch. It allows your to maintain your internet connections. You won't need this.

The "A system restoring Utility" I believe, refers to the AI Recovery Utility which is simply a restoring program that allows you to create your own recovery disks. Not needed unless you want to create your recovery disks.

I'm not familiar with ASUS configuration utility, but from what I know, it's a program that helps manage your wifi connections. I've never used it and as far as I can tell, it's not needed.

[pigmywolf]

David, thank you!! This thread has been invaluable and saved me lots of time!!

Deborah

[bozeefus]

ATK Hotkey - A utility that enables the Fn key shortcuts and should not be uninstalled.

Do the keyboard shortcuts still work if you remove these utilities?

For example, can you still turn brightness up/down although there's no visual cue in the form of a progress bar?

[Kalim]

I'm getting ready to do a clean install of Windows 7.

In that case, you may also want to check out the link in my sig.

[David]

Do the keyboard shortcuts still work if you remove these utilities?

For example, can you still turn brightness up/down although there's no visual cue in the form of a progress bar?

No, you will need the those utilities/drivers for the proper hotkeys/shortcuts to work.

[pigmywolf]

Hey Kalim. Great job!! And you even have links to the pertinent drivers.

Life just got a little easier as I was in the process of downloading all of the ASUS drivers and utilities.

Reps for you!!

[rawrjar]

David, sir, you are my Lord and savior.

[Danielek]

Great thread! Very helpful for removing bloatware from my N61JQ