What Apps/Utilities should I use for MSI Gaming Laptop?

[Brama]

Just bought a new MSI Gaming Laptop. I have 2 months of Norton Anti Virus free. Besides WinZip. CCleaner and Afterburner. What apps should I download on my PC to either help it run better or protact it from malware, Spyware and Viruses?

[stationvsbox]

uninstall all of that unless you plan on continuing to pay for it

[Brama]

1 minute ago, stationvsbox said:

uninstall all of that unless you plan on continuing to pay for it

Well Norton is free for 2months so may as well use it right?

I have to pay for Afterburner? I thought it was free? especially for MSI product owners...

 

Oddly enough despite having 8GB of Ram and a i7-7700Q CPU. Things tend to lag and load a little slow for me? is this normal or am I missing something?

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Brama said:

Oddly enough despite having 8GB of Ram and a i7-7700Q CPU. Things tend to lag and load a little slow for me? is this normal or am I missing something?

 

that's not normal, reinstall windows when you buy a new laptop to remove all the preloaded bloat. 

[Brama]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

that's not normal, reinstall windows when you buy a new laptop to remove all the preloaded bloat. 

By reinstall you mean restarting the laptop and using the start screen prompts to reset the device to vanilla? won't it just reinstall the bloat along with it?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Brama said:

By reinstall you mean restarting the laptop and using the start screen prompts to reset the device to vanilla? won't it just reinstall the bloat along with it?

 

reinstall windows 

[Brama]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

reinstall windows 

K, repeating the same thing does nothing. but thanks

[The Sloth]

Just now, Brama said:

K, repeating the same thing does nothing. but thanks

 read the sentence carefully than talk  https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

[Brama]

20 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

 read the sentence carefully than talk  https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

Well, I see what you mean. and I ended up here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10startfresh

 

Using the tool in the link now. Am I on the right track?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Brama said:

Well, I see what you mean. and I ended up here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10startfresh

 

Using the tool in the link now. Am I on the right track?

 

yes, watch a video if you are not sure. 

[Brama]

5 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

yes, watch a video if you are not sure. 

Okay. So after I do this fresh restart. Any Apps/Utilities you recommend downloading? like mayve Avast Anti-Virus? CCleaner?

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Brama said:

Okay. So after I do this fresh restart. Any Apps/Utilities you recommend downloading? like mayve Avast Anti-Virus? CCleaner?

you will have a fresh start download chrome first than look at this video 

 

[Brama]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

you will have a fresh start download chrome first than look at this video 

 

Okay I will. Thank you for your help NerdSlayer

[The Sloth]

Just now, Brama said:

Okay I will. Thank you for your help NerdSlayer

ask if you need anymore help 

[stationvsbox]

On 3/20/2017 at 10:54 PM, Brama said:

Okay I will. Thank you for your help NerdSlayer

how'd it go

[Brama]

8 hours ago, stationvsbox said:

how'd it go

Good. I got it all to work.

[Ryujin2003]

On 03/21/2017 at 1:10 AM, Brama said:

Just bought a new MSI Gaming Laptop. I have 2 months of Norton Anti Virus free. Besides WinZip. CCleaner and Afterburner. What apps should I download on my PC to either help it run better or protact it from malware, Spyware and Viruses?

I would also doe load the Intel extreme tuning utility to undervolt your CPU to reduce hear while gaming. I've been able to reduce about 10 C in my GS73VR just from unvervolting .055.

[Brama]

5 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

I would also doe load the Intel extreme tuning utility to undervolt your CPU to reduce hear while gaming. I've been able to reduce about 10 C in my GS73VR just from unvervolting .055.

Nice recommendation. That was definitely a concern of mine as I know Laptops easily overheat. especially when gaming.