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Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by rbanffy on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:11PM (#12551804)
Wasn't Lenovo the company that shipped unremovable malware with laptops? Considering the almost impossible to disable Intel management stuff is also there, I can only imagine the kind of parasite living on these machines.

Why would anyone buy their stuff?

Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by Sanddancer on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:50PM (#12552108)
One of the parts of the MS Signature Series agreement is that there is no crapware, that what you get is pretty much the same if you installed a direct from microsoft copy of Windows. The signature series is probably the only line I would get from lenovo, because it's guaranteed not to need hours of futzing to get it working decently.
Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by farcical_tinpot on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @06:02PM (#12552676)
So get a vanilla install disk from Microsoft's site, install and reuse the license.