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Old 10 October 2017, 08:37 AM
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Something on this laptop called Driver Support.
Running 8.1.

Do I need it? It keeps asking me to do stuff.
Also I suspect it's making my 'puter run slow, because if it tells me I need to install an important update or my 'puter will slow down, lo and behold, it does...for a day or two.

Can safely delete it?
Old 10 October 2017, 08:40 AM
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Sounds like one of those crappy things people download that promises to sort driver issues out . . .
Old 10 October 2017, 01:51 PM
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delete it, its spam crap etc
Old 10 October 2017, 03:37 PM
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Thanks. That's what I thought.

I reckon it installed itself with something else, a bit like free software that makes Yahoo your choice of search engine
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they dont get downloaded secretly, there is normally a tick box in a window where you were accepting something.
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As above user error


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