No Win bloatware if you choose world time - true?

[Appletax]

A guy on Facebook commented on a post saying, "...when you set up Windows, just select world time and no bloatware gets installed. Easy."

Would that be '(UTC) Coordinated Universal Time'?

Does this actually work? Should we be doing this?

 

[britechguy]

What "bloatware" is being referenced?

I have never had what I'd call "bloatware" installed using Windows 10 or 11 install media that comes straight from Microsoft, whether in the form of an ISO file or the built thumb drive from the Media Creation Tool. It's the cleanest possible Windows installation I know of.

 

[Markverhyden]

Sounds more like Internet meme than real fact. It's on FakeBroadcast after all. UTC, which is a standard, is the same, for a time value, as GMT, which is a time zone.

 

[seashore]

I call BS. That McAfee trial ain't getting removed from a retail pre-loaded image unless done manually after setup.

 

[Sky-Knight]

This is a joke right? Please tell me it's a joke...

 

[Porthos]

Use this simple trick to install Windows 11 without any third-party bloat

Here is a simple trick allowing you to install Windows 11 without third-party bloatware or modifying the stock image using unofficial scripts or utilities. All you need is one simple setting.

www.neowin.net

How to install Windows 11 without Bloatware

Use this trick to clean install Windows 11 without any bundled third-party Bloatware apps like Netflix, Candy Crush, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, etc..

www.thewindowsclub.com

 

[britechguy]

Use this simple trick to install Windows 11 without any third-party bloat

Here is a simple trick allowing you to install Windows 11 without third-party bloatware or modifying the stock image using unofficial scripts or utilities. All you need is one simple setting.

www.neowin.net

How to install Windows 11 without Bloatware

Use this trick to clean install Windows 11 without any bundled third-party Bloatware apps like Netflix, Candy Crush, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, etc..

www.thewindowsclub.com

But my initial question persists: What bloatware?

If you source your install media from Microsoft, I've never had anything install that I consider to be bloatware. I read both of those articles and no one defines, at all, what it is this method actually prevents from being installed. I also think that many of the things that they suggest are "bloatware" that this method does not prevent being installed is anything but. I don't use a ton of built-in stuff that comes with Windows, but if it comes with Windows it's not "bloatware" as far as I'm concerned.

Thus, I'm with both @seashore and @Sky-Knight on this one.

 

[Porthos]

But my initial question persists: What bloatware?

bundled third-party apps like Netflix, Candy Crush, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Disney, ESPN, etc., based on your Region.

I have never tested this as I do not do clean installs from ISO any longer.

 

[britechguy]

bundled third-party apps like Netflix, Candy Crush, Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Disney, ESPN, etc., based on your Region.

I must live a charmed life, then, as I have never once seen a single one of these apps install with a Microsoft supplied Windows installer.

I just looked on my own machine, which I did a completely clean reinstall on when I first got it, and none of those show up as apps under Windows Search.

 

[xrobwx71]

At work, we have a couple of auto tint machines that don't require a lot of horsepower, so I've purchased PC's from Wal-Mart and they have bloat on them as mentioned above like Netflix, CandyCrush, etc.
As @britechguy said about the ISO downloaded from Microsoft. I simply download the iso and nuke&pave. This is how I remove bloat.

Unless they are talking about apps that have been with Windows since the early 90's like notepad and calc, I've never seen bloat from the ISO downloaded from MS.