I did a Lenovo Ideapad notebook yesterday, only got one app. Don't know what it was as it didn't connect to the site it was looking for, then a clean install fixed it
I've done upgrade installs of 10240 on about 45 Dell Latitude laptops in the past few days (since 10240 "leaked" out) and then turned around and did clean installs on all of them (a fleet upgrade, basically) and not once have I seen anything out of the ordinary as the case may be. But the machines - when they had Windows 7 on them - didn't/don't have any Dell bloat to begin with so, with a brand new clean install of 10240 done immediately after the upgrade there's nothing on the laptops but Windows. There's no Dell code whatsoever anywhere. I just did a clean install on a Latitude E7440 not an hour ago (after an upgrade install to lock in the activation for Windows 10 and again I just checked that one, still no Dell code on it at all and it's fully updated as of about 20 mins ago. Clean install of Windows 10 Pro direct from the build 10240 ESD converted to ISO then put on a USB stick. No issues here with any OEM bloat at all.
I put a list in the opening post of known apps being pushed in an upgrade. I also have a Toshiba and ASUS but won't have a chance to test them until next week. I'm not sure what will happen to the Toshiba as it originally came with a MS Signature install.
With a Dell Laptop, I did not get any of the crapware on update. I had however previously fresh installed Windows 7 without using a Dell disc or restore.
Added Toshiba to the original post. What's interesting is that this is the first instance I saw where the app didn't start with the OEM name. Also it looks like they are ignoring the fact that it was originally a Signature Edition tablet.
I got "ASUS Welcome" pushed to my ASUS laptop upon upgrading. microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/asus-welcome/9nblggh2jxjg
correct me if i'm wrong but the oems pay for the oem software ms is giving you so if the oems want that crap on your laptop it's going to be there and it's the oems you should be lambasting about it.
You should have found the same win 7 version online that was clean and installed, added your key and upgraded. There's no way there would be any third party apps/software if you didn't use the backup/reinstaller from them.
Yes, I've been telling people for decades..."If you absolutely, positively, against all reason and logic, have to own a lapcraptop instead of simply assembling your own desktop (like is done in the civilized world)--then by all means, let "format c:" be your first action; let tossing out all 30 of the craptastic OEM software disks be your second; and for your third action, install Windows via a retail license from YourVeryOwnDiskMediaWhichYourOEMDidn'tWantYouToHave(TM)..! And then...and then hold on for dear life and pray that your OEM will make available your lapcraptop custom device drivers as separate downloads--else you might be doomed to play the "Hunting for Windows Underneath all of this Junk Software!" game for the entire supported lifetime of your OEM device--er, lapcraptop, or whatever it may be. (You can probably deduce from this what a great fan of laptops in general I am.)
Oh, man I remember when my parents got my sister an Acer laptop for Christmas. Even with an SSD the damned machine would take 3 minutes to even be able to open a browser. So filled with Acer Games and the like.