• elbiter@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    On the other hand, maybe it’s time to optimize and unbloat the software a little. It doesn’t make sense that a notepad takes 1 GB and the mouse driver takes 2…

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      14 hours ago

      and the mouse driver takes 2…

      That’s the (webbrowser-in-disguise) configuration GUI, running in background (beside the tracking.exe) because why not.

      But even in Windows, a driver needs no background service; just kill it. And if it does, you can locate the respective driver files and add them via some Windows utility (google that).

      Also, Autoruns is a nice way to clean up the startup mess.

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      9 months ago

      That was my shower thought this morning. Maybe some good will come of these circumstances in the form of optimization.