Unable to remove last 3 packages of HP bloat using Powershell

garlin said:

You can search for "Software Component xyz" from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and download the driver CAB file. Extract it, scroll through the INF for the matching HWID(s) and you're good.

That's actually a heinous trick, showing a bogus HWID to invoke the dirty work of installing a non-driver analytics package. Nice touch HP.

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GosHawK2 said:

So I searched for those 3 "Software Components" in the Microsoft Update Catalog and basically found 2 entries for each one. When I click on the title and go to the Package Details tab, I see the hardware ids, which I assume I can use in group policy for blocking purposes, without having to download anything.
But each entry has a different id. For example, Insights Analytics has "swc\hpa000c" in one entry, and the other has "swc\hpanalytics". Whats the difference and how do I know which one is applicable?

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DJNelson said:

I fought this battle with my last HP ProBook. Rooting out HPs telemetry "services" requires deleting their corresponding registry keys in HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services, disabling automatic driver updates and removing HPs Download Assistant. Simply turning them off won't work.

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cereberus said:

Do you know how many posts we see from people who delete stuff that takes up virtually no space and wonder why things are not working properly?

In simple terms "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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