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I just purchased my HP Officejet 4500 printer, launched the installation from the CD, and installed the "minimum installation" mode.
It installed software for 430 MB, installed Yahoo toolbar, and other crap I didn't ask for, added a whole bunch of start menu items, plus the installation took very long compared to what takes for drivers to be installed.
I obviously removed everything, but now to my question: Is there any alternative of installing driver/printer/scanner only without the HP software rubbish??
UPDATE -
OS: Win7x64
1Was there a "custom" (or related) installation available? – jonsca – 2011-08-09T23:42:47.180
1Banter: That is amazing and repulsive. I'd email HP and demand they give an actual driver installer and yell at them for polluting my computer. Wow, I'd seriously be so mad. Failing that, there must be a reasonable solution. Though the approach I'd have to take would take a long time to derive it. – James T Snell – 2011-08-09T23:49:32.013
@jonsca: Of course not - don't forget we're messing with HP - without offence but their software is so nasty always causes me grief – Shimmy – 2011-08-09T23:55:03.457
@Doc: Maybe you're grandchildren will have profit of it, meanwhile HP keeps on making money and fooling people laughing at all of us. – Shimmy – 2011-08-09T23:55:10.807