*note: If this is in the wrong area just move it and I apologize beforehand.
I've heard about this but I didn't really understand until it happened to me. Due to HP's "updates" I can now no longer uninstall a wide variety of my programs. (For the life of me, why they feel they must update an OS thats not under their control is completely misguided.)
One example of this is my Age of Empires III demo. (see picture below) This is absoluetly the last straw. I've tried uninstalling everything HP, but the same code that prevents me from uninstalling soem programs, prevents me from uninstalling the HP stuff. As you can see in the screenshot Theres a whole bunch of HP specific programs like All-in-One(AiO)
First of all any advice on how to get this crapware off? Second, if I can't get it off, could I in some way sue or get retribution from HP?