--- title: Stop Windows From Installing Device Crapware | daily.dev description: Two Windows registry tweaks can prevent device manufacturers from automatically installing unwanted software. The first disables device companion apps from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-windows-from-installing-device-crapware-buwn6vtz2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Windows From Installing Device Crapware | daily.dev og:description: Two Windows registry tweaks can prevent device manufacturers from automatically installing unwanted software. The first disables device companion apps from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-windows-from-installing-device-crapware-buwn6vtz2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bUWN6Vtz2.png og:image:alt: Stop Windows From Installing Device Crapware og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Windows From Installing Device Crapware **[Chris Titus Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/christitustech)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Two Windows registry tweaks can prevent device manufacturers from automatically installing unwanted software. The first disables device companion apps from peripherals like Razer, LG, and Logitech. The second disables the Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT), which allows motherboard manufacturers like ASUS to load software before Windows finishes booting — a feature that has been exploited as a security vulnerability. Both tweaks can be deployed via registry edits across enterprise networks, and a toolbox utility is available to apply them with a few clicks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I stop Windows from automatically installing device companion apps like Razer Synapse or LG software? You can block these by editing a specific Windows registry key that prevents device companion apps from being installed automatically, covering devices like Razer, LG monitors, and Logitech peripherals. This registry edit can be applied manually or deployed across an organization by sysadmins who want to block this behavior fleet-wide. _Developers managing device policies across fleets can compare registry-based fixes like this on daily.dev._ ### What is the Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) and why should I disable it? The Windows Platform Binary Table is a mechanism that lets motherboard manufacturers, such as ASUS with Armory Crate or MSI, load their own software before Windows even finishes booting. Disabling it via a registry key prevents this early-loading bloatware, reduces latency, and closes off an attack surface — ASUS's WPBT implementation was exploited within the past year. _Anyone hardening a Windows machine against firmware-level exploits can track fixes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your monitor could install apps on your Windows PC without permission, but the fix is simple](https://daily.dev/posts/your-monitor-could-install-apps-on-your-windows-pc-without-permission-but-the-fix-is-simple-vsjj6zvzc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I stopped using PC optimization apps after learning what actually slows down Windows](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-using-pc-optimization-apps-after-learning-what-actually-slows-down-windows-zha5r4e8x) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Windows Defender’s own driver can leave systems defenseless](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-defender-s-own-driver-can-leave-systems-defenseless-efii1uurv) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#sysadmin](https://daily.dev/tags/sysadmin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-windows-from-installing-device-crapware-buwn6vtz2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stop Windows From Installing Device Crapware","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-windows-from-installing-device-crapware-buwn6vtz2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-windows-from-installing-device-crapware-buwn6vtz2"},"datePublished":"2026-07-19T11:37:51.753Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:38:56.777Z","description":"Two Windows registry tweaks can prevent device manufacturers from automatically installing unwanted software. 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