Is it safe to remove acer and intel apps during fresh start?

Kathy_01

It's been 2 years since I purchased my TravelMate P246-M laptop and it's getting slow. I'm planning on doing a fresh start. I have read articles about fresh start that it will uninstall and reinstall windows onto your laptop and will not remove any files and it will also help to get better performance. 

Although I am familiar with most of the apps that were in the list, here are some of the apps that I am concerned with that will be removed during the process: 

DriverSetupUtility

Acer Collection

Acer  configuration manager

Acer ControlCenter

Acer Jumpstart

Acer Office Manager Agent

Acer Portal

Acer Quick Access

Acer UEIP Framework

AOP Framework

APP Explorer

Intel(R) Management Engine Components

Intel(R) Processor Graphics

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology

Intel(R) Serial IO

Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth (R)

Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software

Realtek Card Reader

Realtek Ethernet Controller

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver

Windows Setup Remediations (x64) (KB4023057)

If I were to remove the listed apps, will it affect the performance of my laptop? 

billsey

Leave the Intel and Realtek apps in place and remove any of the Acer apps you aren't using. The Windows app in that list will be dealt with by the refresh of the OS. The Driver Setup Utility should be removed even if you don't do the rest of the refresh. Which version of Windows are you running? 1904, 1909, 2004, earlier?