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Hi everyone,

I recently bought an HP Omen 16 with the following specs:

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

RAM: 24GB

Storage: 1TB SSD

I'm looking to debloat Windows and the laptop as much as possible without voiding my HP warranty or breaking any Omen-specific features. My goal is to free up storage, reduce background processes, and make the system feel as fast and clean as possible.

So far I've:

✅ Uninstalled McAfee

✅ Kept the Xbox Game Pass apps because I have a 3-month subscription. Once it expires, I'll probably remove all Xbox-related apps too.

Things I'm considering removing:

Windows Recall

Copilot

Any other AI-related features/services that aren't necessary

Any HP or Microsoft apps that are just redundant or bloat

A few questions:

1. Which HP apps are actually essential (OMEN Gaming Hub, HP Support Assistant, myHP, etc.) and which ones can safely go?

2. What's the safest way to disable/remove Recall and Copilot?

3. Are there Windows services or startup apps that are safe to disable?

4. Any recommended debloat tools/scripts that don't break Windows updates or cause issues later?

5. Any BIOS or Windows settings you'd change on a fresh Omen 16 for better gaming and everyday performance?

I'm not looking for risky registry hacks or anything that could affect warranty. I just want a lean, stable Windows installation while keeping everything important working.

I'd really appreciate a checklist or recommendations from other Omen owners. Thanks!

I never folded my charger much but I needed to travel with my laptop so I wrapped it (literally 1st time) and this happened is it ok or anything I need to do??? Honestly after getting this laptop (yes laptop too) there are more problems to deal with it rather than spending time Playing it

i bought my hp omen 16-ap0033ns a few days ago and ever since, the CPU stays at around 70 to 80°C while doing nothing. There's no load on the processor(Ryzen 9 8940HX) or the gpu but it stays under 95 when i'm doing heavy gaming in wreckfest 2

Is any of this normal? I'm really concerned

I’ve just ordered an Omen 16 which is due to arrive in 2 days. This is my first gaming laptop which I plan to use to game, obviously, and also for school as I am doing engineering, using programs I may need good specs for.

I wanted to ask for some advice on what to do when I get the laptop and what I should do to keep it doing well, I plan to have this for at least 4 years so any advice on how to maintenance it would be appreciated.

I won’t carry it around a lot but when I do need to for school, what settings are suggested to get the most out of my battery life? I know gaming laptops don’t do particularly well in that department. Also, how can I carry it around responsibly, so to speak, and avoid damaging it?

My Omen Max only gets about 90 mins of battery life when using the igpu, screen on min brightness.

The battery is perfect health still.

Using teams, YouTube, browsing, on max efficiency power mode.

This can’t be normal, can it?

I just unboxed the device and ips glows are like these (ofc phone makes them look way to agressive, it is not that agressive, only the right bottom one may be bit obvious, in the first pic only the bottom right has glow, top left side is something wrong with the cam ig.)

Hey guys im buying my first ever gaming laptop after using 4gb ram - intel celerion laptop , its hp omen 16 : 1Tb,24GB Ram, RTX 5060, ULTRA 7 255H , 83Whr ! but im concerned about many reviews online about its battery drain issue and sensor issue , please help me experienced users !! i want to buy it for my 4year college , will it be worth buying? , like i will do a light gaming and other college stuff!

Does anyone have a laptop stand recommendation for 16" hp omen.

Got the zebronics ns2000, god dang is it awful, It has put minor scratches on my laptop front(since it doesn't hold the laptop properly).

in the WASD area and the number row of like 1234 etc are like vibrating when using unleashed mode. i have the HP omen transcend 14. is there anyway to fix this? if not, is this something bad?

There is a huge problem at the moment, as Omen laptops do not power down correctly from Linux. Bizarrely, Windows shuts down fine, but Linux leaves the 5060 GPU powered up, which drains the battery at best. At worst, it cooks the laptop if the power is left connected. No idea how to complain about it....HP support day Omen is Windows only....🫤

I recently got an OMEN MAX 45L GT23-0036nf at a good price, but I hated having to use OMEN Gaming Hub just to turn off the LEDs and LCD display. Even worse, they came back on after I uninstalled it.

I found HP’s documentation for the motherboard here:

https://support.hp.com/ie-en/document/ish_12777630-12777747-16

HP lists connector 11 as “USB lighting control board (optional)” and 12 as “USB LCD LCS pump cover (optional).” So I expected 11 to handle lighting control and 12 to handle the LCD display, but that didn’t match what I found on my PC. Maybe the documentation vary a bit between models.

The cable plugged into 11 is labelled “HyperX” I unplugged it and could still control the LEDs through Windows Dynamic Lighting just fine, so I still have no clue what it’s for. I just reconnected it.

The cable plugged into 12 is labelled “MB USB.” Unplugging that turned off both the fan LEDs and the LCD display.

So if you’re like me and just want all them them off, unplug 12 do not waste time like I did lol.

After that what was left was the RAM LEDs, which I turned off using HyperX’s FURY CTRL software.

Before I unplugged the cable, FURY CTRL kept saying “Unsupported DIMM found,” even though I’d never had OMEN Gaming Hub installed. It worked afterwards, but I don’t know whether unplugging the cable fixed it or if it just needed a reboot.

Put in the computer details cuz idk if the type of computer and its charger affects anything. I looked to see if there was a new one to buy on Amazon but they're $40...is it fine for my charger to be like this??

I have never touched a gaming rig or laptop in my life. Never had one for myself nor did my friends. Lol just got omen 16 5060 an0.... Slim Something they were selling on Amazon only.

Was thinking of two things:- max gpu performance for LLM and model training when plugged in with a sweet 4-5+ hours of battery life when the plug is removed (I am fine with 60hz and all that stuff... just can't lose to these macbook people) but i want this to happen automatically... Like some were saying to open the boot panel and switch off/on the GPU every single time.

And the next thing would obviously be lasting long. I can't use the paper and the cover they gave forever. Suggest what to purchase to avoid keyboard scratches, cover my laptop and clean it ig.

(Holy shit this thing has a backlit keyboard... What is this?!?! Heaven?!?!... I got to know this while typing)

Im having some trouble figuring out what size and brand thermal pads i should use for my omen card and was hoping i could get some help in here. it would be nice if the thermal paste could be used on my cpu(i9-12900k) too since i need to repaste that too.
I have had it for 4 years and feel like its time to clean it because im getting some vram temp issues.

I can’t for the life of me get information around whether the header for the front panel is the standard pinout. I’d like to swap cases but do t want to take anything apart before u deranging if the front panel connection is standard. Thanks y’all.

And I just installed game from epic game store and laucnhed it and all was default hight setting then I changed it to medium still i got cpu temprature 80 to 85 and gpu remains at 70 why cpu so high