Alienware announces the AW2725DF and AW3225QF (worlds first 4k 240hz and worlds first 1440p 360hz QD-OLED monitors - launches January 2024)

opethdisciple said:
You will never win guys. It's absolutely not overridable or something you can disable.
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Hi all, this method seems to be working for me so far: https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1gxutv4/for_the_love_of_god_please_tell_me_how_to/

In summary:

1. Uninstall AWCC.
2. Uninstall the Dell telematics/management application that is installed alongside AWCC as it loads several memory hogging processes at start up. I can't remember what it's called exactly, you will spot it though.
3. Go to the 'C:\Program Files\Alienware' folder (or create it if it's not there), disable inheritance (convert to explicit) and then remove write permission from ALL users for that folder.
4. Do the same for 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell'

I have tried to run the downloaded installation package from the file repository manually for verification and it fails to install.

Update: I can see a log file that keeps updating every time it tries to install: C:\Windows\Temp\AWCCInstallationManager. This is literally every time the monitor wakes! A user on that reddit thread claims that it had increased to 24MB in a few weeks, so you may want to delete it periodically too. When I get a chance I will try a few more things. I'm wondering if this update could be blocked through group policy. Anyhow, I would prefer a smarter way of blocking this particular update.

I have also read that taking ownership and deleting the 'AWCCInstallationManager.exe' in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\awcc... can also stop the install. However, from reading, some say that the exe will eventually be recreated in a new folder. So perhaps for now using both methods concurrently would be helpful? Maybe doing this too will at least stop the install attempts and log generation?

Also, if you use the Dell Display Manager application (I do), the above 'fix' does not impact that at all as it's installed in: C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Display Manager 2

Unfortunately, as several of us have discovered, removing the USB cable does not stop recognition of this monitor by Windows in pushing this Dell bloatware via WU :(
 
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literally changed nothing since it installed it self 3 times in the last 1-2 days.

yet for the past 24hours it hasn't reinstalled it self how odd.
 
Weird AW hasn'#t tried to reinstall it again, since spam installing 3 times in one 24 hour period


It's really unpredictable like an actual virus

opethdisciple said:
What's annoying me more than the AW CC installing it's self is the lack of any more firmware updates.
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Yea, they should add an actual timer next to the pixel refresh dot in the OSD, and maybe add some stuff the competitors have :/
 
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Mass production of microLED displays begins next year – Foxconn

Apple has yet to complete its transition from LCD to OLED, but will at some point move beyond this to...
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Interesting, maybe I will just hang onto the QF until we get the first round of MicroLED panels then. Maybe that's the natural transition, whilst current gen makers work out ways to prolong burn in issues with OLED, MicroLED comes in at a bit more of a premium with no burn in issues leaving the OLED scene to take over the budget monitor arena. A world where everything is at a baseline OLED is really quite exciting.
 
OLED vs VA, VA is obviously often thought to be the best for black levels for LCD based panels, granted this is a cheaper VA (KTC H32) but still, just highlights how much nicer games are on OLED.

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Love my PG42 it's fricking awesome! Tried going to a 32 (G80SD) but just can't I miss the sheer size of it too much, 138Hz isn't a lot but I find it enough even compared to the silkiness of 240 it really isn't too far off.

Plus it has the bonus of easily switching to a 39in UW at the press of a key combo which is just fantastic :cool:
 
Oh you know what time of the year it is? It's AWCC uninstallation time because just now I noticed the power LED on the QF was on, strange.... This can only mean Dell have auto installed AWCC once again...

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When will this end! I am genuinely going to just get the new 39" LG 5120x2160 when it's available and end this saga. It's being announced at CES this month, don't care about the 45" model that's bendy etc, I just want 39" 5160x2160 240Hz.
 
mrk said:
Oh you know what time of the year it is? It's AWCC uninstallation time because just now I noticed the power LED on the QF was on, strange.... This can only mean Dell have auto installed AWCC once again...

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When will this end! I am genuinely going to just get the new 39" LG 5120x2160 when it's available and end this saga. It's being announced at CES this month, don't care about the 45" model that's bendy etc, I just want 39" 5160x2160 240Hz.
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16:9 is life!
 
On the topic of AWCC, this was happening to me too for a while but so far, it hasn't reinstalled itself in a couple of months now, of course may happen soon but doesn't seem to happen anywhere as often for me as some on here :/
 
Yeah it's twice a year at the rate from my memory. When you uninstall and restart, sometimes it reinstalls itself right away and then installs a Dell Components entry as well which then also needs uninstalling.

Super annoying.
 
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