Uninstalling and re-installing ASUS Armoury Crate

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 17:38

Hi everyone, I have uninstalled and re-installed Armoury Crate numerous times on my Rog Strix since purchase using their official uninstaller and then re-installing it using the download link for my specific product on their product page. Reasons are mostly related to troubleshooting. Each time everything seems fine, but I just wanted to check that it doesn’t cause any issues doing this multiple times? Many thanks.

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 19:08

CaNsA said:
Huh?

Issues like?

That’s not my question.

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 19:36

CaNsA said:
Yes it is

Issues like what?

Sorry, I’m confused. Do you mean what issues I had to uninstall and reinstall the app or issues it could cause? I was just worried doing it multiple times wasn’t good for the machine, or could cause potential issues in the background. I’m not good with tech. Sorry and thanks for your help.

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 19:52

CaNsA said:
No, it won't cause issues.

However, Armoury Crate is an itself and should be left to rot.

Why’s that? How would you control the fans without it?

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 19:53

Bug One said:
I ended up having to do a fresh windows installation to remove it properly.

Did the ASUS uninstaller not remove it? It did for me.

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 22:52

Bug One said:
No, it crashed at the same stage every time.

Oh dear, how frustrating. Glad it’s sorted for you now.

OnlyAlex · 5 Aug 2023 at 22:53

hyperseven said:
I had to install/uninstall last week to turn RGB off and it left behind two active services

Oh no, that’s not good. Which services did it leave behind and how did you know - did you look in control panel?

OnlyAlex · 6 Aug 2023 at 12:28

Jay85 said:
Armory crate is a cess pit of bloatware, delete and forget.

But then how would you control the RGB or fan modes?

OnlyAlex · 6 Aug 2023 at 12:29

hyperseven said:
nothing in add/remove for ASUS.
ASUS Com Service and ASUS Cert Service.

How did you remove them?

OnlyAlex · 6 Aug 2023 at 19:04

hyperseven said:
I have just disabled them for the interim to see if they have any knock-on effects if not will remove via 'sc delete' command.

Ahh ok, fair enough. I've found ASUS cert service but no ASUS com service in task manager on my device. Not sure what the ASUS com service is anyway.