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Should I remove Lenovo Assistant?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #2,865
United States Rank #2,343
Reach 0.2079%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 3.67 days
108.16 days >
Average installed length: 56.83 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.0.0.29 74.25%
2.0.0.28 1.81%
2.0.0.27 6.10%
2.0.0.23 13.03%
2.0.0.18 0.27%
1.0.0.30 4.54%

Other programs by Lenovo

Lenovo Assistant

What is Lenovo Assistant?  (from Lenovo)

Lenovo Assistant is a systems manageability tool that runs on your Lenovo notebook and desktop computers. System Migration Assistant reduces the time and effort needed to migrate end users to a new system by capturing settings and data files from a current PC so that they may be applied onto a new machine. As part of t...  Read more

Overview

Lenovo Assistant is a program developed by Lenovo. The most used version is 2.0.0.29, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The main program executable is pcassistant.exe. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 3.12 MB (3,269,919 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 61% of users of Lenovo Assistant come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.Lenovo.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Lenovo Assistant
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{B2DE4F30-B8C7-49C0-85B9-2F37A5290F00}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x040c -removeonly
Estimated size: 3.12 MB
Language: French (France)

Program filesFiles installed by Lenovo Assistant

Program executable:pcassistant.exe
Name:Lenovo Assistant
Path:C:\Program Files\lenovo\lenovo assistant\pcassistant.exe
MD5:36d744eef15adcbf9d2b7fe02844a549
Additional files:
  • SysMgr.dll
  • PCAssistant2012.exe - PCAssistant2012
  • Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft Windows API Code Pack for .NET Framework (Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack)
  • Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell

How do I remove Lenovo Assistant?

You can uninstall Lenovo Assistant from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Lenovo Assistant, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Lenovo Assistant.

PC BRAND OF CHOICE
100%
Lenovo
 
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 96%
Win 8.1 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 96.19%
Windows 7 3.76%
Windows XP 0.05%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 47.79%
Windows 10 Home 24.09%
Windows 8.1 Connected 8.55%
Windows 8 7.04%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 3.71%
Windows 7 Home Premium 3.69%

Distribution by countryGeography

60.91% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 60.91%
  United Kingdom 10.56%
  Germany 5.45%
  Italy 4.82%
  France 3.07%
  Canada 1.48%
  Sweden 1.19%
  Mexico 1.17%
  Spain 1.17%
  Netherlands 0.76%
  Austria 0.72%
  Colombia 0.70%
  DK 0.62%
  Russia 0.59%

About Lenovo

Lenovo is a PC hardware and electronics company whose products include personal computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices and IT management software.
Publisher URL: www.lenovo.com

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