To be fair to Microsoft, after XP they generally weren’t the ones who piled on all that junk - that was left to the computer manufacturer. Sadly, most major makers often took the opportunity to load up their new computers with crapware and sponsoredware.
I was referring to the “user friendly” features of Vista, like the weird docks with clocks, calendars and all that crap, cluttering the desktop and hogging memory.
I uninstalled every “feature” I could but Vista was still awful.