All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware?

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Subject Author Date All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? Don 10-24-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? Pete D 10-24-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? Don 10-25-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? BillW50 10-25-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? Don 10-25-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? BillW50 10-25-2008  Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware? AJL 10-25-2008

Posted by Don on October 24, 2008, 11:36 pm Please log in for more thread options Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this crap-ware on their machines? You know software like MS Office, Norton, various game bundles and other stuff. Most of these programs come with a free evaluation period and then after that they just take up space. The HP I bought is loaded with stuff and if I have to reinstall Vista, all of junk comes along with it. Is this a similar story with Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Sony, Asus and GOD knows what else? Thanks for your input. Posted by Pete D on October 24, 2008, 11:45 pm Please log in for more thread options show/hide quoted text > Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this crap-ware on > their machines? You know software like MS Office, Norton, various game > bundles and other stuff. Most of these programs come with a free > evaluation period and then after that they just take up space. The HP I > bought is loaded with stuff and if I have to reinstall Vista, all of junk > comes along with it. Is this a similar story with Dell, Toshiba, Acer, > Sony, Asus and GOD knows what else? Thanks for your input. Yes they do and the program pcdecrapifier will clean it up for you. Used it on my HP Pavilion DV200 series notebook for a good result. www.pcdecrapifier.com Cheers. Pete Posted by Don on October 25, 2008, 3:04 pm Please log in for more thread options Pete D wrote: show/hide quoted text >> Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this crap-ware on >> their machines? You know software like MS Office, Norton, various game >> bundles and other stuff. Most of these programs come with a free >> evaluation period and then after that they just take up space. The HP I >> bought is loaded with stuff and if I have to reinstall Vista, all of junk >> comes along with it. Is this a similar story with Dell, Toshiba, Acer, >> Sony, Asus and GOD knows what else? Thanks for your input. > > Yes they do and the program pcdecrapifier will clean it up for you. Used it > on my HP Pavilion DV200 series notebook for a good result. > > www.pcdecrapifier.com > > Cheers. > > Pete > > I did most of the decrapification manually using Revo Uninstaller and Glary Utilities and MSCONFIG to adjust the configuration. I thought I'd try the PC Decrapifier program and much to my surprise it still was able to clean up stuff that I missed such as Office 2007 Activation. I created a new DVD recovery set using Paragon Disk Manager and the recovery set now sits on four DVDs instead of five. And that's after I installed some accessibility software that's a bit of a pig in it's own right. This is a good program. Thanks Don Posted by BillW50 on October 25, 2008, 8:35 am Please log in for more thread options Don typed: show/hide quoted text > Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this crap-ware > on their machines? You know software like MS Office, Norton, various > game bundles and other stuff. Most of these programs come with a free > evaluation period and then after that they just take up space. The > HP I bought is loaded with stuff and if I have to reinstall Vista, > all of junk comes along with it. Is this a similar story with Dell, > Toshiba, Acer, Sony, Asus and GOD knows what else? Thanks for your > input. My Gateway laptops has two recovery options. One that you are talking about and another one that becomes in option if there is no recovery partition and it sees Windows already installed. And wipes the partition clean and just installs Windows XP with no crapware. And you must install the drivers separately and it doesn't even say Gateway under System Properties anymore. I love my 5 EeePC as well. As the Windows XP version comes with very little crapware. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2 Posted by Don on October 25, 2008, 9:41 am Please log in for more thread options BillW50 wrote: show/hide quoted text > Don typed: >> Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this crap-ware >> on their machines? You know software like MS Office, Norton, various >> game bundles and other stuff. Most of these programs come with a free >> evaluation period and then after that they just take up space. The >> HP I bought is loaded with stuff and if I have to reinstall Vista, >> all of junk comes along with it. Is this a similar story with Dell, >> Toshiba, Acer, Sony, Asus and GOD knows what else? Thanks for your >> input. > > My Gateway laptops has two recovery options. One that you are talking about > and another one that becomes in option if there is no recovery partition and > it sees Windows already installed. And wipes the partition clean and just > installs Windows XP with no crapware. And you must install the drivers > separately and it doesn't even say Gateway under System Properties anymore. > I love my 5 EeePC as well. As the Windows XP version comes with very little > crapware. > Too bad they don't all do that. But then again it would cut into their profits. Similar Threads Posted Re: Can't Install XP on Compaq Notebook October 12, 2008, 8:18 am cant install modem on Fujitsu Lifebook " S" series notebook February 2, 2005, 7:25 am Built-in camera doesn't work on Sony Vaio notebook VGN-FE790 after clean install November 19, 2006, 2:51 pm Any Laptops Sold That Aren't Loaded With Crapware? April 2, 2005, 11:40 pm Toshiba 2500CDS hard drive install and/or linux install help January 25, 2007, 2:16 pm New OS Install - Help. 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