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- How to fully degunk a PC to get rid of crapware
- Crapware slows your PC to a crawl, often causes instability and crashes, eats up valuable screen real estate, and may even border on malware. Yet it inevitably finds its way onto your computer -- and may even come WITH your computer when you buy it. George Ou explains how to...
- Tags: PC, Computer, George Ou, Crapware, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-06-22
- Dell officially starts removing crapware from its PCs
- At the launch event for Dell's new line of Vostro PCs and laptops today in New York City, Michael Dell admitted that "customers really hated trialware" and that Dell is making a major move toward removing trialware (what we call "crapware") from the desktop and laptop systems that it sells...
- Tags: Pcs, Pc, Dell, crapware
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Dell moves toward removing Crapware from its PCs
- Is Dell's latest move the beginning of the end for pre-loaded crapware?Today Michael Dell announced a new line of Dell small business systems that have no pre-loaded crapware:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=521Could this be the beginning of the end for pre-loaded crapware? Will other vendors follow suite for small business systems? Will this soon...
- Tags: Desktops, Jason Hiner, Dell Computer Corp., pre-loaded crapware, crapware, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware
- One of the most hated things on the Personal Computer is Crapware. It slows your PC down to a craw, often causes instability and crashes, eats up valuable screen real-estate, and may even border on Malware. I started on this topic a few months ago with a partial solution but...
- Tags: Microsoft, Security, Desktop, Browsers, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe)
- Steve Jobs would be proudI'm sure Steve Jobs would be proud of your creativity!Too lowGreat job and idea, but It should be mounted to the wall, I wouldn't want to have to reach way down to tear off a piece.Love it!As mentioned though, could be a bit higher.... and I'd...
- Tags: Desktops, yooper@..., Crapware, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Odd error- some webpages refuse to open...
- Hi,As I'm fairly good with computers, I routinely fix my girlfriend's pc whenever anything goes wrong with it. However, this time, when her mum said that something was wrong with it and it was running slow, I ran into a snag.I ran the usual bunch of scans (spyware, adware, virus,...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, archmagusmicael@..., SpyBot, antivirus, safe mode, virus
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Killing the crapware problem on PCs
- Ok George, who does that fat guy remind you of in that commerical?The first I thought of was the oompa loompa's on Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. Then I changed my mind, Violet after she ate that raspberry and blew up and they rolled her out. Come on, doesn't...
- Tags: george_ou@..., crapware, BIOS, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
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- How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware
- HOW ARE THEY DOING IT?If I don't erase my hard drive and re-install my operating system every few days my computer will run terrible.I see the same for my friends computers,loaded with your crapware and running real slow.How are these people cranking out videos for YouTube?I think that only certain...
- Tags: Firewalls, PRODUCTIVITY, Network security, PC, BALTHOR
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- Error #317 microsoft internet security
- I think this is some virus or trojen or spyware, can anyone give me a fix for this problem.Where are you seeing the error being reported.And the obvious answer is to scan the system for malware/spyware/crapware and viruses.
- Tags: Error, Internet security, Microsoft Corp., microsoft internet, point05@..., security, windows
- Q&A 2005-03-31
- Webcomic: Why you should never use the GOTO command
- Software development best practices tend to get discarded when you're on deadline -- or just lazy -- but xkcd warns us of the dangers of a hastily employed GOTO command via a Jurassic metaphor. If only it really were this hazardous to write crappy code, we wouldn't have...
- Tags: Goto, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- PC buyers aim to cut the 'crapware'
- Crap remover prog.Picked this up the other day -- forgot where --Haven't tried it yet But it look helpfulhttp://pcdecrapifier.com/So, you're the proud owner of a new PC. You anxiously open the box, dumping out the contents, casting the instructions aside. You feverishly push your old PC off the desk and...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, bnbromiley@..., PC, CD, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Decrapifier, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Sony BMG passes the buck
- I think they both deserve what they get.Sony deserved every bit of the backlash it got by trying to screw the consumer out of fair use of a purchased product. Hopefully they'll lose the lawsuit too.As far as the folks that wrote the software, well, I hope they can...
- Tags: prplshroud, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
- MMC Problem
- Here there all,I currently have a problem with Windows XP home. When I try to defrag an error appears as follows:"MMC Cannot open the file C:WINDOWSSystem32dfrg.msc" I get the same kind of error when I try to open Device Manager, Search and several other things.Please could anyone help me with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, MMC, Scan
- Q&A 2005-03-30
- taskmgr.exe missing from system tray
- When I open task manager Win XP Pro, I do not get an icon in the system tray. The task manager seems to be working fine otherwise. Sometimes disabling and re-enabling it will make the icon show up, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes unlocking toolbar or unhiding inactive icons works, sometimes...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY
- Q&A 2005-06-02
- PC makers walk fine line with 'crapware'
- Link to the photo galleryBogged down by bloatware?http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10877_11-62640.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019When I get a new machinefirst thing I do is flatten and reinstall it anyway. I have all the drivers on...
- Tags: Desktops, Sonja Thompson, CD, PC, software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- Killing the crapware problem on PCs
- As many readers know, Im not a fan of the Apple ads but this one was spot on and not to mention funny. Poor old PC looked like a balloon and his dangling arms almost made him look like Jabba the Hutt.One of the things that bother me the...
- Tags: Microsoft, Hardware, Desktop, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-20
- WinPatrol Flash Edition (exe)
- WinPatrol Flash Edition is a stand-alone portable version of WinPatrol Explorer which can run from a USB flash drive or other portable device without leaving any left over files or registry entries on the computer being optimized. Remove Un-Wanted Auto Start crapware, disable un-needed automatic Windows Services, remove annoying toolbars...
- Tags: Version, Portable Device, BillP Studios, WinPatrol Flash Edition, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-06-03
- XP imaging best practice
- Am in the process of configuring a desktop image for a future XP desktop rollout. What would be best practice/standard in regards to taking a template image for the new machines. The new machines are pre-installed with XPPro but have a number of apps along with a hidden partition which...
- Tags: imaging, paul69@..., best practice, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- HP Repair Centers.
- I recently sent an HP Pavillion dv9225 US to the repair facility. The heat sink and cooling fans were replaced under warranty. When I received the machine back and booted it, I noticed an increase in CPU and ram usage. I checked the running processes and could...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), normhaga@..., Hewlett-Packard Co., Vista x64, software
- Discussion threads 2007-07-03
- Palm Foleo with Linux threatens the Laptop
- Novell EnhancesNovell Enhances Real-Time Linux · Google threatens to drop Gmail in Germany .... a helper utility for Linux laptop users.you lost me, how does that relate to the new Palm device?ntA nice sounding device but Google Desktop Search would be superfluousI'm glad to read that this device is not...
- Tags: SEARCH, Handhelds, paroles32@..., Linux, Palm Inc., laptop computer, Google Desktop, desktop search, Google Inc., Google Desktop Search, desktop, palmtop
- Discussion threads 2007-07-03
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