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Battling the bloatware blight
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| March 04, 2015
| Hiawatha Bray
Posted on 03/06/2015 5:25:59 AM PST by george76
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:26:00 AM PST
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george76
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:31:13 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Bloatware is kind of like the liberal and RINO political agendas, huh?
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:33:21 AM PST
by
WIBamian
(Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
To: george76
These websites that take 3 hours to load with all the crap are getting really tedious. They rival TV with the 10 minute commercial breaks.
To: george76
I have a number of computers that I’ve purchased used/refurbished via ebay and the ones that came with Windows operating systems were completely clear of bloatware.
A friend got a new desktop a few weeks ago and it was loaded with crap. We spent well over an hour cleaning up the mess. The system, as received, was crippled as it was almost impossible to do a task without something popping up.
One would naively expect that the ebay stuff would have the crapware and the new ones would be clean but the opposite seems to be true.
We’ve only purchased two new computers over the past decade and both were direct from Dell and both were clean.
To: george76; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:42:12 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: george76
I use this to remove all bloatware from my computers. Works like a charm.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:43:54 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: george76
When I get a new PC I boot once to download device drivers from the manufacturer. Then I format/reinstall the OS from CD. Only way to get a clean system.
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posted on
03/06/2015 5:44:45 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: george76
I don’t have this problem. I build my own desktops, and use a work-provided laptop, which has our standard corporate image blown onto it.
If you HAVE to buy a laptop, buy a business model: they don’t load them down with crapware. .
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:06:59 AM PST
by
Salgak
(Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
To: george76
One more reason to get a Mac.
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:07:39 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:09:33 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: ctdonath2
I would get a mac for final cut pro to learn it.
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:21:24 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: NewHampshireDuo
GeekUninstaller is a neat program with a single .exe file, so it is not actually installed on the computer.
I like it because it also searches the registry and other directories for files linked to the one being uninstalled. Other uninstallers can miss those linked files.
http://geekuninstaller.com/
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:31:11 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: central_va
Then I format/reinstall the OS from CD. Only way to get a clean system.
Most new computers don't come with an individual OS CD any more. Unless you are purchasing another copy?
All the computers I buy don't come with any CD's, but have a "reset to factory defaults" option in the repair-boot options that resets your computer. Performing the reset, reinstalls the bloatware.
That said, Dell has cut back a bit on the bloatware. Not too bad, but there are a couple Dell utilities that come preinstalled. I also have to remove McAfee 30 day trial and Microsoft Office 2013 trial software.
HP traditionally always came with the WORST bloatware I've seen. This includes printers. Buy an HP Printer, put the CD in your computer to install the drivers, end up with 15 different document imaging utilities, HP supply order applications, image editors, etc. Installing an HP inkjet printer normally means you'll be getting 10 annoying little nag bubbles every time you boot, print, run out of ink, or look at your screen in a threatening manner.
To: george76
Desktop PCs, we buy from any retail suppliers, are loaded with never dying bloatware.
I suspect that many MS and IE updates are loaded with even more bloatware.
I have a three year old Windows 7 pro and with the IE loaded last year takes forever to load Comcast and is slower than Obama or Hill to apologize.
We have a younger relative, who is an expert with handling this bs. He suggested going to Chrome. Chrome loads up very quickly and is very stable. Each morning when fire up my desktop w/Chrome, in seconds I’m on Comcast with minimal bs re intrusive ads. Also, I have zero problems paying bills on our bank site. Amazon, Costco, Walmart and other sites which are shaky at best w/IE/MS crud.
HP direct desktop/tablet sales often are free from IE/MS bloatware.
However, that doesn’t free you from the constant pia updates.
So when my current desktop dies,
I will buy HP’s small footprint Chrome desktop or their dual android semi tablet. A friend has the dual Android and uses it as a tablet, at his office or home. The tablet section is a little big to replace the good smaller Android tablets.
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:37:33 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: mmichaels1970
You have to buy/download your own OS copy separately. Well worth the money. It’s the only way to be sure.
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posted on
03/06/2015 6:38:38 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ctdonath2
One more reason to get a Mac.
Couldn't one argue that Macs also come with their own versions of bloatware. What if you want Firefox instead of Safari? Wouldn't that make Safari bloatware? Same goes for all of the iApps. Apple has simply done a better job of convincing us that their apps are part and parcel with their OS.
I don't buy a lot of Apples beyond iPads and iPhones. But I don't think it's possible to pull one out of the box and turn it on only to see an OS with no preinstalled applications.
To: central_va
You have to buy/download your own OS copy separately.
Gotcha. That would indeed give you the best assurance of an absolutely "clean" OS. I don't think I could cost justify it here though.
To: ShadowAce
The most downloaded one in use today, in five flavours.
I am currently testing version 14 on one machine, as it has lighter memory requirements.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:30:41 AM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: george76
Buy your machine from the Microsoft store and it gives without all the add on crap.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:35:03 AM PST
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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