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Last time I needed a new PC, I ended up building it myself because I couldn't find a suitable PC that wasn't bloated with crapware (trial software, useless software, clogged system tray, etc--if you've ever tried to fix a friend's POS Dell, you know what...
Started by petehern on
, 9 posts
by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Dell....
Dell Small Business PCs usually don't come with any crapware, and for most of the rest you can drives, and doing a clean install.
Of course, the most obvious answer is to buy a Mac , all of which ship without crapware by default....
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I installed the Veoh Web Player and got a toolbar. I uninstalled said toolbar and my homepage was changed to Bing. I would suspect that I authorized this during uninstall since I tend to just click next and not read the screens during uninstall. This ...
Started by LoudNoise on
, 14 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at mozillazine):
Actually.
The right to place the Conduit crapware on your computer and change your home page to bing.
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My Android Market has just been replaced by a Vodafone customised version. The "My Apps" tab is now a "Vodafone" tab, which is of absolutely no use at all.
This is my first branded smart phone. I was initially reasonably satisifed with the lightweight...
Started by lemongalaxy on
, 20 posts
by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at vodafone):
I was initially reasonably satisifed with the lightweight....
This is my first branded smart phone.
The "My Apps" tab is now a "Vodafone" tab, which is of absolutely no use at all .
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Good read. Be sure and read things carefully before you D/L.
Giveaway of the Day is an interesting site and sometimes they offer some decent programs for free. However, there is always a catch, they try to include crapware during the app install. Well...
Started by Kassie on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at worldstart):
Well show.
However, there is always a catch, they try to include crapware during the app install.
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Quote: : You know that time when you’ve slept with a gorgeous woman only in the morning to find out that she is actually a man? Neither do I.
Anyway, upon trying the Maxthon 3.3.4.2000 Final, which has recently been released, there was a suspicious checkbox...
Started by Kauke on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at overclock):
What's the big deal? Slow your roll when you install programs and you can avoid the like .
Apparently it has had crapware for a few.
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:10:40 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com
Open 47954
Critical 15
New 18485
Unassigned 39827
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs
Too many crapware freeloaders, not enough crapware free-fixers.
Started by DFS on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
How are assignments made? Does someone have to jump in and volunteer or do
they have some sort of assignment... .
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:14:17 -0500, "amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net
"DFS" <nospam@dfs_.comnews:z%a1l.7941$nD1.4366@bignews5.bellsouth.net.. .
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:28:14 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs
And that's just one distro, over a 4.5 year period.
It's ***incredibly*** sloppy crapware.
Started by DFS on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Beats Ubuntu by sheer numbers of bugs, making Windows
even ***incredibly*** sloppier crapware.
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:27:55 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com
http://brajeshwar.com/2008/replacing-linux-with-windows-saves-a-million/
also
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22081/53/1/0/
Factors
* hardware to run XP embedded and Citrix cheap than...
Started by DFS on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
On 17 Jan 2009 00:04:12 GMT, Jeremy Fisher <freya@linux.site
odd, I thought you were paid by Microsoft to show evidence that Linux is
not as good as people who use it say it is, then you go and post this in
support of Linux, very strange, did... .
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On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:18:39 -0500, Rick <none@nomail.com
Why don't you start reminding people how reliable Windows crapware really
is?
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Rick
Started by Rick on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
And all those Linux crapware.
Uh huh...
They're almost always within the last few days.
Current.
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:46:02 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/update-on-todays-gmail-outage.html
And the crapware will cost them millions, as they're offering 15 days free
credit to compensate the victims of ...
Started by DFS on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
On Thu, 26 actually been 6 GMail outages (covering 70+ hours) due
to Linux crapware in the last eight months.
On cola, and far more often than cola
idiots have admitted to their crapware problems.
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