Poll: Top 10 alternative names for 'crapware'

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DING DING DING!!!!!

mhbowman@... Updated - 21st Oct 2010

We have a winner!!!

Seriously, I paid for it and it should be clean.

If you asked people their preference do you think anyone with half a brain would elect to have crapware installed on their new system?

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Agreed

cbarrows@... 21st Oct 2010

Agreed - everytime a new system comes in to my office, the first thing I do is wipe it. It's a total waste of time to have to start from scratch, but it's also the only way I'm assured to have a completely clean system. It's crapware for a reason: it's total crap.

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But you didn't pay for it...

whendersonii@... 24th Jan

I am a minimislistic person by nature and I remove EVERYTHING I can but as rkuhn said, crapware subsidizes the cost. Sure it takes a little work on my part but I end up payless less, and since I know what I am doing then it is no biggie; the PC novices are the ones that get screwed in the deal.

I would like to point out that major electronic retailers are not permitted to remove crapware without the express written consent of the customer for EACH software title. So most stores that offer PC optimizations for new customers are full of crapware themselves.

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Wipe and install clean OS

Murfski 24th Jan

These tools are all pretty good, but the only really sure way to clean all the (Pickyourname)ware is to wipe the drive, and install a clean version of the OS. I work for a state agency, and I've created images for the standard setup on several different computer types. If the image is not exactly right, it's still easier to modify the image than to try to get rid of all the junk

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Support Local Businesses

genewitch 23rd Jan

Don't buy brand name, buy from a local shop... They won't install any of that crap. of course, you'll probably pay a bit more... But that's why the crapware is there in the first place, to offset the cost of the PC so they can sell it cheaper than the neighborhood PC people.

Capitalism, it works. Sort of.

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