We always called it...
Bloatware or rotware as it bloated your running processes and rotted your PC from the inside out.
View ArticleWindows Crapware
Someone has already touched on the comment I was going to make, but he said he has never tried it himself. It is indeed possible to make a Windows install CD or DVD from the cab files on the hard disc....
View ArticleSlimware Utitlites
SlimComputer. Have yet to find a new PC Out of the box to give it a full try.
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I would call it Junkware.One way to avoid it, is to order the computer with a Microsoft Operating System CD, and reinstall Windows by reformating the C: drive.
View ArticleDitto on the Revo
I also highly recommend Revo Uninstaller. It does a much better post-uninstall cleanup than the crapware's uninstaller. Turn Revo loose on your crapware and you'll end up with a much cleaner HDD.
View Article...by any other name
I think "crapware" is a perfectly descriptive tern and should not be screwed with!
View ArticleOn Crapware
I think the name is fitting. No company would want to be on the Crapware list, so we should be able to put this behind us and not have to remove the Crapware every time someone that gets a new system,...
View ArticleSPAM-ware
since this was awakened from the dead earlier todayI thought of SPAM-ware!- on new netbooks I see this trial junk called:"norton online backup" if you don't sign up and try to ignore itthen it spams...
View ArticleCRAPWARE
I actually prefer the term "crapware", because that is what you get, and it craps all over your shiny new machine, robbing you of resources, bandwidth (because how many of these apps "phone home"?),...
View ArticleThis is a good start...but caring for a PC is like caring for a garden
1. Before you buy check out the computer, I don't even buy computers with lots of junkware.2. Examine the system after you buy it to see what tools you need, this is important because in some...
View ArticleCorrect, but...
as of a few months ago the Vista x64 version was only available on the pro version($). That didn't bother me, because it was well worth it!!
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