I found this little script on the Dell forums: http://www.yorkspace.com/pc-de-crapifier
Written specifically to remove Dell bloatware, but works on any brand computer with any of the listed programs pre-installed. I ran it on mine and it worked as advertised. Lou > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Kenneth Waller > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:22 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell > > > A lot of the extra stuff included with my new Dell a year ago was trial > version stuff - good for some many days and then it was gonna cost to > continue to use. Some of it was just plain free programs, none of which I > use. > > Why would I want a CD/DVD of stuff I intended to remove? > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:45 AM > Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell > > > > Actually I believe that they are allowed to add their own, and other > > software by agreement, (under penalty of Anti Trust action), but > > removing something that Microsoft includes is a different matter, > > especially since installation CD/DVDs are no longer included, and most > > people don't know how to re-install, and will probably never re-install > > the OS, barring a complete melt down. > > > > Kenneth Waller wrote: > > > >>>The OEM agreement with Microsoft probably prohibits their removing > >>>anything that comes with a standard windows installation. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>I doubt it as a lot of the stuff included in not Microsoft stuff. > >> > >>My guess is that they include the other stuff for the same > reason you get > >>advertising with your newspaper. > >> > >>Kenneth Waller > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>The OEM agreement with Microsoft probably prohibits their removing > >>>anything that comes with a standard windows installation. > >>> > >>>Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>That's really odd - and annoying. I've seen a couple-three Dell > >>>>commercials on TV and the ad makes a point of saying that you > can have > >>>>it > >>>>"your way." Well, the crap can be removed if you so desire. > >>>> > >>>>Shel > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>[Original Message] > >>>>>From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>>>Date: 10/4/2006 2:42:38 PM > >>>>>Subject: Re: OT: XP question - dudes, i got my dell > >>>>> > >>>>>Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Why wouldn't they? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Shel > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>[Original Message] > >>>>>>>From: Ann Sanfedele > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Actually... > >>>>>>>I asked that NO games be installed on my > >>>>>>>computer but they wouldn't honor that > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>Who the F knows? > >>>>> > >>>>>ann > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>>[email protected] > >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>-- > >>>Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > >>> > >>>--Albert Einstein > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > > > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
