Dell & Bloatware, 2007

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Dave J Owens — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:41:46 GMT

Yes, thats great, Dell now gives the option. (no software installed)

Im a customer from, 12/12/07. Ive been buying more Ram Modules.

Thats helping ofcource. I would like to Chouse to Use Windows Update As I do every week. and Why do I Pay for a years subscription of Smatic/Norton? Help me get the Bloatware off my pc. And I will conrtinue to Acive My goal to Max the ram Capasity

on this Ispiron 531. I will buy more Modules of ram.

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

linda j — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:55 GMT

Oh by the way. those wonderful programs that come on the PC give you a choice to opt in. it doesn't matter what you chose. They are automatically activated to run on first start and stay in the registry after you delete the from the add&remove programs then, systematically remove their folders in windows explorerer.

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

linda j — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:55:47 GMT

2 years ago i bought a computer with crapware. it was my first learning experience of the place "nobody should dare tread " the registry. i found AOL to be nothing but spyware with many alias and different programs working with your search engine. add$ remove program asks "are you sure you want to COMPLETELY remove the program?" of course I said yes & watched the folders uninstalling. Yeah ,right. It all stays in the registry. needless to say that computer is in pieces after i put a new hard drive. at least that computer lasted over a year. my last computer barely made it a year. HP has a program call QWARE that has a search engine working with your browser as an IE BROKER to leed you to pages of their choosing. i tried to get a windows premium cd that came on my pc, after i used their restore cd's that come fully loaded with their hackware & they refused. The registry was loaded with me as a client , get ads, opt in [Which i could't delete] candidate.etc. after many calls , they finally caved in and were going to send me a cd for $300 , which i could get at walmart for $172. they told me "i have to use their restore cd's" THANKS! i paid $300 to a compter repair to give me XP. he removed my D drive and left me with H that has all HP junk "in case" Needless to say I now have a used computer for $50 from a church thrift shop with XP and couldn't be happier!!!!

Welcome to the age of New And Improved. Maybe that's why Microsoft anounced 3 times the great unveiling of the great new OS. too many security issues of remote access.

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Neil — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:06:17 GMT

Worse than a loan shark,, it has been 2 years i am paying dell each month still i owe more than 75% of the total loan amount. That’s ridiculous amount of interest rate 29.99% and now recently they have increased the rate to 30.48% now. Imagine that ???

will never buy dell again, not a good experience. THEY ARE A RIP OFF!

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Randy Birch — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:21:39 GMT

Once again Dell's comments relate to products available to the US market, but for the Canadian market (and possibly others) there is no option to NOT have "productivity" and anti-virus pre-installed. Dell is loosing a customer over this nonsense. No software pre-installed means just that - not an uninstall utility, and not partially installed pending EULA acceptance.

Dell has to remember that it is the consumer who is purchasing their product - or not - and thus it is the customer that has the right to determine whether anything outside a base OS is preinstalled, and this includes any Dell.

Get with the program Dell, and sell patrons the product they want, not the product you or your sponsors want.

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Dave — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:55:46 GMT

I was under the impression that Google was paying Dell per install of Google Toolbar. Am I incorrect?

I just got a new Dell desktop. And I formatted it before even booting it up for the first time, because I know that there's software bundled on it.

Get with the program, no preinstalled software means no preinstalled software, not "some preinstalled software". If you bundle any junk on my machine, it's getting formatted before it's getting used. So if you're not going to actually provide a clean install, you'd might as well leave all your junk on there and collect as much paid sponsorship dollars as you can. If there's any preinstalled software on it at all, it might as well have Bonzi Buddy, AOL icons everywhere, and a Ronald MacDonald screensaver, it's getting formatted before I use it, just the same.

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

John McDonald — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:03 GMT

I have a new Inspiron 9200 with a disc for McAfee antivirus which also came from DELL. I installed the antivirus which disabled the PC. I could only uninstall by contacting DELL who took 50 minutes to let me know that by going into safe mode I could then uninstall enabling the PC. Why have DELL issed this software that is impossible to install without disabling the PC and then asking for £34+ in order to make sure it is installed and the PC is enabled at the same time. I can't see how to get antivirus on my PC now. I am also having a big problem getting started on the internet as no matter what passwords from the ISP's I use the PC won't connect, even with a dial up modem. I am waiting for a Broadband connector from an ISP and hope that this will get me on. Is there any simple way of achieveing a PC that will work safely on the internet, anyone?

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Ernesto Lopez — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:28:59 GMT

DON'T WANT McAFEE TRIAL VERSION.

I'm about to receive my new XPS m1330, but has preinstalled McAfee AV Suit - 30 days trial. I'm sure I don't want it, so I've read that you just have to not-accept the EULA at first boot and the software will automatically be uninstalled... is that true ???. It is enough to uninstall it from the Add/Remove Programs Menu ??? because I have an Inspiron 5100 that had preinstalled Norton, and ... oh god, I had a hard time trying to remove it... Finally I did it, but it keeps appearing at the Add/Remove Programs screen... and that is ... I don't know 5 years ago !!!! Please if anyone know the answer or a better way to do it just let me know. Thank you.

PS.- Does the McAfee revomal tool works with Vista ? Is that a good option ?

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

John — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:42:11 GMT

So far, it seems, the bloatware is still a "requirement" outside of the US. Just been through our local site (New Zealand) and it still requires I take things I neither need nor want.

I will look at equivalent products from other vendors. Which is really the answer. When people stop buying Dell because they get this stuff Dell will stop putting it there. But as long as we keep buying .......

re: Dell & Bloatware, 2007

Peter — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:26:51 GMT

"No software pre-installed"

Yeah right, only if you live in USA. How about the rest of the World?