No Bloatware, Please

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re: No Bloatware, Please

D Raines — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:02:16 GMT

How sweet is revenge. Thanks to all of the posts here, which we read only minutes after ordering six new Inspirons, we were able to cancel the order before it shipped, and we made certain that Dell knew that we cancelled exclusively because of our inability to remove URL Assistant.

Many thanks to all of you. Do you realize that nearly every single post here is has an unhappy customer? Mr. Dell must be otherwise occupied.

re: No Bloatware, Please

no hard drive? (hahahahaha) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:50:28 GMT

i wonder if if cheeper if they just send a Dell box with styroform peanuts!) (lol)

re: No Bloatware, Please

robert x — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:47:42 GMT

on second hand you need just the controlers (drivers) like network in you intend to download ubunto. there are software like microsoft's stedy state. which blocks out unaurtherized installs (e.g. firefox.exe) and create guest accounts so users can customize there enviorments and keep them from messing up your conrigurations. (remember that "no-internet" lady?)

re: No Bloatware, Please

John Arkle — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:37:12 GMT

The moral of all this being - don't even bother with a Dell system, build your own, get a small OEM to build it (or email me of course) who will actually listen and not install unwanted garbage on the system. Dell, you shot yourselves in the foot here with what could have been a positive move on your part and yet became just the opposite. It's now February 2008 and yet no real move on Dell's part to get rid of the bloatware and nothing from Michelle Pearcy, WW Client Software Manager (or whatever luckless soul they've hired to lie to the public now) by way of response to the many valid points that have been raised here. I predict that within 2 years, Dell will cease to exist.

re: No Bloatware, Please

Marsha — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:35:30 GMT

I recently had to do a PC restore which was when I learned that Norton Ghost is used for this. I had seen no evidence of it on my computer before. Now it is in my system tray wanting my to buy it before it expires. I want to delete it but don't want to lose the original configuration info it provides if I ever have to restore again. Am I safe to delete it?

re: No Bloatware, Please

aikiwolfie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:07:23 GMT

Jamie, get Ubuntu. Then you can have all the languages you want for free.

re: No Bloatware, Please

Jamie Anderson — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:33:09 GMT

I have a Dell dimension 3000 which came with the preinstalled XP. I recently began learning korean so i wanted to install the east asian languages. When I attempted to I got a message that said to input the service pack 2 disc but the only disc I recieved from dell was the XP reinstall disc which will not load the asian fonts

re: No Bloatware, Please

John — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:22:09 GMT

Get rid of mcafee and norton, they both bloatware.Toolbars in IE are bloatware, and i dont care if its yahoo or google.

Whatever happend to trends pc-cilin?

"PS - Worried about support? First, I have yet to have any kind of problem with my system, just do a little homework up front and you are perfectly fine. Second, whatever problem you find, you will certainly find a credible answer on the internet hours before a Dell support tech can give you an answer. "

Dude your forgetting that not everyone knows how to use the internet and even worse use a computer. And you get people askign support that their internet is not working after being told that their provider cant help them.

re: No Bloatware, Please

Bill — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:58:47 GMT

Build your own PC. I just recently did that and it blows away anything that Dell has to offer in both performance, quality and price. I did break down and got a licensed retail version of XP Pro and used that for the new system. OEM XP software from dell has limitations on licensing and what you get from Dell always has Dell BS in it. Windows provides the ability for manufacturers such as Dell to customize the XP installation for their OEM XP software they provide, and believe me, they do. It is so nice to be rid of Dell and on my own.

PS - Worried about support? First, I have yet to have any kind of problem with my system, just do a little homework up front and you are perfectly fine. Second, whatever problem you find, you will certainly find a credible answer on the internet hours before a Dell support tech can give you an answer.