Re: "Hanging Up On Dell Tech Support", Business Week 10/10/05 (link)



On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:21:34 -0600, Notan <notan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Paul Knudsen wrote:

>> Most people like getting free stuff, but suit yourself.

>"Free stuff?" You mean, like AOL or NAV?

Yes. I was an AOL user for a long time. In fact I met my wife there.
I'm not now. As I recall AOL was not actually installed on my Dell;
there was simply a link to the installer.

Norton came with my Dell, and I registered and used it for years until
I installed a new drive and found I did not have Norton on CD.
Firewall and AVG are good enough.

>Thanks, but no thanks! <g>

You're wecome. And "Add/Remove Programs" is your friend.
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