Re: All Notebook Manufactures Install Crap-Ware?

In news:6mgm0pFeg7d8U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Don typed:
BillW50 wrote:
In news:6mfihmFgl1g5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Don typed:
Do all mainstream laptop vendors insist on bundling all this
crap-ware on their machines? You know software like MS Office,
Norton, various game bundles and other stuff. Most of these
programs come with a free evaluation period and then after that
they just take up space. The HP I bought is loaded with stuff and
if I have to reinstall Vista, all of junk comes along with it. Is
this a similar story with Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Sony, Asus and GOD
knows what else? Thanks for your input.

My Gateway laptops has two recovery options. One that you are
talking about and another one that becomes in option if there is no
recovery partition and it sees Windows already installed. And wipes
the partition clean and just installs Windows XP with no crapware.
And you must install the drivers separately and it doesn't even say
Gateway under System Properties anymore. I love my 5 EeePC as well.
As the Windows XP version comes with very little crapware.

Too bad they don't all do that. But then again it would cut into
their profits.

Well Gateway uses a third party called "SoftThinks PC Angel" for its
recovery DVD. And I never read about this second option anywhere. And I only
got this second option by accident by playing around. It would be nice to
have this option pop up without having the above conditions to have it to
show up. But now I know how to get it available. Maybe there are tricks like
this for other manufactures recovery disks that does the same thing.

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Bill
Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2


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