Re: What to know when setting up a Dell

On 13 Dec, 07:37, "Richard Colton" <webmaster@ NO PORK PRODUCTS
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On Dec 13, 12:34 am, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalcla...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jameshanle...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Setting up a Dell.. You should know a few things

You need decrapifier...

That opening line was largely because I wrote it in response to
another post. It was an inappropriate line for a post in a new
thread.

Interesting that you say I need a decrapifier and then leave an
obviously crap line.

You seem to be the opposite of a decrapifier.

For someone handing out advice it would be advisable if you checked exactly
what the decrapifier is before getting offended by it.


I never got offended. Anyhow..

Now that I see it is a piece of software to remove trials and such..
The implication is that Dell CDs put crapa on systems.. My experience
has been that they do not.

The Dell win xp CD just puts windows xp on there. No other software
that I saw. I wasn't looking with a magnifying glass, but clearly it
did not put any crap on there.
And the driver CD was just drivers.

Dells are used by many companies.. Companies have IT depts with
techies, who do not some horrible software thrust upon them . They do
things their way, with e.g. the AV they want. That may be the Network
Edition of Norton AV(if there is one) or network edition of Sophos
AV. Or maybe just a regular freeware anti virus scanning computers
over the network.

If you have something to add, like if Dell can sometimes send out
something like a single cd, full of crap, then that is worth a
mention.. Or if Dell when they ship the computer, have a load of crap
in it, then that too is worth a mention...I don't know much about
that.

But if you have those 2 CDs I mention, from Dell, then you can set up
a Dell machine and you do not get crap. You could prob use a regular
win xp cd instead of te Dell cd, then a dell driver cd, though i have
not tried it.


2 interesting mentioned in a blog
http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/07/26/the-pc-de-crapifier/
Currently, it is targeted for use on most Dell machines; however it
will theoretically run on anything that has the software listed below...
[And in the comment on the blog, below]
This has got to be one of the most useful tools ever. It's called the
PC De-Crapifier. The tool was formerly called the Dell De-Crapifier,
but recently had a name change


Anyhow.. the method I speak of is how many techies are setting up
Dells, with no crap. It is a standard method.

I do not "need" or have any use for the PC/Dell decrapifier/de-
crapifier. In that method described.

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Network Adaptor failure
    ... directed me to Dell who sent me back to the isp. ... I just did a scan using the Network ... One easy option would be to update/reinstall the driver for the network ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Printer, Network, Computers with Different Windows Operating S
    ... network printer before clicking on NEXT? ... > | default printer for the laptop the shared HP 890C. ... > | Recently I bought a new laptop, a Dell Inspiron 9300 running Windows XP Pro. ... > | correct printer driver installed. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: Wierd XP sp2 local printing problem, remote is ok
    ... No one at HP, Dell, or MS ... Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2. ... Software" utility and reinstalled the driver ... --Installed the printer on a network print server so others can access ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • Re: Wireless Options Gone
    ... wireless options. ... I also uninstalled and reinstalled the driver to no avial. ... Dell has said they have seen this problem many times and the only solution is ... the Wireless Network Options was missing under "Network and Sharing ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing)
  • Re: Keep loosing network intermittently
    ... > I have a brand spanking new DELL desktop, running XP pro SP2, and at no ... > save to the network hang on saving, and i dont get any internet access at ... which is also running XP pro SP2 and it works perfectly. ... Flakey driver, do you have the latest driver for the NIC installed? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
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