So you may still be on your own to an extent, but there are ways around it. You may still have to go through the regular uninstall process, which-as we noted above-may be filled with tricks and traps to keep your new PC full of crap. The problem is, even though these utilities may point out some bloatware, they may not automate removal. With it gone, another option is the excellently named PC Decrapifier as well as Should I Remove It? It appears to have been discontinued, but at the time it kept a database of crapware and helped identify it on a new Windows PC. Tricks and traps abounded.īack then, I turned to Slim Computer from Slimware Utilities. We had to carefully look for the fine print on the dialog boxes that read "Delete Only" or similar. If we just wildly clicked where the button was, the uninstall might work-but something else got installed in its place. With many of the uninstall routines, the dialog boxes had giant buttons that would say "Uninstall and Get PC XXXXXX" or something similar.
Mom tried to uninstall the obvious things, but they persisted. Opening up the Uninstall a Program control panel revealed even more in residence. The desktop was awash in at least 15 icons for needless, worthless crap. Using TeamViewer remote control software, I saw the system was a mess, yet all Mom had done was install the software for Dad's beloved (yet dying) Kodak printer. To get that price of $399, however, Acer sold out my parents and wasted hours of my family's lives to fix it. Hardware-wise, that Acer Aspire X (Model AXC-605G-UW20) they purchased at Walmart was sufficient. "Just go find an off-the-shelf for under $400, it'll be fine compared to what he's got," I told my mom (aka Dad's IT person in residence). I couldn't really recommend spending a lot of money to get it fixed. For example, a few years ago, my technophobic father, then age 75, got a new PC to replace his dying Windows Vista system, which he mainly used to print pictures.
But in retail, it's a whole other world of crap.
I'd never had major problems with crapware when buying PCs via mail order.
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