Thanks to OEM partnerships, chances are that your brand new computer is pre-loaded with tons of trial software, web shortcuts to useless offers (like Free Wi-Fi) and other bloatware that you'll never ever use in future.
While it is not easy for an average user to reformat that hard-drive and do a fresh install of the Windows Vista / XP OS, a nice and effective alternative is PC Decrapifier - this tiny utility will clean your new OEM PC and delete all the unwanted software in one go.
PC Decrapifier can can automatically detect and uninstall software / offers from Google, AOL, Norton, Sonic, Vonage, Roxio, Norton, Yahoo and other software / web companies.
You computer won't just look clean, it will run much faster and you'll have reclaim extra space on your hard-drive to save more interesting things.
Get the PC Decrapifier [via WSJ vidcast]
Though the DeCrapifier makes life a bit simple, it's still a very disappointing fact that one has to spring-clean even a brand new computer.
Reader Comments
Amit,
Do you test the products that you talk about on your Blog?How do I know this tool would not screw up my computer?
By the way,cool Blog.Keep up the good work.
-Gowri
Written on 13/4/07 3:52 AM
How does it differ from just uninstalling the components I don't need? I use Easy Uninstaller. To remive Norton, I use the utility provided by Symentec.
Written on 13/4/07 2:14 PM