Bought a new desktop or laptop from Dell, HP, Lenovo or any other popular vendor ?
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.
![remove pre-installed software programs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0Ujg_Zkp6AEL7R3gVSAfx5svHHR5CRFKu3ZhcdbljparcPkP17FbgQmb2MCXDKZSL2aJIiTygERy_KV0COSRq-lWAeFhA54OGLIM5VZO4BpDKh9rAS_JwY0Q7bJz9JcKDIr5XA/s1600/remove+pre+installed+software.png)
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.
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.
![remove pre-installed software programs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0Ujg_Zkp6AEL7R3gVSAfx5svHHR5CRFKu3ZhcdbljparcPkP17FbgQmb2MCXDKZSL2aJIiTygERy_KV0COSRq-lWAeFhA54OGLIM5VZO4BpDKh9rAS_JwY0Q7bJz9JcKDIr5XA/s1600/remove+pre+installed+software.png)
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.