[TenTec] (ham station computer choice)

[Jim Allen]

What a load!  all decrapifier does is emulate the Control Panel uninstall
function, exactly file by file the same.  What's worse, it conned me into
downloading some bogus download manager which I now can't find to get rid
of, which tried to make it my home page, the default search engine and I
don't know what all.  Talk about MALware!!

73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Mike K9UW <k9uw at wi-net.com> wrote:

>
>
> If your machine DOES come with all that crap on it, I suggest using
> the "DeCrapifier", available for free (for personal use) at
> http://pcdecrapifier.com/ [2] . It works well for removing unwanted
> promotional software.
>
> 73, de Mike, K9UW
> Amherst,
> WI
> http://k9uw.weebly.com [3]
>
> On May 07, 2014, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
> wrote:
>
> > There is no need to place yourself into that situation.
> >
> Simply buy a business computer from any of the good-name companies.
> >
> None of them put that software crap on their business computers.
> > You
> only find it on their consumer products which sell through Best Try.
> >
>
> > 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> > (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> >
> > -----Original
> Message-----
> > From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of K8JHR
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:37 PM
> > To: Discussion
> of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] (ham station computer
> choice)
> >
> > Hi Jim -- do a web crawl and search out sites which explain
> how to run the
> > box lean and mean and free from all those unnecessary
> applets and utilities
> > vendors install to give the impression you get a
> lot for your money. Speech
> > recognition enthusiasts are some of the
> best at doing this because they know
> > each applet open and running
> consumes a time slice out of each processor
> > cycle, robbing the
> recognition engine of valuable calculation time. Kill as
> > many as you
> can to give your main applications more processor time.
> >
> > Also, there
> are helpful utilities and ways to reduce the number of
> > "services"
> running under Windows. Many programs load all or part of
> > their main
> program on start up to give the illusion they start fast.
> > You CAN
> alter the boot up routine to prevent them from starting like that.
> > One
> way is to look in the "tray" (the little bunch of icons in the lower
> >
> right had corner on a Windows box) and enter the preferences for each,
> >
> closing or exiting as many of them as possible - hoping to find you can
> keep
> > them from starting every time you reboot. Remember, some of them
> are not
> > displayed on the Task Bar, but you may find them by activating
> the little
> > up-arrow button you find next to the clock (assuming it is
> showing).
> >
> > A nice Saturday afternoon project ... searching out how
> to do all this in
> > some systematic way.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> --------------------- K8JHR ------------------------------
> >
> > On
> 5/7/2014 11:09 AM, Jim Allen wrote:
> >
> >> I just bought a Dell and
> wonder how to test it for suitability, get rid of all the add on
> nonsense. I'd be glad just to be up to speed on W7, actually, having put
> off moving from XP for a long time while you computer geniuses handled
> the beta testing.
> >
> >
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