Dell "De-crapifier"

[tanz]

the first thing i do with a new dell/bought pc is blow away the hd and start from scratch

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: texasfury
Since addition of this crapware subsidizes low Dell prices, would you guys buy Dells at the higher prices they'd have to charge if they DIDN'T accept the money for installing the crapware?

Dell has low prices? I guess thats why you can get a sweet XPS 600 with a Pentium EE 955, 2GB of DDR2-533, and 2x 7900GTX's for the low-price of $3909, and I can build a system with an Opteron 170, 2GB of DDR-400 @ 2-3-2-5, and an X1900XT+CF for $2000~.

 

[BadThad]

LOL!

I spec/buy/configure the PC's for my work....first thing I do is a manual "decrapification".

 

[BigLar]

Originally posted by: geecee
I saw this over at techb@rgains. This may not be that hot, but it is free and it's pretty funny. Quick way to "de-crapify" your recent hot deals Dell laptop purchase.

EDIT: Ah. It's just a homemade AutoIT script. Use at your own risk... or perhaps BENEFIT!!

I hate to admit this, but I've never run (knowingly) a script before. Anyplace I can get instructions on how to use this bad boy?

 

[geecee]

Originally posted by: BigLar

Originally posted by: geecee
I saw this over at techb@rgains. This may not be that hot, but it is free and it's pretty funny. Quick way to "de-crapify" your recent hot deals Dell laptop purchase.

EDIT: Ah. It's just a homemade AutoIT script. Use at your own risk... or perhaps BENEFIT!!

I hate to admit this, but I've never run (knowingly) a script before. Anyplace I can get instructions on how to use this bad boy?

You can start here. AutoIT can be pretty useful regardless of whether you're going to use the de-crapifier script or not.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: geecee

Originally posted by: BigLar

Originally posted by: geecee
I saw this over at techb@rgains. This may not be that hot, but it is free and it's pretty funny. Quick way to "de-crapify" your recent hot deals Dell laptop purchase.

EDIT: Ah. It's just a homemade AutoIT script. Use at your own risk... or perhaps BENEFIT!!

I hate to admit this, but I've never run (knowingly) a script before. Anyplace I can get instructions on how to use this bad boy?

You can start here. AutoIT can be pretty useful regardless of whether you're going to use the de-crapifier script or not.

I haven't done any scripting that I know of myself. AutoIT looks pretty fun to mess around with. Thanks.

 

[Ika]

good times

 

[commOdog]

Originally posted by: Robor
Anyone using Dells (or any other same-hardware system that's ordered in volume) in a business environment needs to get a customized image together. You can even give Dell your company image and they'll preload it for you. That or use a hardware drive duplicator or your favorite drive imaging program. Sure saves a lot of time and makes setups and restores a breeze.

dell charges $75 per machine to load custom images.

We make one and ghost them ourselves, about 1100 new pc's each year.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Kaido
haha that's great! the first thing I do whenever I buy a dell or work on a new one for someone else is wipe the drive completely and do a fresh format...makes life much nicer

exactly! nothing like running a fresh new copy of windows on a brand new computer!