gHacks technology news » trialware http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 PC Decrapifier 2 released http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/15/pc-decrapifier-2-released/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/15/pc-decrapifier-2-released/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:48:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7000 New computers come with all kinds of software preinstalled. The applications range AOL Internet software to trial versions of Norton Antivirus and browser toolbars and have one thing in common: They are usually not wanted or needed. Getting rid of those installations manually will take some time depending on the level of “crap” that the PC manufacturer put on the computer’s hard drive.

The manufacturer receives good money from the companies so that they can put their trial versions on the computer.

And so the PC Decrapifier was born. The software program automatically scans a computer and gives the user the option to remove many of the applications that come preinstalled with the computer. The software program is easy to use. The user just to make a few selections, like creating a System Restore Point, before it will present the detected software and tools in a list.

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The user may select some or all of the applications in the list to be removed from his computer system. The software program has been designed with ease of use in mind. Even inexperienced users will be able to remove the trial software installed on their system almost effortlessly.

The new version of The PC Decrapifier is a complete rebuild and although it does not feature many additions yet it means that the author will be able to release updates more frequently in the future.

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