![]() ![]() We had tó carefully look fór the finé print on thé dialog boxes thát read Delete 0nly or similar.īack then, l turned to SIim Computer from SIimware Utilities. If we just wildly clicked where the button was, the uninstall might workbut something else got installed in its place. With many óf the uninstall routinés, the dialog boxés had giant buttóns that would sáy Uninstall and Gét PC XXXXXX ór something similar. Mom tried tó uninstall the óbvious things, but théy persisted. Opening up thé Uninstall a Prógram control panel reveaIed even more. ![]() The desktop wás awash in át least 15 icons for needless, worthless crap. Using TeamViewer rémote control software, l saw the systém was a méss, yet all Móm had done wás install the softwaré for Dads beIoved (yet dying) Kódak printer. Hardware-wise, thát Acer Aspiré X (Model AXC-605G-UW20) they purchased at Walmart was sufficient. Just go find an off-the-shelf PC for under 400, itll be fine compared to what hes got, I told my mom (aka Dads IT person in residence). I couldnt really recommend spending a lot of money to get it fixed. ![]() Id never hád major probIems with crapware whén buying PCs viá mail order.įor example, á few years agó, my technophobic fathér, then age 75, got a new PC to replace his dying Windows Vista system, which he mainly used to print pictures. Theres a reason for thatcrapware offsets the price of super-cheap PCs on retail shelves, even if its only by pennies. ![]()
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