The PC DeCrapifier !

[anandk]

"Why do we get craplets on our machines? The answer, as you probably could already guess, is that OEMs make money from crapware (a collective term for all craplets). Companies like RealNetworks or JASC Software will pay to have their applications (say, PaintShop Pro) pre-installed on a PC. It's even more lucrative, sources tell us, when these applications can be established as default handlers for as many file types as possible. It's advertising, OEM-style.

What are craplets? It's a cute nickname for all of the software an OEM installs on your new Windows PC before it arrives on your doorstep...some may be useful, some not !

Of course, PC/Laptop Sellers frame it differently, saying that such deals help keep the cost of computers low...

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070111-8598.html

Enter The PC Decrapifier ! it is designed to remove a specific list unwanted software in an unattended fashion. It Currently Uninstalls the following. The user can select exactly what is uninstalled from the list below

QuickBooks Trial
NetZero Installers
Earthlink Setup Files
Corel Photo Album 6
Tiscali Internet
Wanadoo Europe Installer
Get High Speed Internet!
Internet Service Offers Launcher
Dell Search Assistant
...etc...etc...

the defination of what is a craplet and what is not, may vary from user to user.

http://www.yorkspace.com/pc-de-crapifier/

[kumarmohit]

Its not only Real and Jasc. Even great M$ pays for their demos...

[anandk]

'Craplets' could damage Vista launch

A senior Microsoft Corp. executive says the company is concerned that uncertified third-party software loaded onto new computers by manufacturers could hurt the launch of consumer versions of its Windows Vista operating system later this month.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...microsoft.html

[nikhilrao]

LOL, The link has even mentioned Norton as craplet !

[casanova]

Real is the biggest craplet.
They have even mentioned Office 2003 as craplet. It is coz one might not need it.

[anandk]

PC makers walk fine line with 'crapware' :

For years, computer makers have managed to wring a few extra bucks of profit out of each PC sale by bundling all sorts of third-party software. While adding software, setting default search engines and including toolbars can all put money in PC makers' pockets, the practice has also alienated some consumers who say all such "crapware" is clogging their hard drives and bogging down their systems.

...Even if the companies get less than $1 per software program that they include on a PC, that can still add up to $10 or $20 in revenue.

"On a $400 PC, that's a big thing to get ...

http://news.com.com/PC+makers+walk+f...-6177050.html?