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APPLE QUICKTIME...the MOST ANNOYING CRAPWARE
....finally I've defeated it. I've converted two years of QUICKTIME VIDEOS to another format. Thanx APPLE, for wasting my time, 100x more than I've spent removing crapware.
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One thing worth noting  nmh | 06/18/07
Thanks  georgeou | 06/18/07
APPLE QUICKTIME...the MOST ANNOYING CRAPWARE  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 06/18/07
Apple Troll keeps on his topic - NT  raycote | 06/18/07
Funny part is . . .  JLHenry | 06/18/07
Oh but it is...  TunerGeek | 06/19/07
Apple iTime *IS* Crapware  bubba555 | 06/19/07
It does absolutely nothing to my machine  labarker | 06/19/07
COmpletely Remove QuickTime (and Real Player)  paulp575#dog-walker | 06/19/07
Uh, Dude?  JLHenry | 06/21/07
Office....  top100developers | 12/27/07
...part of it  Chiatzu | 06/21/07
And then some...  top100developers | 12/27/07
Reality check  top100developers | 12/27/07
Don't you mean LEOPARD?  Tech-tock | 12/27/07
Use X-Lite Mega pack to avoid installing QT and iTunes  georgeou | 06/18/07
What if a PC user own an iPod and soon an iPhone?  Laff | 06/18/07
That's one thing that keeps me away from iPods  georgeou | 06/18/07
Yeah but I imagine the maker of said player has  Laff | 06/18/07
ho boy  rtk | 06/19/07
For Appe maybe....:P  Laff | 06/19/07
And that's why I don't have an iPod  fr0thy2. | 06/19/07
except there aren't  plawler | 06/19/07
O RLY  GeoNorth | 06/20/07
You obviously DON'Thave a teenage Daughter . . .  JLHenry | 06/21/07
If you can't say no to your daughter, you have deeper issues  georgeou | 06/21/07
Be the parent!  swimmersmom | 06/22/07
here here, I here that!  janesman2007 | 06/22/07
Sony was another one...  fr0thy2. | 06/19/07
Yeah. They don't choose iPod over other MP3 players  labarker | 06/19/07
It's the marketing (has to be, because they don't look good)  macoafi | 06/20/07
Re: What if a PC user...  christopherborne@... | 06/20/07
What if a PC user own an iPod and soon an iPhone?  aussieblnd@... | 06/20/07
Non- ITunes alternatives for iPod  Virt | 06/21/07
A Link would be nice  nucrash | 06/18/07
Try this link  georgeou | 06/18/07
AMEN!  fr0thy2. | 06/19/07
You mean K-Lite?......  JCitizen | 06/19/07
It's there  georgeou | 06/19/07
You may also need QTAlternative for QuickTime  georgeou | 06/19/07
Thanks again George!  JCitizen | 06/29/07
X-Lite or K-Lite?  communications@... | 06/22/07
Heh  Win3.1 | 06/18/07
Quicktime, total junk!!!  Violetw | 06/19/07
But sometimes needed?  Oreamnos_americanus | 06/19/07
But sometimes needed?  aussieblnd@... | 06/20/07
I had a PC user show me why he prefers Quicktime  labarker | 06/19/07
Most annoying crapware?  murdock@... | 06/19/07
'Tis for me...  GeoNorth | 06/20/07
'Tis for me...  aussieblnd@... | 06/20/07
Use MPlayer  macoafi | 06/20/07
Quick Time Alternative  interested_amateur@... | 06/21/07
Finally . . . defeated it.  brian ansorge | 06/21/07
other useful tools  mscir@... | 06/18/07
Thank you!  kcredden2 | 06/18/07
TCP Optimizer is only needed if you use DSL with PPPoE  georgeou | 06/18/07
Wouldn't a better headline for this story be...  Henry Miller | 06/18/07
No crapware here...  itpro_z | 06/18/07
I built my own Vista machine but after some time, there is a little crapwar  georgeou | 06/18/07
Neither did mine!!!  Laff | 06/18/07
ICrap  itpro_z | 06/18/07
With the possible exception of a MS Office test suite  Laff | 06/19/07
The ultimate crapware  itpro_z | 06/19/07
The ultimate crapware  aussieblnd@... | 06/20/07
Probably card game program...  JCitizen | 06/19/07
Good article.  BillyG_n_SC | 06/18/07
I found it when I needed BZ2 compatibility  georgeou | 06/18/07
"Scan . . . delete . . . check . . .  brian ansorge | 06/21/07
Most Crapware is bundled with useful tools  nucrash | 06/18/07
Lost?  James T. Kirk | 06/18/07
Bad drive was formatted  nucrash | 06/18/07
FaST isn't a backup tool  MGP2 | 06/18/07
Well, this is what I was trying to accomplish  nucrash | 06/18/07
I think I found a fix for my Problem  nucrash | 06/18/07
Have you tried this?  James T. Kirk | 06/18/07
Fortunately I found another cure  nucrash | 06/18/07
Good point on wipe and reload  georgeou | 06/18/07
Still in the middle of this repair  nucrash | 06/18/07
Ok, good suggestions, all... but!  Raymond Danner | 06/19/07
MS Office has a clean uninstaller  georgeou | 06/19/07
Wipe and reload  12AX7 | 06/19/07
Windows may be unsecure, but it's not that unsecure...  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 06/19/07
Re: Wipe and reload  gcsmit@... | 06/19/07
Slipstreaming is another good option...  JohnBoyTheGreat | 07/13/07
Most Crapware is bundled with useful tools  aussieblnd@... | 06/20/07
These changes are non-destructive...  TTGIT Guy | 06/18/07
You didn't lose Windows  nucrash | 06/18/07
You didn't lose Windows  TTGIT Guy | 06/18/07
Did you read the part about bloated drivers?  nucrash | 06/18/07
Your machine wasn't b0rked  Michael Kelly | 06/18/07
Yes he did have a b0rked machine  georgeou | 06/18/07
I have never seen Autoruns or CCleaner destroy video settings  georgeou | 06/18/07
Wooo!  Win3.1 | 06/18/07
Like I said, not normally for ATI or NVIDIA or Intel  georgeou | 06/18/07
Lost a lot of stuff  gardenladyk | 06/21/07
Please recheck everything in the "Drivers" tab  georgeou | 06/22/07
It also assumes a degree of knowledge about your machine.  Langlier | 06/18/07
I have never seen this technique kill video drivers, EVER  georgeou | 06/18/07
No offense intended George, but...  JohnBoyTheGreat | 07/13/07
Adds Cost to Computer  Harry Bardal | 06/18/07
A lesson I learned a long time ago  frgough | 06/18/07
While I generally agree...  NonZealot | 06/18/07
Depends on the release date  nucrash | 06/18/07
Who told you that Apple was first ...  ShadeTree | 06/18/07
Apple computers are PCs too  macoafi | 06/20/07
indentation's not allowed in comments  macoafi | 06/20/07
oh wait  macoafi | 06/20/07
Didn't Mention Apple  Harry Bardal | 06/18/07
Apple is most commonly named  nucrash | 06/18/07
Like mine?  Cardinal_Bill | 06/18/07
Re: Didn't Mention Apple  brble | 06/18/07
Status Quo Thinking  Harry Bardal | 06/18/07
Declarations of the Obvious  brble | 06/18/07
Oh, and let's talk choice  brble | 06/18/07
Time is money!!  Patanjali | 06/18/07
Apple would not qualify as an alternative platform ....  ShadeTree | 06/18/07
Depends of what the meaning of "is" is...or in this case  Laff | 06/18/07
In the context of this discussion it is not!  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
you are contradicting your own posts  doh123 | 06/18/07
Well everything comes with a price.....  Laff | 06/18/07
Adds no real cost to the computer  GuidingLight | 06/18/07
I disagree  nucrash | 06/18/07
Crapware lowers the cost through subsidies  georgeou | 06/18/07
Revenue s Cost  Harry Bardal | 06/18/07
Don't put words in my mouth  georgeou | 06/18/07
Hmm...  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 06/19/07
Er, slight inaccuracy George  pomru | 06/18/07
Well they use to charge more for the Linux version  georgeou | 06/18/07
Nope - Windows Basic  pomru | 06/18/07
Don't give in so easy.  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
I can vouch for that  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 06/19/07
Glossing over the facts!  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Dell Ubuntu Hardware vs. Dell Vista Hardware  btljooz | 06/19/07
Linux Broadband Support  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 06/19/07
About those issues:  pomru | 06/19/07
Then you're not doing a fair comparison  georgeou | 06/19/07
As I just replied to someone else...  pomru | 06/19/07
Intel embedded graphics is about $3 extra cost  georgeou | 06/19/07
Where do you get that?  macoafi | 06/20/07
Desktop Linux takes longer to boot on the same hardware  georgeou | 06/20/07
Whether you need that fancy hardware or not ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
I did say...  pomru | 06/19/07
Don't you think that double the RAM and the ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Value of hardware?  pomru | 06/19/07
Once again distorting the facts.  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Enough with the distortions  georgeou | 06/19/07
I ran the configurator  chemist109 | 06/20/07
Apparently, Dell has stopped bundling triaware for the most part  georgeou | 06/21/07
You should "know" better then to say  ShadeTree | 06/18/07
Knowing how to get it off...  rmazzeo | 06/19/07
Keyboard drivers and fierce Norton  S.Howard-Sarin ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/07
You are being punished  Linux User 147560 | 06/18/07
But...  mustang_z | 06/19/07
Wow, that's one funky keyboard you have!  georgeou | 06/18/07
Maybe his keyboard came with a hardware keylogger...  JCitizen | 06/19/07
That is very possible  georgeou | 06/20/07
Happend to me too. HELP.  pdflemming@... | 06/26/07
Wow, Norton is that fierce eh  georgeou | 06/18/07
Avast!  btljooz | 06/19/07
Have you figured out which specific checkmark is needed?  georgeou | 06/18/07
Keyboard hang--SpySweeper Keyboard filter driver  jonk369 | 06/19/07
Ah ouch, your SpySweeper made some nasty modifications  georgeou | 06/19/07
Mine, also  skatersev | 06/20/07
I'd try uninstalling SpySweeper to see if the problem goes away  georgeou | 06/21/07
Also make sure Spysweeper is fully updated..  JCitizen | 06/29/07
Sony Laptop won't boot  tomtrevathan | 06/21/07
Autoruns gave my Windows XP the runs  shoktai@... | 06/18/07
That may indicate a deeper problem with your PC, could be sign of rootkit  georgeou | 06/18/07
BSOD due to Root kit related items (First? 4 )  jonk369 | 06/19/07
Yes, it sounds like you got rooted  georgeou | 06/19/07
Reinstall from scratch?  kpann@... | 06/22/07
Well, I updated page 2 of the blog  georgeou | 06/22/07
Consider other vendors will adopt the crapware model  owidder | 06/18/07
That's pretty good happy  Fevrin | 06/19/07
Crap Cleaner & Rootkit detection  Old Timer 8080 | 06/18/07
What, like a P3 is old?  macoafi | 06/20/07
I agree; that is why KUBUNTU goes on them  Old Timer 8080 | 06/22/07
Buy a Mac?  Laff | 06/18/07
Do you think that works?  georgeou | 06/18/07
Well...  zkiwi | 06/18/07
And they also get annoyed  James T. Kirk | 06/19/07
See response to Shady One below.....  Laff | 06/19/07
LOL!!  James T. Kirk | 06/20/07
You should know.  ShadeTree | 06/20/07
And then there is the Apple users that get upset when ....  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Do you wish to stray from the topic and go from a point  Laff | 06/19/07
Let's see ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Does IBM do PC's anymore?  Laff | 06/19/07
You didn't limit it to PCs.  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
I hate Macs  TunerGeek | 06/19/07
Well first it's factual buying a Mac solves the crapware problem.  Laff | 06/18/07
I'm sure you do a lot of things ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Ouch my feeling!!!!  Laff | 06/19/07
I find it amusing over the past couple months ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
How to avoid a punch...don't be there when it lands"  Laff | 06/19/07
The object of a computer is not to see how many ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Well, yee of short sight...  mustang_z | 06/19/07
Umm...  GeoNorth | 06/20/07
I agree, George!  mustang_z | 06/19/07
Macs are great...I couldn't resist either...  3dtodd | 06/19/07
Why Buy a MAC ??  rcugini@... | 06/22/07
Bad link  bill.coats64@... | 06/18/07
The link is good but their servers are having problems  georgeou | 06/18/07
Get ROCKBOX & dump applecrap  SupaWales | 06/19/07
Well I will admit since I don't have problems with iTunes  Laff | 06/19/07
How about..  supercharlie | 06/19/07
PC bliss in 3 easy steps  DarthRidiculous | 06/19/07
Thank you for the worthless post!!!  James T. Kirk | 06/19/07
Yep,sure is a worthless post...  Old Timer 8080 | 06/19/07
The reason it is worthless is ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/07
Or Fedora, or Solaris, or BSD or pretty much anything else.  rweiler@... | 06/19/07
Thank you for your worthless follow-up post!!!!  James T. Kirk | 06/20/07
PC Decrapifier  jon_bjerke@... | 06/19/07
PC Decraptifier  Raymond Danner | 06/19/07
it depends  jon_bjerke@... | 06/21/07
Real Player, another  bbbaldie_z | 06/19/07
Avoid Real Player like the plague  georgeou | 06/19/07
Real Player More Than a CrapsWare  pobstar1@... | 06/20/07
K-Lite includes Real Alternative  georgeou | 06/20/07
Dual Boot Systems  burt@... | 06/19/07
Should only affect at the individual OS level  georgeou | 06/19/07
ccleaner and autoruns on dualboot  percent22@... | 06/21/07
Don't uncheck everything  brucegil@... | 06/19/07
No, a healthy system doesn't need anything  georgeou | 06/19/07
Only for Geeks  tailithskywalker@... | 06/19/07
Web Presents:  tailithskywalker@... | 01/02/09
Unchecking everying is a definate No  islandsparkle@... | 06/21/07
Halfway solution  kvo | 06/19/07
Completely on Topic  pj_mouse | 06/19/07
Sorry  pj_mouse | 06/19/07
The scheduler instead of run and runonce reg keys  GrahamJB | 06/19/07
It slows your PC down to a craw  e_s | 06/19/07
Haha  huber5020@... | 06/19/07
Easy method: Format C:...  Narg | 06/19/07
it worked great - thank you  dennisharoldsen@... | 06/19/07
You mean your mouse scroller needs a special helper app?  georgeou | 06/19/07
Remember to Refresh  djdawson | 06/19/07
Ah yes, you're right  georgeou | 06/19/07
It's advertising and people get kickbacks.  OKJoe | 06/19/07
Virus autorun  jwb@... | 06/19/07
Only if you choose to  georgeou | 06/19/07
Fighting the losing battle  DLMc | 06/19/07
Works Great  Dieselmech | 06/19/07
Your boot time and app load times should be faster too  georgeou | 06/19/07
Warning!! Ccleaner 1.40 Maybe Problem  msowajr@... | 06/19/07
Wrong Icon  timpatco | 06/19/07
IBM Thinkpad -- Leave the drivers in autorun  stevesliva | 06/19/07
You don't need to park a hard drive since the 80s  georgeou | 06/19/07
Well, when you drop it...  stevesliva | 06/19/07
Can you tell me the name of the application causing BSOD?  georgeou | 06/19/07
New PC != fully updated  binaryspiral | 06/19/07
drvmcdb.sys  stevesliva | 06/19/07
That looks nasty  georgeou | 06/19/07
there is software from dell  hen770@... | 06/19/07
Interesting, thanks!  georgeou | 06/19/07
Problems with Autoruns and Acronis True Image  Mr Z. | 06/19/07
Looks like Acronis makes some very deep ties and modifications  georgeou | 06/19/07
Acronis Uninstall  Mr Z. | 06/19/07
Oh YA...  astephencaseyjr@... | 06/19/07
Nice... thanks, btw.  stevesliva | 06/19/07
I'm still concerned about that so-called Sonic driver  georgeou | 06/19/07
FYI  ShadeTree | 06/20/07
DVD Software  stevesliva | 06/20/07
Yes, just install K-Lite Mega Pack  georgeou | 06/20/07
No programs, really  stevesliva | 06/19/07
That sucks  georgeou | 06/19/07
Easy Cleaner is also an excellent "free" tool.  sleepin'dawg | 06/19/07
Well ATI sucks so....  macoafi | 06/20/07
What about backweb?  skatersev | 06/20/07
In general, I try to disable as much as possible  georgeou | 06/20/07
Verify Code Signatures has no effect  kamuala@... | 06/20/07
Hit F5 to refresh  georgeou | 06/20/07
It must be nice...  kamuala@... | 06/21/07
Regclean  don_jo@... | 06/20/07
Mine is still down  davidwtc@... | 06/20/07
Same Problem  lmandrews | 06/20/07
Have you tried going in safe mode and then rechecking everything?  georgeou | 06/20/07
indeed you are correct  jquatam99@... | 06/21/07
Crapware isn't Microsoft's doing  georgeou | 06/21/07
YES! Someone with sense!  XweAponX | 06/21/07
Can't defrag now  gcsmith7@... | 06/21/07
Go back and re-enable IOBIT in Autoruns  georgeou | 06/21/07
Thank you but...  gcsmith7@... | 06/22/07
Here's some updated info  georgeou | 06/22/07
Crapware Bye Bye!  brobertbbb@... | 06/21/07
That's still more than twice as long as it needs  georgeou | 06/21/07
You Caused a Disaster...  richard.posner@... | 06/22/07
Well, I'd be happy to help answer questions  georgeou | 06/22/07
Wishing I'd never read this article.  v-gutman@... | 06/22/07
Have you simply re-enabled everything in Autoruns?  georgeou | 06/22/07
Ummm...Houston??? We have a problem....LOL!!!  RJ S Dangerous | 06/22/07
What about "last known good" boot?  georgeou | 06/22/07
Broke my WLAN  jmattioni@... | 06/22/07
WLAN should work without any startup  georgeou | 06/22/07
Get rid of Adobe Acrobat  ccrashh2@... | 06/22/07
It is quite bloated  georgeou | 06/22/07
Keyboard completely dead  kpann@... | 06/22/07
Next Step  kpann@... | 06/22/07
Can you boot in safe mode?  georgeou | 06/22/07
Thanks for response, George  kpann@... | 06/22/07
With the PS/2 keyboard, can you load "Last known good"?  georgeou | 06/22/07
Yo George...problem solved...  RJ S Dangerous | 06/22/07
Cool, wipe and reload is the cleanest  georgeou | 06/22/07
Steer clear of these steps for the sake of your sanity.  v-gutman@... | 06/22/07
Crapware  kingkonglouie@... | 06/22/07
Do you know what "non-destructive" means?  georgeou | 06/22/07
It worked great! Thank you, thank you  sal1957 | 06/23/07
I don't want to sound.....  gcsmith7@... | 06/23/07
You mean you can't defrag your hard drive?  georgeou | 06/23/07
That's right Ican't defrag  gcsmith7@... | 06/24/07
Ok, so it runs but it's not getting 100% results  georgeou | 06/24/07
There's a joke in this....  gcsmith7@... | 06/25/07
I don't understand the obsession with 0 fragmentation  georgeou | 06/25/07
Microsoft doesn't get it  Yonhope@... | 06/24/07
bit of overkill  mombo | 06/26/07
You don't have to reinstall drivers, but always good to have newer drivers  georgeou | 06/27/07
This Fried My Laptop (literally!)  m_e_brown@... | 06/27/07
Did you leave the stuff in the driver tab checked?  georgeou | 06/27/07
De-Gunking We Will Go, De-Gunking We will Go  arainbob@... | 07/10/07
CC, AVG, KOMODO, Ad-Aware, SpyBotSD  Old Timer 8080 | 07/12/07
OOPS, My bad. COMODO  Old Timer 8080 | 07/12/07
Real Player is the worst CRAPwear  mflemming@... | 07/12/07
We prefer to call it...  JohnBoyTheGreat | 07/13/07
Wait - You forgot one!  Someguy2 | 07/14/07
3 Days Attempting Recovery... and Counting  slhadle | 07/17/07
CCleaner  minnxp | 08/09/07
One man's Crapware...  rstone1005 | 09/24/07
Like I said, it's anything you don't use gunking up your PC  georgeou | 09/24/07
I felt like rstone***  JCitizen | 10/01/07
RE: How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware  phthisis37-web1@... | 09/29/07
My 2 Cents on the Subject...  the_webninja@... | 01/11/08
RE: How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware  s5e5com | 07/06/09

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