From: <vandervoort clipped a lot:
>Some manufacturers claim that crapware allows them to reduce the price
>of their machines, but I don't know whether it's true or not.

They say they make almost nothing building machines, and need the extra
money to turn a good profit.

I got an HP Laptop with so much crapware on it that Symantec themselves could not
fix their OWN NIS2008 with a remote connection of Log-Me-In-with Rescue.

AFTER I gave them a couple independent shots at it, I got rid of the crapware
and repaired the NIS2008 myself... That told me A LOT about HP AND Norton...
After a five year boycott, that is when I started using the Norton stuff again...
(It no longer sucks as bad as you had heard.)

Rick Glazier

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml