Re: Hp Software screwing up windows

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SC Tom wrote:
"Andy" <chocolatemint77581@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:a7b4630a-b5a7-479b-9805-17da3c6bf7c9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 12, 3:26 pm, "John" <a> wrote:
That explains it. Back then a Compaq system that I purchased thru CDW also
came with OS setup media. I guess there's no way that we can get a Windows
system without preloaded junks from HP. That sucks.

"SC Tom" <s...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I wonder if you ordered it thru HP Business instead of HP Home. Home
products normally come with preloaded junk and there's no way that we can
get OS setup media.
The HP's were ordered through CDW, but that was probably 6-7 years ago. We
got a better deal on them than through HP Direct.

From what you have said, HP is still a poor choice to buy.

I had a friend 10 years ago, who had some several pieces of hardware
go bad in less than a year.

My brother bought an HP system with WinMe, and it's hard drive and
monitor had an early failure.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. :-)

Take care.
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I don't know where you got the idea that HP's were a poor choice from any posts in this thread. From a work standpoint, we had fewer problems and less trouble from our Compaq/HP workstations and laptops then we did with our Dells. When we replaced our eleven HP CAD stations with Dells, two of them had motherboards go bad in the first year, and five(!!) had RAM go bad within eighteen months. I have to give Dell credit, though- whenever I called their support and got lucky enough to get a tech that spoke and understood English, their support was superb, although I never had any support problems with HP either, just less cause to use it.
From a home standpoint, I have never had to call support for anything I've owned except my Gateway laptop. I had one Compaq laptop, one HP laptop, two Compaq PC's (including the one I'm using right now), and various other makes and models of hand-me-downs and home-builds.
If you're saying HP is a poor choice because of all the bloatware that's included, well, you're not going to find much difference in any of the pre-loaded retail makes and models. They all seem to come with so much crap that 20GB of HDD space could be cleaned up by removing it (slight exaggeration).

SC Tom




ALL OEM desktop computers are poor choices. Build your computers yourself to suit or find someone who knows how. You'll save money and get the components you want and you won't get free trials to Norton, Office 07 and other crap ware. Unfortunately, with lap tops, you have to go for the large OEMs.

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