New PC – Getting rid of Bloatware

Bloatware is all those programs that come preinstalled on many major brand PCs (HP, Compaq, Dell, etc). Although some of the programs are useful, for many people they are a nuisance that people put up with and never bother uninstalling. Here’s a little free program that supposedly uninstalls these programs before they even have a chance to run. I don’t have any systems to test this out on but I could see where this program could prove useful. Such a case might be if family or an aquaintance purchases a new system and they call upon you, the resident tech, to help with their situation. The program is called the PC Decrapifier and can be downloaded from the link below:

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download

If any of you have a new system to test it on or have used it, I’d like to hear how useful you found the program and your opinion on how well it works.

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Software to Back Up Drivers on a PC

Ever come across the odd system where it seems no matter how hard you try, you can’t find the drivers for the system? Sometimes, it’s due to the fact the hardware is too old or sometimes the company that manufactured the item is no longer in business. Although websites like driverguide.com are extremely helpful sometimes it can be a pain to find the correct driver. A good piece of free software that can help you save time is DriverMax by Innovative Solutions. Although billed as ‘new tool that allows you to download the latest driver updates for your computer’, in my opinion, the best feature of this program is that you can backup drivers currently in a system. Note that this software only backs up drivers currently on a system and does not help search out drivers.

Click the link below to download DriverMax:

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

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