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Windows 8 and Norton Antivirus just made me chuckle

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  • S Simon_Whale

    Just had the following chuckle, a collegue at work is setting up a HP X2[^] First thing he did on the laptop is remove the virus called Norton Anti virus and now Windows 8 has been doing a repair for over an hour. currently he is speechless on the whole event..

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    When bored I entertain myself by going to the Funan Centre[^], ordering a desktop and after all the paperwork is done I ask what bloatware is installed, when they refuse to remove the crap I can cancel the order and walk out in a huff. When I actually need a desktop I go to a small operator who has a bunch of tools for bloatware removal - great people.

    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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      When bored I entertain myself by going to the Funan Centre[^], ordering a desktop and after all the paperwork is done I ask what bloatware is installed, when they refuse to remove the crap I can cancel the order and walk out in a huff. When I actually need a desktop I go to a small operator who has a bunch of tools for bloatware removal - great people.

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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      SortaCore
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      Nothing like a good slipstream, too... that's what I use for setting up work PCs now. The only gotcha is making sure it has networking drivers.

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        It's complex to remove, but I found the same process John McAfee recommends[^] for McAfee Antivirus works fine as well.

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        Thanks for warning about it being borderline NSFW. X|

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          When bored I entertain myself by going to the Funan Centre[^], ordering a desktop and after all the paperwork is done I ask what bloatware is installed, when they refuse to remove the crap I can cancel the order and walk out in a huff. When I actually need a desktop I go to a small operator who has a bunch of tools for bloatware removal - great people.

          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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          Mycroft Holmes wrote:

          When bored I entertain myself by going to the Funan Centre[^], ordering a desktop and after all the paperwork is done I ask what bloatware is installed, when they refuse to remove the crap I can cancel the order and walk out in a huff. When I actually need a desktop I go to a small operator who has a bunch of tools for bloatware removal - great people.

          You are a right prick, aren't you. I reckon I went to the Funan Centre in late 1999 or early 2000. By Christ I walked away with a very large collection of software at the time.

          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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            Mycroft Holmes wrote:

            When bored I entertain myself by going to the Funan Centre[^], ordering a desktop and after all the paperwork is done I ask what bloatware is installed, when they refuse to remove the crap I can cancel the order and walk out in a huff. When I actually need a desktop I go to a small operator who has a bunch of tools for bloatware removal - great people.

            You are a right prick, aren't you. I reckon I went to the Funan Centre in late 1999 or early 2000. By Christ I walked away with a very large collection of software at the time.

            Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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            Mycroft Holmes
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            Michael Martin wrote:

            You are a right prick, aren't you

            True, there is no value in growing old gracefully. Around 2000 stuff from Funan could be considered value, not any more, they shut down the pirates and it is nearly all big operators in small shops. There are a couple with 4-5 outlets in the building, weird way of setting up.

            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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