Too many AV/AS?

Max Peck said:

By the same token, though ... I can understand that most people don't understand how to do that so they have to sell the systems to be usable "out of the box". They just need to not include all the crapware. However ... putting that stuff on them makes 'em money.

I could probably make a business of "fixing the box" for people. You go buy your system at Best Buy (or Dell or wherever) then come over here and I'll rebuild it so it works.

-Max

A lot of privately owned computer shops are doing just that where I live. I also don't understand why manufacturers won't make a full install disk available at a customer's request for an additional fee. It would probably cost them just a couple of bucks (if that) to make the disk and they could sell it for $20 or $25 ... almost pure profit.

Max Peck said:

I could probably make a business of "fixing the box" for people.

That's actually a good chunk of my business.. I mainly deal with laptops for college students and small business owners. Sort of a low budget alternative to geek squad.
I can do anything any of those guys do, usually better than they do.. for less money, and make a decent living at it.. especially because McrApafeee and other factory installed bloat crashes a lot of the newer computers, and the customers end up having to pay for it because most warranties don't cover software

Another program I use. Secunia Personal Software Inspector. I use it on demand only. It will inspect the programs on your computer and check if there are any updates needed. Many problems come from programs that don't have the new updates. Its free, works quickly. You can have it running or on demand only. It has helped me and has caused no problems on my computer.

lol, rich was right.. this thread would have gotten a lot of participation.. Anyway since moving to MSE and doing a full scan it didn't detect any problems... i guess i'm clean!

and based on what all you guys said, i guess MSE has found a place on my computer

madtownidiot said:

That's actually a good chunk of my business.. I mainly deal with laptops for college students and small business owners. Sort of a low budget alternative to geek squad. I can do anything any of those guys do, usually better than they do.. for less money, and make a decent living at it.. especially because McrApafeee and other factory installed bloat crashes a lot of the newer computers, and the customers end up having to pay for it because most warranties don't cover software

As I develop my custom software business I may do the same. Like you, I can beat any "Geek Squad" guy at their own game. I've been developing software for 35 years and working with these machines since they were invented so I have a fairly good knowledge base about setting 'em up.

-Max