Wild Tangent

[cmsix]

"Brian" <my@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message
news:12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com...
>* Nancy Quale:
>> Wild Tangent is needed for certain games,atleast it is needed for
>> the
>> games that came on my Dell pc but I think most people consider it
>> spyware.I haven`t had a problem with it but I assume others have.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild tangent
> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore because
> of all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should fall
> under some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a computer
> I want two things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell,
> sony, HP or some other big player) should sell a computer with
> nothing on it and sell the OS separate. IMHO

What you need is a reputable small builder. They are hard to find. It
isn't that there aren't any, there are, they're just scarce and well
hidden.

cmsix

[Lisa Simpson]

Illogical, since you can buy an OS w/o a computer . . .

We build computers all the time & sell 'em w/o OS' if anyone's interested .
.. .

"James E. Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fcc17f9380342de989728@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> In article <12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com>, my@ddress.is.invalid
> says...
>
> <snip>
>
> > Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild tangent
> > games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore because of
> > all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should fall under
> > some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a computer I want two
> > things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell, sony, HP or some
> > other big player) should sell a computer with nothing on it and sell the
> > OS separate. IMHO
> >
> >
>
> Great Idea. But Microsoft wouldn't allow that. The box and the OS must
> be mated for registration purposes. So you really can't buy a computer
> without an operating system.
>
>
> --
> James E. Morrow
> Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com

[cmsix]

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in
message
news:aiv8h.320912$QZ1.154@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> James E. Morrow wrote:
>
>> In article <12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com>,
>> my@ddress.is.invalid
>> says...
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild
>>> tangent
>>> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore
>>> because
>>> of all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should
>>> fall
>>> under some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a
>>> computer
>>> I want two things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell,
>>> sony, HP or some other big player) should sell a computer with
>>> nothing on it and sell the OS separate. IMHO
>>
>> Great Idea. But Microsoft wouldn't allow that. The box and the OS
>> must be mated for registration purposes. So you really can't buy a
>> computer without an operating system.
>
> Of course you can. The computer I am using was purchased with a
> blank
> hard drive, just as I ordered it from the computer store a few miles
> away. I took it home, partitioned the drive, and installed both my
> retail copy of Win2K and a copy of Ubuntu. I also could have
> purchased
> it with nothing more than bog-standard XP, but I didn't want XP.
>
> Depends on where you shop, and your level of experience. Newbies
> need
> not apply, I suppose.

With a day's worth of research you can find out how the parts go
together and what goes with what, after that it's easy. It has to be,
I've been doing it for years.

A couple of years ago my brother expaneded his roofing business in
Plano, right after a major hail storm. They generate a lot of business
all at one time. He rented a larger office and needed three machines
very fast so I bit the bulled and picked him out some Compaqs. It was
a serious pain removing all the "extra features" but we thought it
would be faster than building three from scratch, and since the
Compaqs were being kicked by HP who'd just swallowed Compaq up they
were reasonably cheap for what they were. It was hard on me though,
removing all the crap.

cmsix


cmsix

>
> --
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> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[cmsix]

"James E. Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fcc17f9380342de989728@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> In article <12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com>,
> my@ddress.is.invalid
> says...
>
> <snip>
>
>> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild
>> tangent
>> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore because
>> of
>> all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should fall
>> under
>> some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a computer I
>> want two
>> things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell, sony, HP or
>> some
>> other big player) should sell a computer with nothing on it and
>> sell the
>> OS separate. IMHO
>>
>>
>
> Great Idea. But Microsoft wouldn't allow that. The box and the OS
> must
> be mated for registration purposes. So you really can't buy a
> computer
> without an operating system.

Certainly you can. That does have legal justification. In fact that
was one of the things Microsoft got their ass in a crack about a few
years ago. They were charging Dell for an OS on every computer Dell
built, whether it actuall shipped with Windows or not.

cmsix

>
>
> --
> James E. Morrow
> Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com

[James E. Morrow]

In article <v8K8h.8859$6t.4842@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>,
cmsix@storiesonline.org says...
>
> "James E. Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1fcc17f9380342de989728@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> > In article <12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com>,
> > my@ddress.is.invalid
> > says...
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild
> >> tangent
> >> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore because
> >> of
> >> all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should fall
> >> under
> >> some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a computer I
> >> want two
> >> things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell, sony, HP or
> >> some
> >> other big player) should sell a computer with nothing on it and
> >> sell the
> >> OS separate. IMHO
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Great Idea. But Microsoft wouldn't allow that. The box and the OS
> > must
> > be mated for registration purposes. So you really can't buy a
> > computer
> > without an operating system.
>
> Certainly you can. That does have legal justification. In fact that
> was one of the things Microsoft got their ass in a crack about a few
> years ago. They were charging Dell for an OS on every computer Dell
> built, whether it actuall shipped with Windows or not.
>
> cmsix
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > James E. Morrow
> > Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com
>
>

I stand corrected. But then I knew custom builders could do this. The
way the question was phrased left me thinking in terms of large OEM
builders and I thought that might be a problem marketing that to the
general public. But you guys would know better them I would.

--
James E. Morrow
Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com

[Dustin Cook]

Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in
news:12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com:

> * Nancy Quale:
>> Wild Tangent is needed for certain games,atleast it is needed for the
>> games that came on my Dell pc but I think most people consider it
>> spyware.I haven`t had a problem with it but I assume others have.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild tangent
> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore because of
> all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should fall under
> some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a computer I want two
> things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell, sony, HP or some
> other big player) should sell a computer with nothing on it and sell the
> OS separate. IMHO
>


For what it's worth, BugHunter does remove most of the flavors of
WildTangent; which is bundled with alot of name brand computers these days.

--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool -V1.9.4
web: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
Last updated: November 22nd, 2006

[Dustin Cook]

"cmsix" <cmsix@storiesonline.org> wrote in news:v8K8h.8860$6t.7777
@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com:

>
> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in
> message
> news:aiv8h.320912$QZ1.154@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> James E. Morrow wrote:
>>
>>> In article <12m39hhgnj1ei9b@corp.supernews.com>,
>>> my@ddress.is.invalid
>>> says...
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Same with Compaq. I bought a laptop and it had a TON of wild
>>>> tangent
>>>> games and such. I almost hate buying a new computer anymore
>>>> because
>>>> of all the crap they put on it. You would think that it should
>>>> fall
>>>> under some kind of antispam law or something. When I buy a
>>>> computer
>>>> I want two things, the computer and the OS. I think someone (Dell,
>>>> sony, HP or some other big player) should sell a computer with
>>>> nothing on it and sell the OS separate. IMHO
>>>
>>> Great Idea. But Microsoft wouldn't allow that. The box and the OS
>>> must be mated for registration purposes. So you really can't buy a
>>> computer without an operating system.
>>
>> Of course you can. The computer I am using was purchased with a
>> blank
>> hard drive, just as I ordered it from the computer store a few miles
>> away. I took it home, partitioned the drive, and installed both my
>> retail copy of Win2K and a copy of Ubuntu. I also could have
>> purchased
>> it with nothing more than bog-standard XP, but I didn't want XP.
>>
>> Depends on where you shop, and your level of experience. Newbies
>> need
>> not apply, I suppose.
>
> With a day's worth of research you can find out how the parts go
> together and what goes with what, after that it's easy. It has to be,
> I've been doing it for years.

Don't forget about chipset incompatability issues... You do know some
chipset's will cause problems with other hardware right? It's not
entirely universal.



--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool -V1.9.4
web: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
Last updated: November 15th, 2006