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Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista

Posted by samzenpus on from the any-reason-to-say-crap dept.

elsilver writes "An article at the CBC indicates that Microsoft is worried that the assorted crap most OEM companies load onto a new machine may affect users' opinion of Vista. An unnamed executive is concerned that the user will conclude the instability of the non-MS-certified applications is Vista's fault. Is this a serious concern, or is MS trying to bully OEMs into only including Vista-certified apps? As for the OEMs, one "removed older DVD-writing software they found was incompatible and replaced it with Vista's own software." — do they get points for realizing it was both buggy AND redundant?"

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  1. Use the Decrapifier !!!! by mauriatm · · Score: 5, Informative

    The simplest solution already used by hundreds of users of newly purchased laptops and desktops with Windows XP is the PC Decrapifier. Originally named the Dell De-Crapifier the name was soon changed to support other machines "with crap" (I'm sure Dell didn't like their name dragged through the crap).

    Although this is only for XP, I'll bet a version for Vista will come along soon. Or at least one could hope.

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  2. Re:Craplets? by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's been in the Jagon File for ages..

  3. Re:It isn't Vista's fault by MartinG · · Score: 5, Informative

    $ cat /dev/random > /dev/mem
    bash: /dev/mem: Permission denied

    As for the forkbomb, have a look at "ulimit -u"

    I agree with you that it's not always the OS fault, but a _properly configured_ operating system should not become unstable when it is running crappy code.

    How do you do "ulimit -u" on Windows btw?

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