Should You Pay Microsoft $99 To Remove Unwanted Software?

Just another market floundering from a once powerful dynasty groping to find a heart in spite of their long lost soul.

This renews my faith in Micro$oft. Pay them $99 to replace garbage with garbage.
I've never had occasion to use/need PC Decrapifier but I like Revo Uninstaller in that it cleans out all the leftovers.

Thanks for the tip. The decrapifier runs smoothly and quickly removes excess baggage. It remains to be seen if things will speed up as a result, but it's still nice to remove useless programs.

I'm a bit concerned about this particular software that you're suggesting: PC decrapifier. You also have recommended the (also free) CCleaner for registry problems. The PC decrapifier finds _lots_ of problems, it says; however, CCleaner only found 4. Why this huge discrepancy? (Talking about several hundred problems via decrapifier vs. 4 for CCleaner.) The decrapifier is what I call "alarmist" in nature. I don't trust the decrapifier because of the vast numbes of problems reported. Your comments please, "Dr. Bob?"

EDITOR'S NOTE: Are you sure you downloaded the right program? PC Decrapifier doesn't do that type of scan. It only identifies programs on your computer that should be removed.

Is there any difference between running the Decrapper and such aas Revo Uninstaller? Dcrap seemed to make a vertical list of what RU puts up with icons.
And as to uninstalling with either of these, what are all the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 [0r other year] Redistributable, fllowed by KB numbers?

Wow, THE King of Crapware wants $99 to remove crapware, some of which is theirs and remains on the system. Yup, that's Microsucks for ya.

I thought this sounded like a good idea, so I followed your link to PC Decrapifier. As soon as I started to download it, my security software blocked it, and said the site contained malware. So is this just a case of exchanging crap for a virus, or more crap?

EDITOR'S NOTE: There are some misleading ads on the PC Decrap site today, which look like "DOWNLOAD" links. Did you hit one of those by mistake?

Just five minutes before I read this article I deleted a file named "update" from the program IOBit Uninstaller. I just recently downloaded and installed this freebie, which I like better than the MS control panel uninstall program, but I hated the "Upgrade to Pro version" pop-up every time I started the computer. I don't know if the IOBit uninstaller will even work without its "update" program, but it was free in the first place. I wonder if I could remove "add/remove programs" from control panel?

I am a big fan of freeware, and I guess more than 90 percent of my computer use is driven by freeware. (Firefox, of course, OpenOffice, Abiword, Desktop Calendar Lite, Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, and on and on. All great programs!) I have learned one trick. Pay close attention when installing freeware (or any software). Disallow the installation of any features except what you intended in the first place. If I had allowed every toolbar that came attached to my freebies, I wouldn't have screen space to see a web page!

The problem is in not knowing what software should be removed, what is a dulication and what is superfluous to one's needs. Other than that, the idea is good because speed certainlt becomes eroded over time.
One needs to be abloe to download one's software listing and receive so9me advice on what to remove.
Just a suggestion

I use Revo. It works best and it gets all the stuff that the default uninstallers miss.

Extortion definition: "The obtaining of property from another induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." Microsoft works with vendors to inflict pain by bogging down computers, and then Microsoft charges money to stop it.

My 'No Script' programme says the webpage at P C Decrapifier has hosted malware - recently too.

I shall give it a miss.

(I used your link).

Refracted through my prism, it is irrational, perverse, and inane to pay Microsoft $99 to remove generic crapware and then install Microsoft crapware. Evidently, gullible buyers of snake oil still exist.

Amazing. And I thought "extortionware" died with the SCO lawsuits.

Anybody falling for this should have all rights to use any computers revoked, and cursed to use WebTV for the rest of their lives.

Barring that, M$ should be flogged for trying to foist this crap upon us; the only saving grace will be that it's going to be an epic fail, because they just don't believe in it enough to go whole-hog into the project (21 stores NATIONWIDE!?!? Are you kidding me??).

Hmmm! I have wondered for some time if some of the "updates" don't have built in crap with the programs when you get the program. I have even been off line acouple times for more than a week,and when turned on my computer, there were more Micro-Soft.Mind you, I am still off line.
Is this stuff built in already? I hope not, but it sure looks like it !!

I agree with Harry! Notice they don't offer to remove their crap..like IE among other junk without messing up your system. I'm having fun with Ubuntu and it won't be long before it's my only operating system. $99? What a joke.

on 21 May I posted "Just five minutes before I read this article I deleted a file named "update" from the program IOBit Uninstaller...." Today it is right back where it was, so I deleted it again then "shredded" the contents of the recycle bin with, of course, IOBit Uninstaller. I am sure it will be back, though. I guess I will just have to edit the code If anybody knows this program I would appreciate suggestions, I haven't coded anything since writing a C program for the DOS platform

It never ceases to amaze me how companies figure out a way to make a buck!! I mean, really Microsoft has some major stones to try to pull this over on people. I will give this PC Decrapifier a try to see what it does and how well it actually works. Though I have my doubts because if it's to good to be true, it usually is.

I myself subscribe to the Leo Laporte school of computer housekeeping " Burn it down, reformat and reinstall " gets rid of ALL the CRAP. Granted, it's alittle more time consuming to do this, but, at-least I know I got a clean HD and only install what I want to install.

One thing I have learned is that no program truly removes every file of a given program, there's always junk files left behind that supposedly other programs require/need in order to operate.

Wow, it's simply amazing how many uninformed people (MS Bashers) there are in these comments.

I'm far from an MS fanboi, but let's get it straight folks, Microsoft DOES NOT install this crap on your shiny new computer, the OEM does. Microsoft DOES NOT make money from all that crapware the OEM installs on their machines, the OEM does.
Microsoft only licenses the OEM to install Windows on their machines, that's it...period.
So if Microsoft wants to offer to remove it for $99, it's not in an effort to rip you off even more after they installed the crap. You are still being ripped off tho, as there are simple and free fixes for this. Any good Tech Help forum will gladly walk you thru how to uninstall all of the unwanted junk.