[BC] PC Decrapifier??

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Before Red Zebra (Dan Snyder, owner of the Redskins) bought WTNT (now  
different call sign) 570 kHz in the DC market (Bethesda, MD from  
Germantown, MD), I used to listen to Kim Komando.  Not for the  
information, but for the humor.

Kim gets SO MUCH WRONG!  It is really funny to listen to her.  Of  
course, she does get some stuff right, and for beginner Windoz users,  
she gives good advice, like the advice of running anti-virus and anti- 
malware software, and keeping it current.

Then again, she is an advertising whore.  If a company will run an ad  
on her show, they are great, no matter how bad the software actually  
is.  Of course, this is no different than any car magazine.   Have you  
ever noticed that a good review of a car is either proceeded or  
followed, or both, by big ads for that car?  Same for electronics,  
computer, stereo, and home theater periodicals as well.  They are all  
advertising whores.

Once she gets a bit beyond simple Windoz or even some Mac stuff, she  
is out of her element.  Listen to her on networking, and worse yet,  
network security.  It is funny as all get out.

Don't depend on a Kim Komando recommendation.

OH, one other thing, she has a reputation of SPAMing.  She used to  
freely give out, or rent the e-mail address of people who signed up  
for her newsletters.  A good friend of mine whose job is "critical  
Internet infrastructure" just hates her because of her SPAM.  I  
believe she has stopped this, but I cannot be sure.  She has the right  
words in her Privacy Statements.

I would stay away, but continue to listen for the humor aspects.

--chip

On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 29
> From: "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest at plymouthcolony.net>
>
> It got a good review on Kim Komando's site for removing trialware and
> other bloatware on new PCs. I don't use tools of that sort as I have
> other tools that I use to find and remove bloatware.
>
> Dale H. Cook, Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
> http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
>
> At 09:03 PM 11/9/2010, Mike Murrell wrote:
>
>> Anyone know anything about this program or if it's any good?
>> http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/home
>> One of my staff members asked me about it before he used it on his  
>> personal
>> machine.