I would argue that you don't want to start with Dell's OEM image as the basis for your corporate image, for exactly the reason that this rant is about. There is always going to be a copy of Google Desktop or Symantec "Something or Other" or Quickbooks. Step 1 in creating your image for Dell is wipe the drive and start from scratch. Again, just my opinion, Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Google/Dell rant But if he doesn't yet have an image, then that wouldn't work... He just mentioned that the machine he's working on now is going to be the template for future. Joe Heaton -----Original Message----- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Google/Dell rant You don't have to buy many systems from Dell to have them pre-load your image on your boxes straight from the factory, then you don't need to worry about any of this stuff. I'm not sure that it is Dell's fault that their customers purchase their hardware incorrectly from them. (Perhaps the individual salesperson's fault, but not Dell's as a whole.) YMMV, Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google/Dell rant The irony is, I've just now worked the bugs out of DriveImageXML, BartBE, SysDiff, and NewSid... This is the first PW-390 I've set up in a while, but it's also gonna be the template for future 390s so I don't have to got through this (among other annoyances) for subsequent ones. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Sean Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/06/2008 12:07:06 PM: > Richard, > > I know EXACTLY what you mean, that annoys the piss out of me. We > purchase a lot of Dell equipment and a majority of the PCs we get have > that exact same issue. On many of the ones I use you can't even see > the "uninstall" or cancel options so you have to kill the process. > Even after it's uninstalled it will continue to pop-up because the > initial screen was never completed. I usually just disable it in > Msconfig to get rid of it at that point, but come on is really that > necessary to pre-install google desktop? > > > -Sean Houston > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Sean Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:01 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <rant> > OK, so I start up brand new Dell PWS-390s. Can't do anything because a > EULA for Google crap takes up all the screen. > > I go to TaskMangler to kill that, then I go to control panel and uninstall > the Google crap for all users. Then I join the machine to the domain and > re-boot. > > I log in as a domain administrator. SO, I can't do anything immediately > because the entire screen is covered with a EULA for the same Google crap. > > What part of "uninstall for all users" is not being understood? > </rant> > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
