Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Jon, On 14.12.2012 01:32, Jon Goldberg wrote: I just inherited a new client whose workstations have users logged in as local administrators; the net result is a ton of crapware. Yes this is what usually happens. I considered creating wpkg packages for the crapware with only a remove

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Paul McGrath
: wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Meier Sent: 14 December 2012 08:44 To: Jon Goldberg Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal? Hi Jon, On 14.12.2012 01:32, Jon Goldberg wrote: I just inherited

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Paul, On 14.12.2012 09:47, Paul McGrath wrote: Instead of the remove we use install (execute once) to remove some crapware. Usually Bing, Ask and Google toolbars. We get a lot of Samsung laptops and they are choked full of crapware but I haven't got around to building anything

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread heiko . helmle
So usually for me it takes longer to clean the machines (and still living with the risk that manufacturer changed some Windows settings which I don't know about) than re-installing them from scratch; knowing to have a clean system then. Using unattended Windows setup and WPKG a machine

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Paul McGrath
a few crapware most are reimaged if they go on the network. -Original Message- From: Rainer Meier [mailto:r.me...@wpkg.org] Sent: 14 December 2012 09:10 To: Paul McGrath Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal? Hi Paul, On 14.12.2012 09:47, Paul

[wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-13 Thread Jon Goldberg
Hi all, I just inherited a new client whose workstations have users logged in as local administrators; the net result is a ton of crapware. I considered creating wpkg packages for the crapware with only a remove section to a) simplify cleanup, and b) ensure that machines remain clean, since a