Google Desktop Just Might Be Evil
Or at least as bad as AOL.
I just did a "clean" reinstall of a laptop, but without boot n nuking the drive and guess what was there when I was done? Freaking google desktop. AAAARGH.
At least I am not alone in my hatred:
I just did a "clean" reinstall of a laptop, but without boot n nuking the drive and guess what was there when I was done? Freaking google desktop. AAAARGH.
At least I am not alone in my hatred:
- http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/03/05/85482.aspx
- http://www.hanselman.com/blog/CommentView.aspx?guid=b16e5b22-1bbf-4a5b-b8ce-234f8ace5f48
- http://blogs.opensymphony.com/plightbo/2005/08/google_desktop_2_sucks.html
- http://www.outsidetheasylum.net/compblog/?p=20
You used the discs that came with the laptop to re-install the system software? Your vendor is more to blame than Google since they, not Google, bundled Google Desktop with your system.
No actually, I restored it to factory default which, as I have done this on the same machine before, did not originally have the google desktop. I can only conclude that google desktop ended up in the restore files. I managed to get rid of it in the end.