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    • PenguinWrangler
      PenguinWrangler last edited by PenguinWrangler

      From the website: "Unchecky automatically unchecks unrelated offers, both saving you mouse clicks and making it less likely to miss a checkbox of an unwanted offer. Installers often try to sneak additional programs as a natural part of the installation. Unchecky warns you when you try to accept a potentially unwanted offer, which makes it less likely to be accepted accidentally. Install and forget. Unchecky automatically updates whenever a new version is available, so you don't have to worry about running the latest version." Anyone else using it? Any known issues?

      https://unchecky.com/

      https://youtu.be/dzb_SHxt-o8

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      • black3dynamite
        black3dynamite last edited by

        I remember trying it out when I was installing java and adobe plugins years ago.

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        • jmoore
          jmoore last edited by

          I think this product is by the same company as ccleaner. Piriform. If that is who they are I won't use them because of their security. Nice idea in theory but I don't want to take chances.

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          • PenguinWrangler
            PenguinWrangler @black3dynamite last edited by

            @black3dynamite It appears to do a nice job. I tried to install some freeware programs that I know throw offers in and it unchecked them. Thinking about putting it on my family members computers

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            • PenguinWrangler
              PenguinWrangler @jmoore last edited by

              @jmoore said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

              I think this product is by the same company as ccleaner. Piriform. If that is who they are I won't use them because of their security. Nice idea in theory but I don't want to take chances.

              It isn't from Piriform

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              • black3dynamite
                black3dynamite @PenguinWrangler last edited by

                @penguinwrangler said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                @black3dynamite It appears to do a nice job. I tried to install some freeware programs that I know throw offers in and it unchecked them. Thinking about putting it on my family members computers

                Wouldn’t that invite them to go crazy installing apps?

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                • jmoore
                  jmoore @PenguinWrangler last edited by

                  @penguinwrangler Oh if thats the case ignore me, i apologize. I must be confused.

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                  • PenguinWrangler
                    PenguinWrangler @black3dynamite last edited by

                    @black3dynamite said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                    @penguinwrangler said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                    @black3dynamite It appears to do a nice job. I tried to install some freeware programs that I know throw offers in and it unchecked them. Thinking about putting it on my family members computers

                    Wouldn’t that invite them to go crazy installing apps?

                    They don't really ask me till they have a ton of crapware on their machines anyway....

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                    • JaredBusch
                      JaredBusch last edited by

                      I support no family member that does not let me remove admin rights from them.

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                      • DustinB3403
                        DustinB3403 @JaredBusch last edited by

                        @jaredbusch said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                        I support no family member that does not let me remove admin rights from them.

                        So many headaches saved by this. . .

                        Oh you want to install that.. . . yeah no.

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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender last edited by

                          Nope, don't need it, I use Chocolatey to install most of that junk.

                          As JB said, take away admin rights and most of these problems go away.

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @black3dynamite last edited by

                            @black3dynamite said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                            @penguinwrangler said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                            @black3dynamite It appears to do a nice job. I tried to install some freeware programs that I know throw offers in and it unchecked them. Thinking about putting it on my family members computers

                            Wouldn’t that invite them to go crazy installing apps?

                            Don't tell them, just put it there 🙂

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                              @dashrender said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                              Nope, don't need it, I use Chocolatey to install most of that junk.

                              As JB said, take away admin rights and most of these problems go away.

                              Don't support home users and the issues ALL go away.

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                              • Dashrender
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                                @dashrender said in Anyone using Unchecky?:

                                Nope, don't need it, I use Chocolatey to install most of that junk.

                                As JB said, take away admin rights and most of these problems go away.

                                Don't support home users and the issues ALL go away.

                                Touche!

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