Anyone using Unchecky?
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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?
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I remember trying it out when I was installing java and adobe plugins years ago.
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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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@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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@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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@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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@penguinwrangler Oh if thats the case ignore me, i apologize. I must be confused.
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@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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I support no family member that does not let me remove admin rights from them.
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@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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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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@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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@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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@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!
