What software come with BTinternet ?

A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
say that some utility or another has put a message up.

I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
charge.

Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
site which can tell me what they are?

Motza wrote:

> A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
> say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>
> I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
> as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
> key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
> charge.
>
> Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
> site which can tell me what they are?

When *will* ISPs stop this idiotic nonsense ?

You have my commiserations FWIW. NTL (oops Virgin's) installation screwed with
my primary email account, which didn't amuse me, and that's after selecting the
option *NOT* to install their software !

Graham

On 30/07/2007 13:52, Motza wrote:

> A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
> say that some utility or another has put a message up.

No matter how much software it comes with, you should install *NONE* of
it. (the only case that would require a driver would be a USB modem, but
then you'd be better of with an ethernet router)

Motza wrote:
> A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
> say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>
> I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
> as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
> key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
> charge.
>
> Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
> site which can tell me what they are?

A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo branded,
toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet explorer), every piece of
useless software produced by Yahoo in the last five years.

The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd, and throw in
bin.

Gaz

Gaz wrote:

> Motza wrote:
> > A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
> > say that some utility or another has put a message up.
> >
> > I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
> > as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
> > key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
> > charge.
> >
> > Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
> > site which can tell me what they are?
>
> A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo branded,
> toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet explorer), every piece of
> useless software produced by Yahoo in the last five years.
>
> The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd, and throw in
> bin.

Yes.

All you need is a login. Every router/modem will accept one.

Graham

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:24:34 +0100, Eeyore
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>
>
>Gaz wrote:
>
>> Motza wrote:
>> > A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
>> > say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>> >
>> > I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
>> > as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
>> > key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
>> > charge.
>> >
>> > Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
>> > site which can tell me what they are?
>>
>> A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo branded,
>> toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet explorer), every piece of
>> useless software produced by Yahoo in the last five years.
>>
>> The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd, and throw in
>> bin.
>
>Yes.
>
>All you need is a login. Every router/modem will accept one.
>
Once you've loaded up any drivers required for the USB ones.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> Gaz wrote:
>
>> Motza wrote:
>> > A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
>> > say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>> >
>> > I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are
>> > provided
>> > as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
>> > key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the
>> > subscription
>> > charge.
>> >
>> > Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
>> > site which can tell me what they are?
>>
>> A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo branded,
>> toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet explorer), every piece of
>> useless software produced by Yahoo in the last five years.
>>
>> The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd, and throw
>> in
>> bin.
>
> Yes.
>
> All you need is a login. Every router/modem will accept one.

With the home hub you don't even need that.

On 30 Jul 2007, Andy Burns <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 30/07/2007 13:52, Motza wrote:
>
>> A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me
>> up to say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>
> No matter how much software it comes with, you should install
> *NONE* of it. (the only case that would require a driver would be a
> USB modem, but then you'd be better of with an ethernet router)

You are right but, as I mentioned, this is a friend's PC.

I have had no control over how BTintenet software was installed.

On 30 Jul 2007, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:24:34 +0100, Eeyore
> <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
>>
>>
>>Gaz wrote:
>>
>>> Motza wrote:
>>> > A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing
>>> > me up to say that some utility or another has put a message up.
>>> >
>>> > I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are
>>> > provided as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want
>>> > to uninstall any key components or any useful apps which are
>>> > paid-for in the subscription charge.
>>> >
>>> > Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's
>>> > a web site which can tell me what they are?
>>>
>>> A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo
>>> branded, toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet
>>> explorer), every piece of useless software produced by Yahoo in
>>> the last five years.
>>>
>>> The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd,
>>> and throw in bin.
>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>All you need is a login. Every router/modem will accept one.
>>
> Once you've loaded up any drivers required for the USB ones.


Unfortunately even finding and then installing suitable drivers is
going to be beyond my friend who is a first time Internetter/PC user.
They probably don't even know the model of the ADSL modem - and I
don't either as I don't live close to them.

The need to know what software came with the CD is mainly to let me
help them. So when they tell me something like DriveCleaner pops up
then I can tell if it did or did not come with BTinternet.

If it did come with BTinternet then maybe, just maybe, BTinternet has
it's own control window to uninstall it (DriveCleaner seems quite a
pig to get off). So I don't want to get them to simply hack out
utilities like DriveCleaner in case some weird and wonderful
BTinternet application dependency get screwed up at the same time
resulting in ... who knows what!

I imagine that BTinternet's CD probably did put on some 30 day trial
software during the installation. But at the same time I imagine
that my friend possibly got duped into pressing some popup browser
button and downloading some 30-day trial software themselves.

I need to work out what is what.

Lurch wrote:

> Eeyore mused:
> >Gaz wrote:
> >> Motza wrote:
> >> > A friend has taken BTinternet broadband and they keep ringing me up to
> >> > say that some utility or another has put a message up.
> >> >
> >> > I want to know what utilities (or packages or applications) are provided
> >> > as standard when you install BTinternet. I don't want to uninstall any
> >> > key components or any useful apps which are paid-for in the subscription
> >> > charge.
> >> >
> >> > Could any kind soul here list those utilities or maybe there's a web
> >> > site which can tell me what they are?
> >>
> >> A whole load of unnecessary shit. The whole PC gets btyahoo branded,
> >> toolbars, btbrowsers (wrap arounds for internet explorer), every piece of
> >> useless software produced by Yahoo in the last five years.
> >>
> >> The best way to install broadband, is open package, locate cd, and throw in
> >> bin.
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >All you need is a login. Every router/modem will accept one.
> >
> Once you've loaded up any drivers required for the USB ones.

It's worth getting a real one that doesn't use USB.

Graham