How to Spot Crapware Crapware is my pet term for really badly written software. There’s a lot of it out there. All spyware falls into this category because it doesn’t serve a useful purpose and is just a pain in the ass. But then there is other stuff that fits into this category. MS has been pushing this stuff out as of late. The beta of SQL Server 2005 is a perfect example. (or rather, it’s setup and uninstall routines) Windows Installer is ...