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p2pnet.net News:- Bill and the Boyz are worried that "craplets" loaded onto new computers by manufacturers could hurt the launch of consumer versions of its Windows Vista operating system later this month, says the CBC.

"In a discussion Tuesday night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Microsoft official told CBC News Online, on condition of anonymity, that the world's largest software maker is frustrated by legal shackles that prevent the company from restricting what kinds of software major computer makers install on new PCs," says the story.

Third-party software hardware makers commonly install on new computers in exchange for a fee are behind the fears.

Many, such as links to online services, and demo versions of programs, haven't been tested and certified by Microsoft to work with Vista, the executive said, according to the story.

"We call them craplets," the official said.

"The success of Microsoft's first major revision to its operating system in years could rest on whether or not the uncertified applets cause widespread malfunctions in consumer versions of Windows Vista that ship with new PCs starting Jan. 30," says the CBC.