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Post #121,416
by static
10/16/03 8:20:06 AM
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New If Windows goes wierd, it's usually better to re-install.
I had a PC that I re-installed every 6 to 8 months. Windows just ate itself over time. Of course, it was probably Office fighting with the games, but still.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #121,418
by Meerkat
10/16/03 8:25:33 AM
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New Let me finish your sentence: ... a real operating system :)
John. Busy lad.
Post #121,429
by orion
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10/16/03 9:39:30 AM
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New The three R's, RRR
Reboot, Reformat, Reinstall. Fixes almost any serious Windows problem. Usually due to:

#1 A bad registry

#2 DLL Hell

#3 Bad Hard Drive partition (run FDISK, delete the partition, recreate it, reformat)

#4 A Virus or Trojan messing things up and AV and Cleaner software cannot remove it.

#5 Bad System files.

Sometimes you can just delete the registry or part of it and do a reinstall, that is if you know which part of the registry is bad.

Of course doing a RRR and using Linux instead will provide different results. :)


"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
     Why oh why did I download Norton Antivirus? - (Meerkat) - (21) - Oct. 10, 2003, 04:29:51 AM EDT
         Re: Why oh why did I download Norton Antivirus? - (deSitter) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2003, 04:34:48 AM EDT
             Hmm.. NAV, or Debian (or both!)? :-) WRT NAV, lesson learnt. -NT - (Meerkat) - Oct. 10, 2003, 04:37:52 AM EDT
             love your reply - (lincoln) - Oct. 10, 2003, 02:00:56 PM EDT
         Re: Why oh why did I download Norton Antivirus? - (kmself) - (6) - Oct. 10, 2003, 07:29:47 AM EDT
             It was the old Straw + Camel's Back = Overload Error thing. - (Meerkat) - (4) - Oct. 10, 2003, 08:23:06 AM EDT
                 Re: It was the old Straw + Camel's Back = Overload Error thi - (kmself) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2003, 08:39:17 AM EDT
                     Maybe it's an Australian peculiarity, - (Meerkat) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2003, 06:55:13 PM EDT
                         Re: Maybe it's an Australian peculiarity, - (kmself) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2003, 09:44:46 PM EDT
                             Maybe *I'm* an Australian peculiarity :) - (Meerkat) - Oct. 11, 2003, 10:46:56 AM EDT
             Body snatching - (deSitter) - Oct. 10, 2003, 07:30:14 PM EDT
         Try Alternatives - (orion) - (6) - Oct. 13, 2003, 06:43:40 PM EDT
             Err, he did - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 14, 2003, 02:29:04 AM EDT
                 At the very least - (orion) - (4) - Oct. 14, 2003, 03:59:14 PM EDT
                     Life would have to be very dull... - (pwhysall) - Oct. 14, 2003, 06:21:55 PM EDT
                     If Windows goes wierd, it's usually better to re-install. - (static) - (2) - Oct. 16, 2003, 08:20:06 AM EDT
                         Let me finish your sentence: ... a real operating system :) -NT - (Meerkat) - Oct. 16, 2003, 08:25:33 AM EDT
                         The three R's, RRR - (orion) - Oct. 16, 2003, 09:39:30 AM EDT
         Norton Antivirus . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Oct. 14, 2003, 05:10:04 PM EDT
             They all do that. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 14, 2003, 06:27:48 PM EDT
                 Well, I use Command Antivirus . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 14, 2003, 06:42:21 PM EDT
             Norton got market share by being persistent. - (static) - Oct. 16, 2003, 08:17:32 AM EDT

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