Survey on XP redo/reinstall

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Alan W.

I was wondering ... how many people are here CURRENTLY or PREVIOUSLY
have/having problems with their XP PC and setup, and would REINSTALL the
XP PC OS on their machine to have a fresh and clean setup - if they
had the chance or option?

I am not asking for the different situations or scenarios...I am asking for
YES or NO here regardless of the situation. What I mean is...let's not
worry about media, cost, etc - I am just asking ...period.

Thanks.


btw...same question from ole buddy in Tablet group - Ron - same co.
 
That is a rather lame question! I have had problems, as has most computer
users. I always have the "chance or option" to re-install if I choose to do
so. What is your point, if any?
 
Thanks for your feedback, but you are obviously not the intended recipient
of the question. This is for the general users - not power users.
 
Yes, I would.
As a non-power user, I would hesitate to do so, even though I have a XP Home
system CD. I would particularly like to do a clean install of everything up
to and including SP2
 
Alan W. outputte 't volgende:
I was wondering ... how many people are here CURRENTLY or PREVIOUSLY
have/having problems with their XP PC and setup, and would REINSTALL the
XP PC OS on their machine to have a fresh and clean setup - if they
had the chance or option?

I am not asking for the different situations or scenarios...I am asking for
YES or NO here regardless of the situation. What I mean is...let's not
worry about media, cost, etc - I am just asking ...period.

Thanks.

btw...same question from ole buddy in Tablet group - Ron - same co.
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imaging is your friend in this
a working OS in 10 minutes with al your favorite progs and tweaks as
you had it the first install
just the latest SP and patches and you're back in business

grtz
 
Hi Alan,

I don't think I would be considered a "power user",... maybe? The option to
re-install is there for everyone. If the idea of performing a clean install
of the OS and all usual programs is too intimidating for someone, they may
want to investigate programs such as Drive Image by Power Quest. They could
have someone who is comfortable with installing the OS and software do so,
and load the image to a separate partition on their hard-drive, then
whenever they got the urge, they could restore their system to the
"pristine" condition of a fresh install in a matter of minutes with only the
click of a few icons.

That is one of my backup strategies, except that my image is dynamic, that
is to say, it is updated to include new applications and "tweaks" etc., once
I decide that I want to keep the changes.

Happy computing, JAX
 
Alan said:
I was wondering ... how many people are here CURRENTLY or PREVIOUSLY
have/having problems with their XP PC and setup, and would REINSTALL the
XP PC OS on their machine to have a fresh and clean setup - if they
had the chance or option?
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Yes. Several blue screens in a year. Rebooting and sometimes full restore
helps, and compared to Windows 95/98 (the horror!), it is pretty stable.

BTW, All I want is to cut all the fat from XP so that anything that I don't
use (like components that I disabled) are actually REMOVED from my hard
disk, rather than taking up all the space. This should probably increase
stability. One of these days I'm going to try nLite.

I use XP Professional (don't ask my why I bought it, it was the same price
as Home edition when I bought the laptop) to run games, educational
softwares, and occasional web access. I really really don't need any of the
fancy stuff it has, but I am stuck with huge windows directory.
 
Kyuso Cahi said:
Yes. Several blue screens in a year. Rebooting and sometimes full restore
helps, and compared to Windows 95/98 (the horror!), it is pretty stable.

BTW, All I want is to cut all the fat from XP so that anything that I
don't
use (like components that I disabled) are actually REMOVED from my hard
disk, rather than taking up all the space. This should probably increase
stability. One of these days I'm going to try nLite.

I use XP Professional (don't ask my why I bought it, it was the same price
as Home edition when I bought the laptop) to run games, educational
softwares, and occasional web access. I really really don't need any of
the
fancy stuff it has, but I am stuck with huge windows directory.
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If you have XP SP2 and like to tinker, then check this link:-

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

It has a list of various services that can be disabled, etc.

There are also links for pre SP2 XP and older versions of windows.

By using mostly his "SAFE" setting and leaving a few at default or changing
the default from "Auto" to "Manual" I saved over 80MB of RAM after XP Pro
boots.

Dave
 
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