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07-11-2006, 03:37 PM
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Re: Computer wizards????
command prompt
msconfig
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uncheck what you dont need at startup.....
Could also be your HDD is failing......spyware is a possibility but prob not if you have run spybot s&d and adaware se..................
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07-11-2006, 05:59 PM
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A format and clean install is a good idea every now and then, IMHO.
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07-11-2006, 06:08 PM
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A format and clean install is a good idea every now and then, IMHO.
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why? There is no need to format the drive and do a clean install unless he has exhausted every other option IMHO...................
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07-11-2006, 06:47 PM
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why? There is no need to format the drive and do a clean install unless he has exhausted every other option IMHO...................
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Guarantee you I can reformat a machine and reimage it faster that you can figure out what the h3ll is going on with it (in some cases). I'm not saying reformat becasue the f'ing thing won't print. But for our workstations, most of the time that is the quickest solution...we are using Citrix, so really not installing any software.
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doubt they pay enough to buy the gas for my H2. 
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Guarantee you I can reformat a machine and reimage it faster that you can figure out what the h3ll is going on with it (in some cases).
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If f5fstop is referring to a corporate laptop, then you might have a weak argument. It sounds like his system is a personal one.
Even if it were corporate, I guarantee you can't reformat, reimage, and then have a happy user with all of his non-IT managed apps installed and configured the same way as before. Plus the added cost of having the user do all the post-reimage work and not getting any other work done in the mean time is way steeper than most IT staffers ever seem to appreciate.
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Even if it were corporate, I guarantee you can't reformat, reimage, and then have a happy user with all of his non-IT managed apps installed and configured the same way as before.
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That's the beauty of Citrix, no software is installed on the local machine. It's all housed and run from a server farm. Now that is a bit off subject and I realize his laptop is probably not a corporate machine. I don't regularly format my personal computers either, but was humbly offering my opinion that that sometimes is a good idea. Frankly I don't care if you agree or disagree.
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Frankly I don't care if you agree or disagree.
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07-11-2006, 06:11 PM
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That's BS. Care and nurturing can keep a windows box going without a reinstall for a loooong time. Of course, you have to know what you're doing.
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That's BS. Care and nurturing can keep a windows box going without a reinstall for a loooong time. Of course, you have to know what you're doing.
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