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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2008, 01:37:35 PM »
My boyfriend had Windows reinstalled on my computer dad gave me. It had many viruses and it damaged Windows.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2008, 01:43:49 PM »
Windows - every other week
OSX - when a new release comes out
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2008, 04:40:03 PM »
I just do

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apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
No need to reinstall. really.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2008, 05:15:39 PM »
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2008, 04:40:03 PM
I just do

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apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
No need to reinstall. really.

heh Debian.

I am usually a big linux adovocate but lately I've been using Vista since I bought my new PC. I dual boot with ubuntu however, the cable modem was moved downstairs so we could move our phone line to it, so I had to buy a wifi card for my PC, and unfortuanetly linux isn't recognising it. Not that I don't know how to remedy this, I am just too lazy. :green:
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2008, 05:27:12 PM »
More fun this way. I'm sure you'll get to reinstall WIndows before long.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2008, 11:39:45 PM »
I just reinstalled Windows.

Not on my computer, my mom's. 
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2008, 11:40:11 PM »
Those Dell bastards didn't even include a restore CD.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2008, 07:49:40 PM »
They didn't? That's a new low for them. In my dealings with Dell pooters, there have always been plenty of CDs, both for restore, OS, and various drivers.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2008, 08:14:43 PM »
Quote from: odeon on February 14, 2008, 07:49:40 PM
They didn't? That's a new low for them. In my dealings with Dell pooters, there have always been plenty of CDs, both for restore, OS, and various drivers.

We sell Dell, now.
I have unpacked and set up over a dozen brand new ones out of the factory packaging in the last couple of months. They always come with three or four disks, one of which is an Emergency Disk, an OS restore, a full compliment of drivers, including mobo, plus a myriad of shareware type programs and demo anti-vir, firewall and Windows security crap.
More shit than you will ever need really.

I would call the helpline and bitch that you got no disks. They will probably mail them to you immediately, if you have a newish machine.
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Re: OS - how often do you reinstall it?
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2008, 12:40:42 PM »
Yeah, that's my experience, too. They're pretty quick to respond, even though their hardware is shit, mostly. ;)
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