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xp reinstall

  • 09-12-2003 11:21am
    #1
    angelofdeath
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    i have to reinstall xp for a guy at work tommorow, so i was looking up something on the net and i came across this, its a very long read but its worth it

    reinstall xp


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Been there...

    54. Wait. Time passes.
    55. Wait. Time passes.
    56. Wait. Time passes. It is getting dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. :eek:


  • #3
    kmart6
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    Haha good long read


  • #4
    TomTom
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    i feel his pain.


  • #5
    Havelock
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    Try upgrading from NT 4 to XP, on network. Bast*d Microsoft.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Originally posted by Havelock
    Try upgrading from NT 4 to XP, on network. Bast*d Microsoft.
    The NT4 Upgrade CD won't reinstall because it can't see the previous OS NT3.51 anymore....

    On the subject of NT4 installs - anyone remember rollback.exe on the OEM CD ?


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  • #7
    Cake Fiend
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    He installs XP so he can run a load of unix apps?
    Go figure...


  • #8
    The Beer Baron
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    ARRGH!

    I agree with his "windows 1/2 life" theory- I agree with it 100%
    Funny stuff, funny 'cos it's true. But absolutly hair-tearingly true @ that.

    The initial ARRGH! @ the top of this post is due to the fact that we've 25 machines in here and all of them are due a reinstall...of course we could just ghost them- if they all had the same nics, snd cards, gfx- but they don't- he's right about tweekUI too, what a sweet little app that is.


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    25 Machines - that's the nice thing about win98, it'll boot up and "Found new hardware" whereas 2K/XP will bluescreen 'cos it's the wrong type of drive or the partition is 5% bigger than it was last time it booted or the volume on your speakers is set too high or because it's thursday....

    They aren't unix apps - they'll run on anything - but more importantly you don't have to worry about the license.

    Q. How many microsoft programmers does it take to change a light bulb ?
    A. None
    1 / you have to do it yourself.
    2 / they will promise to sell you better bulbs - they last as long as the previous ones
    but you have to buy new sockets
    3 / they redefine MS-Darkness TM as a new industry standard.
    4 / and they get 25c for every light socket sold world wide.
    a reference to the illegal practice of charging for a DOS license for EVERY PC MADE even if it didn't have DOS - or the fact that virtually every Dell/Gateway/PB has been sold with a windows license


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