Re: A8N-SLI LAN1 not working.(solved)

I agree.
Every time I uninstall a program, I often manually have to remove the folder
that the uninstall program left behind. Then I have to go through the
registry to manually remove keys that almost ALL programs leave behind. I'm
one of the only people that does this, so I can go a couple years without a
fresh XP install (although I don't). But imagine all the junk left behind
after a couple of years. In fact, when I ask most people when was the last
time they did a fresh OS install, they stare at me blankly. Then after I do
a reformat, and a fresh install, the thing I hear EVERY time is "I can't
believe how much faster/better my computer now runs".

"Ourouboros" <Frank.Black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Geez - talk about opening up a can of worms! :)
>
> The reason I have always (and still do) advocate reinstalling windows
> at least yearly (yes, with all apps and drivers) is for a couple
> reasons. First, active users tend to install/uninstall a good amount
> of software and with Windows' lack of a proper OS-based uninstall
> system, plenty of "cruft" gets left behind. Sure, you can pay for
> uninstaller and cleansweep types of programs, but they're hardly 100%
> accurate either (and are way too complicated for newbies).
>
> Secondly, a lot of driver packages these days bundle in all kinds of
> applets and utilities (the NVidia drivers for example). Sometimes
> there are versioning problems with these installs. Rare or not, I've
> known people who have run across this more than once.
>
> Finally, to address the other comments: Yes, you can do repair
> installs, and yes it does work. Yes, it does save you from
> reinstalling apps, but that's not necessarily a good thing. 9/10
> times I find a significant number of applications that I no longer
> need or that were needed only temporarily (see my uninstall comments
> above). It's quite trivial to track and organize this stuff - just
> keep a simple Excel sheet listing your major apps and utilities, and
> once you have downloaded them burn them off to CD/DVD if you are on
> dial-up. Most times, I can get a development PC setup with Windows,
> Office, Visual Studio, and quite a few other apps inside of a day.
>
> Everyone has their own preferences, but I stand my comments on being
> the "safest" way to do it. Fastest? No, but the best things in life
> are never easy! Besides, can't we all just get along? :)
>
> Take it easy guys!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:53:14 -0400, "Natéag" <gaetanfo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>I think I am the one who started that thread.
>>I also always « repair » my Windows XP installation
>>when changing hardware.
>>Never had a problem, except for the one that
>>is now solved. I goofed. But it is easy to avoid.
>>
>>"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message
>>de
>>news: 9$EkbVORoMADFACW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Bitstring <nTZLe.1898$ps5.46534@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful
>>> person
>>> edde <waver777@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
>>>>Personally, the worst advice I hear given to people is to just do a
>>>>repair
>>>>install when upgrading a motherboard. It's lazy, and just causes more
>>>>problems down the line.
>>>
>>> Only if you're incompetent. And I'm not sure what 'more problems' means,
>>> since I've never had any problems in the first place, nor any 'down the
>>> line' (wherever that is).
>>>
>>>> It's worth the little bit of extra time to ensure a
>>>>properly running system.
>>>
>>> You can have a properly running 'repair installed' system. Trust me, I
>>> have several. And it isn't 'a little bit' of time - if you have to
>>> reinstall all your drivers and applications it's a LOT of time. Hours,
>>> going on days in some cases. Re-installing something like MSofficePro,
>>> with all the right options and patches can take hours on its own - hours
>>> online too if you don't have all the updates cached locally. Oh, you
>>> thought everyone was on broadband? Wrong.
>>>
>>>> I'm fairly sure laziness like this is the reason
>>>>many people have problems with their systems, and then blame Microsoft,
>>>>or
>>>>the hardware vendors.
>>>
>>> No, incompetence is the reason people have system problems.
>>>
>>> --
>>> GSV Three Minds in a Can
>>> Contact recommends the use of Firefox; SC recommends it at gunpoint.
>>
>>
>


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