On 6 Sep 2006 at 4:38, John W Redelfs wrote: > On 9/4/06, Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Those people either buy from people like me (who pre-install the > > software), or they buy a brand..which allready has antivirus and > > firewalls loaded. I have not seen a PC sold in the last 4 years > > without that software...the ones loaded with infections are older > > than that, IME. Moreover, a 70-80 minute process lets me reinstall a > > fresh windows install from scratch without deleting any data. > > > Infections are no problem on a PC, just reinstall the operating system. You > have to do that every couple of months anyway just to replace the system > files that are damaged every time it crashes and you have to do a cold > reboot without shutting down properly. If you are backed up, no big deal.
Heh. Getting on for 18 months on this Win 2k install, and the one before lasted over 2 years. Not usual. I'd suggest that if your windows is corrupting itself that frequently, it's a disk/disk controller issue. IME. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
