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Is Win ME worth the trouble
My options are - clean install, re-configure and install all the stuff I've got on there then fix the bugs in 9.2, or remove KDE, upgrade, fix 9.2 bugs and anything else it breaks. I think I might leave it until MDK 10.1 comes out and I have to do a clean install anyway, although if I find myself with some spare

Method for WinXP to be forced into finding new hardware on boot?
Skid sk...@mediaone.net comp sys ibm pc games strategic You can do a clean install from the Win 98 SE update CD. See http://users.aol.com/axcel216/newtip98.htm#HOME A clean install must first have 98 installed, then install the second edition.. Thats why i just use a friends developer copy for a clean install.

Is it worth the upgrade?
JMacd jmacd...@fox.nstn.ns.ca comp sys mac apps I thinking about doing a clean install of my system software for my Centris 610 for a New Year's treat. My system software is now gobbling up about 3.7 meg of the 8 meg if have available. My PowerBook 180 on the other hand uses only about 2 mg.

XP and games - is it worth it?
I just did a clean install on my sys win xp pro. Not sure if its even worth putting cs back on because of all the cheats out there.!!! I had a blast when the game came out and the cheating was minimal but now...there seems to be so much more that It gets too frustrating to even play. I heard Paladin (?

Win98 Worth It?
I too STRONGLY reccomend you do not do an upgrade, but a clean install. It will make your system run so much smoother and will virtually eliminate the chances I would also recommend doing a clean install , you can still do this with the XP upgrade disk, just need to have your win98 cd handy for qualifying media

Ongoing Computer Corruption issues
I'm not sure if calling Comcast and having a tech come out to look into this is worth all the trouble at this point. I would indeed like to record in Well, I did a clean install just to clean up the unwanted software that Dell installs; mainly the Internet security/firewall software. I did have this same issue

For what it's worth
Here's what happened, for what it is worth. The recovery partition and installation routine was accessed via a special boot loader in the primary partition's boot eMachines tech says I disabled Recovery Partition with OS clean install from OEM disk, yet I have access via Start Menu Recovery Center link to

Upgrade to 9.2 - Worth it?
WinME is a very stable OS (compared to previous iterations) and is well worth the effort. A clean install is by far the best way to install any OS and WinME is no exception. Anyone who does not have the confidence to do a clean install even with the plethora of good "how-to" information available on the web should

Is clean install worth it
H...@computer-critters.com alt os linux mandrake JT wrote: When running a full clean install (which seems to be a good idea) and leaving the /home partition intact - how does one reinstall the user id's and settings in their desktop folders You'll need to add back the user'ids during the install or use,

Frontpage won't open after installing Expression Web!
Note that for both the above, it isn't usually worth the time nor effort to backup newsgroup files. However, you would want to somehow backup the names of I've read that a clean install is the best option and I must say it would be nice to leave behind some of Me's idiosyncracies, plus the remanents of a lot of

Dell Inspiron 1721 Laptop - Vista Home Premium - Processor inc
David_A murn...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsme general Ken did you do a clean install or a tip over the top job? Personally, I do *love* a clean install. MS Publisher Templates http://www.desktoppublishing.com/templ_mspub.html Do you have intrusive unwanted visitors on your computer?

Memory upgrade worth it for Win98SE?
There are several examples on which the clean install is better than upgrading (even from Home to Professional). Moreover in the KB you can find some articles After about a years use, even with Defragging, the registry bloat, the extraneous files, the remnants of uninstalled applications, etc... makes it worth

Windows ME - Worth the Upgrade guys?!?!
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] andre...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general You can do a clean install with Full version by booting from the DVD. As noted in my previous reply, Also can some one tell me if the poker game from ulimate extras is worth getting ulimate or just going to premium.

New users / Dont Give up, its worth it
virgin.net said: [New Mac user, iBook G4, 512MB RAM 1.33MHz CPU 60GB HDD, Leopard, clean install.] Hmmm..it does seem to run very slowly indeed. It it worth getting all the updates, I've read mixed reviews about them. If you are currently running 10.5.0, then run, do not walk, and download the 10.5.2 update.

Upgrading To XP. What do I need to back-up?
I think it will need a clean install of XP, but I just didn't have time to do that after running all those scans. Trust me, you didn't get it all. A full system restore is the ONLY reliable "How sad that you're such a poor judge of style that you can't even properly gauge the artistic worth of your own efforts.

Vista won't work on corporate intranet, need XP
In the end, you will end up w/ a slim, fast, clean, neatly arranged on HDD XP partition. Also, since you have identified and corrected possible problems early in the installation, it is worth the time (a few hours) invested. Michael "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2...@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message

Powermac G5 freeze after render
However, I wouldn't recommend it as it's more trouble than its worth. Your best bet would be something simple like dpkg --get-selections > selections.list tar czf etc.tar.gz /etc/ Then just do a clean install of amd64 on a separate disk/partition, and then dpkg --set-selections < selections.list apt-get -f install

New install - worth it?
If you were doing a clean install you would boot from the CD/DVD Drive with the Vista disk in it, reboot, delete the existing XP? partition, and carry on with install. There is a removal tool at Symantec's website(for what it is worth) to remove most remains of Norton. You can also go into your C: Drive,

WinME / WinAARGH! - is it worth it?
it's probably time for a clean install of XP (wipe the drive)...but you'd be off on a couple of day tangental adventure. .... http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp "Jennifer" <Jenni...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2412DA1E-681C-4282-8629-612C1E5A97FC@microsoft.com: An update for what it's worth .

Unexpected effects of upgrading Win 98 to Win 2000
OK, I won't ask, but if we don't know what your problem/s are, we can't help... ok, didn't want to make post longer than it needed to be, but reason I need to do a clean re-install of Vista is: I can't activate the cable-tv feature in Media Center b/c Vista is not accepting the product key supplied (it's in a