[dba-Tech] Calculator

Francisco, 

<<With the release of Windows (95/98/se/ME) and then later nt/2k/xp
<<I've found that upgrade installs often miss something in the process.

I've found this to be true also. I have seen people complain about how
the new version of Windows(each time a new version came out) has all
these problems including speed issues. The first thing I ask is "Did you
upgrade from a previous version or clean install?". Most of the time, I
find that the user upgraded. After a fresh install, everything seems
better.

Steven,

If it takes weeks to reinstall applications back on your machine, maybe
you have too much software on it. When I fresh install a machine, with
tons of software(Office, Visual Studio, Antivirus, Adobe, NERO, Video
Editors, Special Hardware, SP2,...), it never takes more than a few
hours of actual time. Sure, it takes all day before the machine is
complete. Most of that time is when I go and do something else while I'm
waiting.

Scott Marcus

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco
Tapia
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 6:33 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Calculator

Steven,
  I'm no masochist either, which is why I keep my system running as
stable as possible, no more wierd overclocking utilities, or
overclocking hardware.  With the release of Windows (95/98/se/ME) and
then later nt/2k/xp I've found that upgrade installs often miss
something in the process.  I do not know if it is because a particular
.sys file was upgraded in the course of time and when the installation
program looked for particular dated files it skipped them or some other
such thing.  BUT I do now that fresh installs vs upgrades give me less
headaches.  Now you don't care enough about the calculator to re-install
your system, but I bet it irks you every time you wish to run it, or
when you hover your mouse over it... I bet it bugs you enough to ponder,
WHAT THE HECK is causing that! :D, that fresh OS install helps avoid
that.  Plus not to mention it helps prune software that you may not be
using anymore.  I had to go through a similar experiance recently when I
screwed around w/ my registry one tooo many times and hacked it all to
hell... oh well.. I just ran a registry cleaner, and uninstalled a slew
of programs, then re-installed all the ones I acctually use. it was good
for my pc as things now run A LOT faster.

btw, w/ you AV subscription, yes you CAN transfer it, but you MUST
uninstall it from the original 'puter in order to be within the
guidelines of the EULA.

and there IS something like what you are describing now re:program
transfer, you don't have to wait for then next Windows INOVATIVE OS ;P.
I forget the title, but it goes along the lines of transfer my pc, or
copy my pc... it literally reads your registry of pc1 and installs the
correcto registry keys into pc2.  don't know how well it works w/ Office
and their activaton keys... but that's another reason I hate all this
new activation software...

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 15:25:26 -0500, Steven W. Erbach <serbach at new.rr.com>
wrote:
> I have Ghost and I use it to backup my hard disk to another similar
drive. But what's with the upgrade vs. fresh install bit? In the course
of my life with computers I've upgraded operating systems, what, a dozen
or more times? Every single time was an enormous disruption whether I
upgraded or did a fresh install.

> Speaking of software upgrades, before I bought our new workstations I
re-subscribed to Norton Anti-Virus on my system. Do you or does anybody
here know if I can transfer the remaining subscription to my new system?
> 
> Anyway, Hindman told me that the NEXT version of Windows will allow me
to transfer software installations to a new PC without having to do a
re-install. That would be nice. But why did Microsoft wait so long? This
is what I miss most about DOS: no bleeding Registry. Just copy the
software and be done with it.
> 
> The calculator isn't that important to me to even think about
re-installing every program over again on my current system. No offense,
but no thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Erbach
> Scientific Marketing
> Neenah, WI
> 
> "You must be an intellectual. No normal person would say a thing like 
> that." - George Orwell
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