[dba-Tech] Compromised Internet Explorer?

You can reinstall XP over XP and if you run the correct options it should
pick up the installed software. But I guess that's not really "completely"
more like an upgrade of zero versions.

You should be able to use Part. Magic or a simial utility to convert FAT32
to NTFS without affecting the OS.


John B.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:39 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Compromised Internet Explorer?

John,

As I said in my original message, I did a Repair of the Windows XP
installation from the CD (which, of course, looks to be an unauthorized
copy). Can you answer this one for me: Can Windows XP be re-installed
completely WITHOUT affecting the installed software or re-formatting the
drive? If so, I can try that, too; but I'd think that a repair would be just
about the same thing.

I've got a hankerin' to reformat the drive as NTFS anyway...but can I get
away without doing that and re-install Windows?

Steve Erbach

On 5/5/05, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> I had an issue with IE not updating about 1.5 years ago - although the 
> reason the updates would not download was made perfectly clear in that
case.
> It was an improper XP ID key. It was the key that came with the CD but 
> it would not register correctly with MS. It had been XPhe and was 
> upgraded to XPPro (pre-me). In that case I had to reinstall XPpro to 
> get it to work correctly. It probably could have been rectified 
> another way but I didn't have the time to figure it all out so it was
quicker to do the obvious.
> 
> 
> John B.
>
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