>And if someone goes in and purposefully changes important settings, it >can take days for someone else to find them. Heck, I'd as often >recommend just reinstalling the OS (a couple hours) as I would spend >hours and hours trying to figure out how they screwed it up.
Even in a professional environment it is a hard call deciding to fix or format. In a consumer environment you must consider that once you charge for a fixed machine you are giving a guarantee that it is fixed. If it ain't you are on the hook to fix it even if the problem is something else. The best course may be to replace everything on the drive. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
