This is the way I feel. Many thanks. Why is so hard to understand why I want to avoid a reinstall? I made a big mistake to put a XP Home in the new computer. It was cheaper. I did it at the wrong time. Thank you to you all!
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <popoz...@earthlink.net> >Sent: May 1, 2009 10:34 AM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? > >You know it clearly amazes me the lack of insight many folks have. > >Many folks do not FEAR a reinstall, they just do not like it. It is >frustrating and time consuming. > >I have had to do reinstalls. Just not my cup of tea, and if I can >avoid it, I avoid it. > >I have done many upgrades over the years, and many of them (75% and >above) have gone smoothly. > >Occasionally there is the one that is an upgrade from hell. Those >just take more work. > >But no one that I read FEARS an reinstall, they just do not like the >time wasted reinstalling all their stuff and getting their system to >where they like it once more. > >By the way with registry stuff and programs, backups do not do it >anymore. Backups for Data is fine, but programs cannot be backed up. > >Stewart > > >At 08:21 AM 5/1/2009, you wrote: >>I sure wouldn't recommend a casual user - especially one that fears >>reinstalling a few apps - to install a RC version of Windows 7! At most it >>will be good for a year, at which point they would likely need to do a clean >>install again. I mean, who would trust an upgrade to an RC, even if that >>path was made available? Not me. >> >>If that computer is really new, there's no way I would settle for XP. I'd >>demand Vista Home Premium. >> >>What I really can't understand is how many people seem to fear reinstalling. >>Clearly they don't trust their backups, but instead of fixing it they'll >>just wring their hands in abject fear for years on end. > >Rev. Stewart A. Marshall >mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net >Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org >Ozark, AL SL 82 > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
