To drive the point home: You cannot unscrew a virgin. No matter how many times I've tried, it just doesnt work.
Regardless of the promises made... On 3/6/08, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:23 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in the process of making one now. Thing is, this is really the only > > crapware that they bungle with the PWS systems we've bought. > > I'd still blow away the OEM install and start from a pristine, > vanilla install of Windows from a Microsoft CD. Uninstalling software > from Windows is like unscrewing a virgin. While it may, in theory, be > possible, I've never seen it done that didn't leave some trace of > *something* behind. (Oh boy, Shook's gonna love this post.) > > If you're using Win XP and have any VLM (Volume License Media), > Microsoft allows you to use the VLM to reimage PCs that have OEM > licenses, even if you don't have a VL seat for that PC in particular. > Which is nice, because you can standardize on a single source CD for > everything, and don't have to worry about the OEM product keys. > > Alas, Vista has taken that away. One more way Vista makes my job > harder. One more reason we're still on XP. > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
