+1. I'll fix the machine one - flatten, format, install. If you don't take my advice? Then get Joe to do it.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > WTF? > They're buying something from a company and it has junk on it already? > Take it back... > > No, the customer is not always right. I've walked away from work when I > was asked to do something that was illegal, unethical, or just plain stupid. > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:01 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I hear you on the "Nuke and Repave" option, but I don’t know if they have >> the restore disks or what... this is a laptop they are buying from R-A-C, >> so >> who knows what options they have. :-/ >> >> I will talk to them about not running as an "Admin" and see if I can >> create >> a new account and then reduce the functionality of their existing one if >> they don’t want me to nuke and repave. Obviously, even if it's just >> family, >> "The customer is always Right" is the way to go. All you can do is warn >> them >> that it may not be 100% clean. >> >> >> >> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:13 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Windows 7 question >> >> Perhaps... >> I don't use SpyBot anymore, so I can't comment about Win7 compatibilities, >> since Vista had UAC, I'd imagine that it would work that way, but I've >> seen >> more trouble with apps that worked under Vista not working under Win7, >> than >> apps working on XP not working on Win7. >> >> In general, when working with an unknown system, nuking and repaving is >> much >> faster than trying to clean out malware and then being unsure that you got >> it all. Is it a pain? Sure, but so is being without a computer for >> several >> hours/days and then having a nagging feeling at the back of my mind that >> I'm >> giving them a less than optimal system. Also, garage clients and friends >> get the, don't run as admin speech and if I nuke and repave, they get two >> different accounts... >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM, John Aldrich < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted >> for >> permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try >> temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update >> the >> hosts file. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sean Rector [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Windows 7 question >> >> UAC >> >> Sean Rector, MCSE >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Windows 7 question >> >> Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent >> SpyBot from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's >> laptop and tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so >> from within SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's >> XP box on a flash drive and copied it over, but I am trying to get ready >> for Windows 7 here in the office and thought I'd ask. 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