Re: re-building Comp System - my 2¢

["Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@core.com>]

> I always install Windoze from scratch, on a freshly partitioned, formatted
> HD.
> Never do I upgrade. BTDT. Win98SE runs just fine, thank you, on my ancient,
> overclocked, (P-187MMX ??)Frankensteined, tweaked-out machine, and is really
> quite stable.

  words of wisdom. every system i've tried to upgrade fails in a few
months. a clean install is definitely the way to go.

> It's all in how ya do it, as listmembers are well aware of in the world of
> car-fixin'.
> Windoze suffers from the fact that there are soooo many types of hardware
> out there, and some of it pretty damn cheaply made. And so many different
> ways of loading and configuring it. Oh, and fergawdsake, remove all the crap
> that loads up at start time with every new app installed. Ex: Realplayer and
> Jukebox (spyware!), almost anything that puts its little icon in the system
> tray. Only drivers for special devices and a few unobtrusive goodies need
> apply. Norton Sytemworks is a prime example. Pare it down to anti-virus
> only, not the dozen other things that tell you it is unstable, which is due
> to these very utilities.

  amen.

> Rocco content:

  my '86 8v i finally about mechanically ready to be put back on the
road (now for that damn electrical problem :)  

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