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#184224 - 12/10/2003 15:23 Epilogue [Re: tonyc]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Well, I spent a few hours today reinstalling Windows, and RMM is now installing properly. I dunno what was going on, but it's fixed now. I guess I was due for a reinstall anyway, my system was starting to drag a bit, and things are nice and snappy now.

Now to do some syncing and get a real feel for how this thing operates...
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#184225 - 12/10/2003 15:42 Re: Epilogue [Re: tonyc]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Willing to do a reinstall of Windows just so you can play with a toy (granted, you were due for one) shows some serious devotion to the empeg team!
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#184226 - 12/10/2003 16:01 Re: Epilogue [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Willing to do a reinstall of Windows just so you can play with a toy (granted, you were due for one) shows some serious devotion to the empeg team!
Heh. Nah, just devotion to something I paid $380 for.
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#184227 - 13/10/2003 02:04 Re: Epilogue [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
julf
veteran

Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Well, Windows should be reinstalled every 6 months anyway... Yes, I know, XP has made it much better, but I still get pretty bad bit rot over time...

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#184228 - 13/10/2003 06:03 Re: Epilogue [Re: julf]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Well, Windows should be reinstalled every 6 months anyway... Yes, I know, XP has made it much better, but I still get pretty bad bit rot over time...
My thoughts exactly. I'm at the point where I can get 90% of it done in about 3 hours. I have all my apps installed on a separate drive, and all my important files, etc. get backed up before the install. So I basically format the C: drive during installation, and do my major software installs en masse. Then the utils and apps I don't use that often will get installed the next time I need 'em. In the mean time, my PC sure is a lot faster.
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#184229 - 14/10/2003 02:18 Re: Epilogue [Re: tonyc]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
You can save quite a lot of time by slipstreaming the service packs during installation, if you're going to be doing it regularly.

See this or this for Windows 2000, or this for Windows XP.

I also found this, which supposedly tells you how to do the same for Office XP.
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#184230 - 14/10/2003 07:32 Re: Epilogue [Re: Roger]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Hm, cool. Yeah I reinstall about every 4-6 months just to keep things fresh. I'll have to give those a shot and make some integrated CD's. Saves the constant rebooting after WindowsUpdate does its thing.
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