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Yes Ted I re-build computers. Self taught and I understood that that file
was associated with uninstalling a service pack. The only way to learn is to
ask questions.
Most of the stuff I rebuild is Pen II 266 and down w/ lots of Pen I 166.
Lots of orphan equipment and cards so I spend a lot of time searching for
and testing drivers etc.
A lot of the stuff I do is for those on fixed income or for donation as
working systems for those with no PC.
My personal is AMD 3200+ etc and I like to keep it clean and up to date.
Thanks for the info and lesson.
"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23HRiuYi5EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> "I take it you are suggesting I don't need and won't gain anything ( like
> I did with Win9x & ME)."
>
> Correct. The only people who need to wipe everything out and start from
> scratch are those who have been unable to keep viruses and spyware from
> infecting their computers. Furthermore, with today's disk imaging
> software, it's easy to restore your computer to a known good state in
> literally minutes.
>
> Download as many drivers and programs as you like. This has no affect at
> all on your computer, besides occupying disk space, and your registry
> certainly doesn't get "loaded". The $NtServicePackUninstall$ files are
> the uninstallers for the updates you installed from Windows Update. And
> you rebuild computers?
>
> Ted Zieglar
>
> "I'm_A_Victim" <rwmarbleAT@yahooDOT.com> wrote in message
> news:5gmxd.354$_X7.28@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
>> Jim, Ted & Michael,
>>
>> No real problems but I use my PC to download numerous drivers & programs
>> that I use when rebuilding other computers. I was figuring that the
>> registry was becoming loaded. Also there are many files 35+ such as
>> $NtServicePackUninstall$ and I thought that a fresh install then SP2
>> would make a cleaner system.
>> I checked Jim's link to a KB file and am reading it.
>> I take it you are suggesting I don't need and won't gain anything ( like
>> I did with Win9x & ME).
>>
>> "Michael Stevens" <mstevens@bogusmvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ui63VWZ5EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm_A_Victim wrote:
>>>> I have been running XP-H for about 1 year. I believe that XP is
>>>> better than prior versions at keeping itself clean but I also believe
>>>> that a complete re-install will clean up a bunch of small items.
>>>> Can I just do a re-install Win-XP from the CD or do I need to wipe
>>>> the HD and re-install XP then all my other programs?
>>>
>>> XP doesn't need to be peoridically reinstalled. What problems are you
>>> having?
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