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More info?)
Well yeah! That's because you take in all those windows updates, so no
big surprise there! You probably have to!
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Still, I do it on average once a year, whether it needs it or not, <eg>.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
> news:ecwvSjYOFHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Re-formatting and re-installing is not a general maintenance procedure.
It
>> is an alternative to maintenance. You will find that some support people
are
>> moving towards this type of system administration, particularly in larger
>> organisations. To be effective it assumes that the user keeps all
personal
>> settings and files on a server, and that the Windows image on the local
>> machine can be almost identical for all machines. In that case
reformatting
>> and re-installing with a standard prepared Windows image is a
cost-effective
>> alternative to individual machine maintenance, especially where the
>> maintenance problems are being created by the user, for instance with
unsafe
>> practices.
>>
>> It is not likely to be a suitable proposition for a single user, unless
you
>> have a very simple installation, such as a game-playing machine for the
>> kids.
>>
>> "beamish" <beamish9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23rGU%23DVOFHA.3076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello, Many people use formatting as a general maintenance procedure and
>>> do no weekly or monthly maintenance. I have notice this from many
postings
>>> in different groups and from several people I have had conversations
>>> concerning computer use and problems.
>>> Is there a basic accepted maintenance protocol?
>>> Thank You.
>>> Take Care.
>>> beamish.
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