re: Can't install Open Office -- Broken kernel
Monday, October 8, 2007 at 10:22 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
|[...]I'm concerned that you may not handle well being one-upped?
|DarkLady01 has a need for clear, understandable advice[...]
| Joe Hepperle
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Again, I wouldn't want to have you for a physician.
You seem to have a problem with the *FULL DISCLOSURE* thing.
You recommended a reinstall of Windoze.
You also noted (in a round-about way) that this will nuke the Registry.
The part you AVOIDED saying is that
ANY PROGRAM THAT MAKES CHANGES TO THE REGISTRY WHEN INSTALLED
WILL HAVE TO BE RE-INSTALLED (AND RE-CONFIGURED)
AND THAT ALL THE SETTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO WINDOWS ITSELF
WILL HAVE TO BE RE-DONE.[1]
You seemed to say that AN INFECTION **may** be the source of the problem
and that a reinstall of Windoze would clear it.
AGAIN, you didn't mention the possibility that
THIS MAY LEAVE BEHIND A PARTICULAR KIND OF INFECTION,
so your solution was ALSO a **may** fix it.
If what you *meant* to say was
**Wipe the drive clean by reparitioning it then reinstalling Windoze;
this will FOR SURE get any infections**, you failed to mention that
EVERY PIECE OF SOFTWARE ON THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE RE-INSTALLED.
THAT is what I mean by *FULL DISCLOSURE*.
Most people WANT TO AVOID REINSTALLING TONS OF APPS if they can.
I said that an *incremental* approach **may** achieve that.
I acknowledge that my timid approach may not work
and that further action may be required.
Getting back to the physician metaphor: FIRST DO NO HARM.
You seem to be grousing about *time invested* by the OP--but you DON'T mention
the actual time that will be required to achieve what you have proposed,
but instead narrowing your focus to Windoze alone.
|[...]I will put my clearly-written advice and suggestions in my column[...]
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For the online-jargon-impaired:
A single item under a topic is called a "post".
The sum of all the posts under that topic is called a "thread".
[1] I would think that people who go about advocating Windoze reinstalls
would include in their advice an admonition to **IMAGE that drive after the intallation**
and keep that duplicate of the drive's image in a safe place
for the NEXT time this happens
as it pre-supposes *routine* infections via poor security via PEBKAC.
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