Re: [PCWorks] Repairing XP pro
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:16:59 -0500
I wonder how often this scenario might play out. I would think repair
installs happen very seldom, and conventional wisdom suggests we should
back up everything before undertaking one, but I can see myself skipping
this step prior to knowing about this IE7 mess.
I wonder if that means Explorer won't work either?
It looks like the biggest loss would be time, in most cases, but that's
not always a trivial loss.
I see yet another gain for Linux and Macintosh here. I've never been a
MS basher, but you gotta' wonder just what's going on with those folks.
Chuck M Harris wrote:
> Hi all,
> I mentioned the Dell CD because I've had no trouble with it when doing
> repair installs on Dells (until IE7 reared its ugly non-repairing head).
> I've typically had exactly the opposite result when using the same or
> different product keys with retail and OEM versions of XP CDs that Clint
> and Hugh have experienced. As I recall, Microsoft started the activation
> process with XP so as to keep OS pirating in check. (I am not suggesting
> that anyone on the list is pirating XP). It does occur to me though that
> Microsoft is looking at a potentially massive lawsuit regarding the
> problem of repair installs and IE7. Most endusers who have XP (with SP2)
> will also have Automatic Updates turned on. Therefore they will have had
> IE7 installed/pushed on them as a direct result. Some people will see
> this whole process as another BS method by Microsoft to force people to
> take drastic, time consuming and possibly expensive actions such as: 1)
> backing everything up, formatting and reinstalling XP and all their
> programs and data backups plus all the updates, or 2) feel forced to
> jettison XP and upgrade to Vista (maybe along with a new computer). It is
> true that Microsoft and large computer manufacturing companies would
> stand to profit under this scenario.
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