Hmmmm--just thinking you could have used the XPSetup w/SP3 slipstreamed in that G helped me create in September. It was an interesting procedure and fun to do but I could never do it again without G guiding me every step of the way. I needed it at the time to run ScanDisk but I don't remember what problem we were trying to solve at the time. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <thebullhornsbest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:14 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Just an observation (Windows XP-ish) > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > About 2.5 years ago I purchased a Toshiba notebook computer. It was the > last one that had XP Pro Media Edition on it; I got it instead of getting > Vista Home Edition. Tonight I had to do a "fresh install," taking it back > to factory setting, then start doing the Windows "mandatory" updates. > Several hours later, I have installed 158 security updates (and I'm on my > third reboot and only up to Service Pack 2). Boy, oh, boy. What does > that > say about M$ when they release a product (bearing in mind that XP was > originally release in 2001 and I bought the computer in 2007, so all the > updates from 2001-2007 should have *already* been in the factory > installation. > > > > Just something to think about, or, in musical terms, "things that make you > go 'hmmmm'," > > > > Larry > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > OR > To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to > pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To > unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject. > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 01:35:00 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------