Noel
Sun Dec 26 03:27:35 CST 2004
"Doc" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:Xns95CBDED35A63Aardvark@news.xtra.co.nz...
> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@btopenworld.com> wrote in
> news:#O4naVy6EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:
>
>> Any clues as to what killed the facility originally?
>
> In the Xma spirit .... no eyed deer's
> It wan't till had the floating clock that I ever wanted to hide the
> systray clock .... and I have tried a ton of share/free ware over the
> years.
Haven't we all! - and none of us has the ideal answer to the inevitable
system degredation that occurs over time:(
About the only true solution is the one you have already found - an image of
the system to fall back to. Even that has its problems, as frequently trial
software only becomes sufficient of a pain to make it worthwwhile to
uninstall, after you've installed a load of other stuff, so you have to keep
multiple images, etc, etc.
>
>> BTW - unless your Upgrade disk was an OEM one, there was no need to
>> install Win98 first, as the Win ME one would have asked for the
>> 'qualifying Product' CD partway through the install to a clean system!
>> (a bit late, I know, but....)
>>
>
> My PC is an HP Pavilion, it came pre-installed with OEM Win98FE and an 'HP
> system recovery' cd. I wasn't even sure if the recovery cd would allow a
> fresh install. A year or so ago I acquired a WinME 'upgrade' cd and
> upgraded to ME (smart move). I wasn't sure if the OEM98 recovery cd would
> be recognised as a qualifying media so took the long option of installing
> 98 first.
AH yes - I misspoke above - The OEM recovery disks can be a PITA, I just
wish that MS put the qualifier check earlier in the process - or even put an
external verifier on the CD, so you could check before you started!!
> As it turns out, that wasn't the 'longest' part of getting my PC back to
> the functionality it had before. <sigh, downloading on dial-up is slow>.
I'm with you there!! - my (a little ealry) Xmas present to myself was an
ADSL connection :)
> Needless to say .. <lesson learnt> .... i now have a 'pristine' image of
> my
> C drive to revert to in future if required.
Good idea! - now you have to remember to update it.
>
> All the best for 2005
>
And to you!
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
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