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Re: OS Stability concerns (from/was RE: Vision Command)
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 13 May 2003 02:07:53 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, "Rob Limbaugh" <RLimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.com> writes:
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> In my experience, I see the following breakdown:
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> About 85% user initiated--running unknown applications, disabling virus
> scanners, downloading "cracked" software, installing spyware, "deleting"
> files instead of "uninstalling",
Erm, this "deleting" files instead of "uninstalling" them... suppose a person
were to do this... is there an easy way to undo the, uh, deletion? Of course,
I'm asking this hypothetically! :-)
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> If that was useful information to anyone, then great... If not, then my
> apologies.
Information on this could be useful-- hypothetically speaking, of course!
Maggie C.
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 | | Re: OS Stability concerns (from/was RE: Vision Command)
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| (...) It usually depends on the software. The problem is that when you delete the files the computer doesn't realize that the software isn't still installed. Some software will not allow you to reinstall unless the previous copy has been completely (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: OS Stability concerns
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| It's safe to delete files that aren't tied to applications or registered as services or apps within the OS (in Windows, anyway). If you just start deleting DLL and EXE files in the Windows system directories, you can cripple your machine. Deleting a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | OS Stability concerns (from/was RE: Vision Command)
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| Fact is, it doesn't matter what type of computer someone has or the OS on it if hardware and associated resources are not configured properly or if hardware is faulty. I've yet to fix a computer where the problem could be attributed to a "bad OS". (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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