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| Thread ID: 33945 | 2003-05-30 10:33:00 | Should I reformat and reinstall windows? | somebody (208) | Press F1 |
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| 148648 | 2003-05-30 10:33:00 | I have a semi-new computer (bought Jan 02) running WinXP Home - with SP1 Installed. Situation: *Every time I try to run Netmeeting the computer freezes up and I have to hit reset *Every time I try to run Remote Assistance the computer freezes, and I have to reset *Quite often, after I log in, it freezes before all the icons in the system tray are loaded (actually none of the icons loaded) *System is unstable, freezes or crashes quite often *I have lost my taskbar - the bit between the start button/quicklaunch and the system tray (as I have mentioned in a previous post) So... what do you guys think? Should I reformat and reinstall windows? Or should I not bother with the effort |
somebody (208) | ||
| 148649 | 2003-05-30 10:38:00 | Do a search for XP SP1 on PF1 and or patch. There have been major problems for some with SP1 slowing comps down to a crawl. Cheers Murray P |
Muzzer (238) | ||
| 148650 | 2003-05-30 14:23:00 | Personally i format at the drop of a hat. But i think thats probally a charecter flaw rather then anything else. heh,my last format was last week inbetween posts on this forum. Do it. Actually, no comment. |
metla (154) | ||
| 148651 | 2003-05-30 14:25:00 | actually,just load sp1 onto it again. It does wonders. |
metla (154) | ||
| 148652 | 2003-05-30 21:50:00 | Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try reloading SP1. I'm also just backing up all my stuff in case I decide to reformat. | somebody (208) | ||
| 148653 | 2003-05-31 01:29:00 | i know people who reformat every week! personally i format every 6 months or so, just to get rid of all those redundant shareware programs, etc. |
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