Re: Problems with MCE

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FreeComputerConsultant.com wrote:

Good points, all. I often forget about the international aspects
especially.
Thank you for your polite and well thought out response.


You're welcome, and thank you for understanding and your equally polite
response. I don't have any problem with anybody disagreeing with my
viewpoint on anything as long as we can all be polite and civil to each
other.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
FreeComputerConsultant.com wrote:

So, you don't think years of installing and uninstalling misbehaved
software, not to mention effects of malware, leaves behind garbage -
in the registry, on the drive, etc., that is best done without by
way of a clean install?


No, only rarely is any of that an issue. Again, because Windows XP
replaces almost everything.

However, since you mention malware, I'll add one other point--that
the time when an upgrade is least likely to work successfully is
when you have a problem-ridden system. Those people who contemplate
doing an upgrade as a means of solving problems (and there are
unfortunately many) are likely to find that the upgrade exacerbates
the problems rather than solving them.
Certainly you know what happens to the size of the registry over the
course of a couple of years; and that a larger registry loads more
slowly? And that an upgrade doesn't fix that, but a clean install
does?
Come on, Ken.

I'd love to hear the other MVP's chime in. But google it and you'll
find I'm far from alone on this one.


I never suggested that you were alone. It's actually a common
viewpoint. It's one that I used to have myself, back in the days of
Windows 9x, when it was largely correct. But things have changed
with Windows XP, and those many people who still believe it just
don't realize how significantly they have changed.

And by the way, how many people believe something is completely
irrelevant to whether it's true or not. As a single Windows-related
example, I'll point out that that the great majority of Windows XP
users mistakenly believe that it's not possible to do a clean
installation with an Upgrade version of Windows XP.



Yes, vehemently. That's because there's nothing to prefer.<<
And BTW, as long as it's a free country (maybe not much longer) I
can prefer what I want, even though it's "essentially" the same as
something else, in your opinion.


You are absolutely correct. You may prefer whatever you want, and
you may even recommend to others what you prefer and believe, on any
subject. I have no quarrel with that; you are certainly free to
express your opinions. Each of us (you, I, and anyone else here with
an opinion) may present different opinions and recommendations.
Others may assess each of our opinions and choose who to believe.

However, just as you are free to advise and recommend, others are
too. So don't be surprised, when you recommend something that I (or
anyone else) disagree with, that a contrary opinion is expressed.

And for the record, this is not a free country, or any country at
all. This is an *international* newsgroup, where people who live in
*many* different countries participate.


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