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Hi,

I ran DOS 6, for YEARS, and
never had to reinstall the OS,
except when a HDD wore out.
I don't remember EVER
keeping a spare copy of the OS,
because another re-install is
always a few weeks away.

WinXP, and the internet, has
turned using a computer, into a
full-time occupation.

I don't suppose DOS 6, would
be any better off, against
sabotage; but at least I could
look at the file dates, and
sizes, and know what to replace.

I'm also running a fee for
service, firewall/AV app
recommended by MS - and not only
has it - not - solved my
problems; but it fails to accept
the software key, and when it
accepted it, on my backup copy of
Windows; it is reading a
two-year subscription, as a one
year subscription!

I'm running a fee for
service, spyware application, but
"hackers" seem to have no trouble
constantly destroying my
settings, and making Windows die
young.
And the anti-spyware, may be
what's killing my chkdsk
utility.

SFC seems like a step, in
the right direction, but it is
falling short.
sfc /scannow isn't helping.

Now, I just did a re-install
of WinXP, trying to fix my
primary copy, and wear, and
handling, have brought the CD, to
such a state, that it's not
reading netcomm.dll, and
msoe.dll.

And even after this latest
re-install, My primary copy,
still won't connect to my ISP.
Y'no - I don't have a
single "internet-aware"
application - that works as well
as the old DOS applications did.
(Actually works.)

I ran Desqview, and got all
of the benefits I've found so
far, in WinXP - and only
reinstalled it, when a hard drive
went belly-up.
(Pre-internet.)

Maybe we need a law - that
software cannot require, or use
an internet connection, to do
anything resembling the
validation of software, over a
live connection ?

REALLY(!) Sick of badly written
software,
Ken .
.

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