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Clean Install: A completely new installation of an operating system or application. To clean install an OS, the hard disk is formatted and completely erased. To clean install an application,...; Full Clean Install Definition >>

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Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time: If the "Vista sucks" movement has a public face, it's the Sony Vaio. No one knows that better than my new friend Jeremy Toeman. In May 2007, this 15-year Windows veteran replaced his old, beloved, XP-powered Vaio with a newer Vaio that came with Windows Vista Business installed. Practically overnight,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-21
The Vista license "loophole" that isn't: Software licensing is often hard to understand. But that's no excuse for so-called Windows experts to deliberately publish sensational stories that turn the facts upside-down. I'm talking about the fuss that Scott Dunn and Brian Livingston kicked up in yesterday's version of the Windows Secrets newsletter, in...; Tags: License Agreement, Clean Install, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Scott Dunn, Nothing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-04
I got bitten by the Apple Leopard blue screen problem: I got bitten by the Apple Leopard blue screen problemWhere are all the Mac fanbois lambasting Apple for this?No surprise...they'll somehow spin this into a non-issue and somehow different because it's Apple.Clean install is the only way to upgradeI hate to say it, but that is the only thing that...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., clean install; Discussion threads 2007-10-27
Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educators: Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educatorsOld wisdom...Upgrading is always a bad idea, for any operating system under the sun. At worst you encounter strange problems, at best you always have some debris left on your system. A clean install is therefore always preferable.I always say: if you want a...; Tags: BIOS, RAID, OPEN SOURCE, clean install, Upgrading, educator, Novell OpenSuse, mixed bag; Discussion threads 2007-10-08
Vista Hands On #4: clean install with an upgrade key: Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade keyIs it pirating if...So Technically you can build a PC from scratch with no OS then buy the Vista upgrade to install the evaluation version then upgrade said version? Technically isn't that still pirating as you don't have a license for...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), security, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Hands-On, Microsoft Windows, clean install; Discussion threads 2007-02-15

Vista Hands On #4: clean install with an upgrade key: Ive been reading the breathless reports from other websites this week about the "Vista upgrade loophole." Most of it is typical echo-chamber stuff, and most of the reports Ive read so far have gotten the basic facts wrong. The Setup feature theyre describing isnt a loophole at all. Its a...; Tags: Tips, Windows Vista; Blog posts 2007-02-15
Vista Hands On #2: A no-fuss, nondestructive clean install: Vista Hands On #2: A no-fuss, nondestructive clean installWelcome to Mac OS 9I can't believe Windows users have never been able to do this. We Mac users have been taking this feature for granted for decades.I'll stick with reformatting thank youOne of the things installing a new OS gives...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 2000, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive, clean install; Discussion threads 2007-02-14
News to know: Microsoft security; Sun's rapid patch; Vista clean install: Notable headlines:Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw. What the UAC hole is really about. Sun rushes out patch for Solaris Telnet exploit.Patch Day coverage:Microsoft’s Patch Day: Is there a better way?MS Patch Tuesday: 12 bulletins, 6 critical, 20 vulnerabilities. No Vista fixes in Microsofts dirty dozen. Vista...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-02-14
Vista Hands On #2: A no-fuss, nondestructive clean install: Thanks to the radically revised Setup program in Windows Vista, Windows users can safely discard one of the basic tenets that have governed installation decisions since the beginning of the Windows era. Thats right - you can now safely point Windows Setup to a partition on which Windows is already...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-02-13
More on Windows Vista and crapware: More on Windows Vista and crapwareCrapwareCrapware? Wipe that smirk off your face Ed! Shame on you!OK, so it is.I recently purchased an HP Pavilion dv2000z with, of course, Windows Media Center XP installed. It of course came up with more than half of the desktop filled with...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, New PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, crapware, clean install, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, disk, KDE, ATI Technologies Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-01-11
Sound muting and other Vista 5728 changes of note: Sound muting and other Vista 5728 changes of note2 ???Bill Gates is going to Rid the WORLD of poverty, and MY IE DOESN'T WORK, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR HELP.Gates made ALL his money, selling INCOMPLETE SOFTWARE, AND THEN CHARGING TO GET IT FIXED.Why do they ALWAYS...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate communications, clean install, Vista 5728, RC1, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2006-09-24

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Opera Mini 4.1 comes out of beta and earns a spot as my right soft key shortcut: It was only a month ago that I mentioned the release of Opera Mini 4.1 beta and today I received the announcement that the full release of Opera Mini 4.1 is now available to download and install for free. It is so good that it has now earned a place...; Tags: Opera Software, Channel Management, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
That Florida beach isn't just sand, it could be a lot of crap: Now that you've read the headline, here's the brutal research result: fecal bacteria are likely lurking in that sunny beach where you've lain in the sun. Seems those micro-organisms can find the damp sand about as comfortable a medium as, say, some human's lower intestine.The research also indicates that...; Tags: Bacteria, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft plugs Office leaks; Delivers 4 critical patches: Microsoft on Tuesday delivered four critical patches for vulnerabilities Office and Windows XP. There were six patches delivered. Here's a look by the CVE: CVE-2008-1091: Microsoft patched an object parsing vulnerability in Microsoft Word. Affected software includes Office 2000, 2003 and 2007. Microsoft explains:...; Tags: Microsoft Word, Attacker, Microsoft Office, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Zero Day Initiative, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
A U.S military botnet in the works: Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...; Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media Player 11 with XP SP3 slipstream ISO: OK, I just knew that posting a how-to looking at the XP SP3 slipstream process was going to generate a number of questions, but I hadn't expected anywhere near as many as I've had. Skimming through the list, I've shortlisted the top four questions peppering my inbox....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Mozilla Firefox, Windows Media, Slipstream, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, ISO, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows XP, Iso standards, Microsoft Windows, Process Improvement, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-12
New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released: Microsoft released a new version of Windows Presentation Foundation, their next generation windows application UI framework. The new version will ship as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Tim Sneath has a very long and detailed post of the features but I'll try and break down the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Creating an XP SP3 slipstreamed ISO file: If you are not a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then getting your hands on a copy of Windows XP with SP3 means having to do some legwork yourself (or shell out for a new license ... but I'm assuming that you have better things to spend your money on!). ...; Tags: CD, ISO, nLite, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows XP, Quality, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Tiger Woods Caddie 08 (zip): TW Caddie 08 is a utility to install, add, delete, remove uninstall custom courses and libraries for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08. Without it you will not be able to install custom courses or user created courses and libraries for the Course Architect. Mod such things as the Course Logo,...; Tags: Stock, Library, Course, CourseDownloads.com, TW Caddie 08, Investment, Finance; Software downloads 2008-05-12