How to reinstall windows xp

Thomas Taylor linxt at comcast.net
Mon Jan 16 01:48:08 UTC 2006


On Sunday 15 January 2006 16:51, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Do you even use XP? Runs well for me, like any tool a lot of it comes
> > down to the user who has control of it.
>
> My job is to support XP - I look after over 500 boxes and 60 odd members
> of staff plus almost 2000 students. It gives me no end of headaches, so
> I retreat to my lovely warm desk where FC5t1 is running without a hitch.
> It says something that my x86 box which has gone from RH6 to FC4 before
> it bit the dust is still the same spec as it always was whereas the
> Win32 boxes keep having to go up and up and up while security and
> reliability drop faster than SCO's stock price.
>
> It's not a case of choice any more - there is none. If I want it to
> work, I don't go near a Windows box.
>
> TTFN
>
> Paul
> --
> "wir kamen, wir sahen, wir traten ihren Esel" - Dr Venkman, Ghostbusters

What I find interesting is that so many organizations still prefer Win 2000 
over WinXP for stability/security reasons.  Many Win2K systems (when PROPERLY 
administered - difficult) are at least relative stable and secure.  Not up to 
linux standards of course.

-- 
Tom Taylor
Linux user #263467
Federal Way, WA









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