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 Mar 22 2007, 10:16 PM
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Can you think of any ways he can delete it from his computer? |
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Mar 23 2007, 01:33 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Validating Posts: 224 Joined: 18-January 07 Member No.: 106,976 |
Could you expand a little on the symptoms? If he has reformatted, then it has gone. Is it the bootmng or something similar which is still lurking?
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Mar 23 2007, 07:50 AM
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This may sound like a silly question, but has your friend re-formatted the partition that has Vista installed? With new computers, the mfg usually creates a few partitions and the one with Vista on it needs to be formatted. Remember the "DCF" rule:
Delete, Create, Format the partition. |
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Mar 23 2007, 08:37 AM
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Ive reformatted Vista with no probs!
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Mar 23 2007, 03:04 PM
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 Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Recently I've noticed that a few of the major computer manufacturer's are putting their restore partition as the first partition on the drive (the C: partition), leaving the D: partition for the OS.
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**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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 Mar 23 2007, 03:48 PM
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 Who is running the store? Group: Members Posts: 1,901 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA Member No.: 42,052 |
QUOTE(usasma @ Mar 23 2007, 04:04 PM)  Recently I've noticed that a few of the major computer manufacturer's are putting their restore partition as the first partition on the drive (the C: partition), leaving the D: partition for the OS. Hmm... I wonder if that is technically better than putting the restore partition as the second and leaving the first partition for the OS? --------------------  I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant! |
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Mar 23 2007, 04:01 PM
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I uninstalled my copy of Vista Home Basic only because it Vista is such am memory hog. That and the User Account Control was a major pain in the butt.
So I'm back to XP. -------------------- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 l McAfee Total Protection l Super AntiSpyware Free Edition l AdAware SE Personal l Spyware Blaster l Spyware Guard l Safe Eyes 2007
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Mar 24 2007, 06:38 AM
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Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
You can use most of the same tweaks that were used in XP to decrease memory usage. The most popular are cutting the color quality back on the Display Settings, and setting the system for "Performance" in the System applet in Control Panel.
UAC can be disabled through a registry tweak or through Group Policy - but it's a small price to pay for the added security that it offers. -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Mar 24 2007, 10:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 2-January 07 Member No.: 104,185 |
thank you everyone for helping me here. I dont know that much technical details because he only told me what i told you. Ill direct him to look here and see if your comments have helped. Thank you.
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