tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385015271986022927.post3712536596385918766..comments2019-04-01T05:43:32.578-04:00Comments on Free and Priceless: Windows done Wrong (pg. 2)HackingYodelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11013171232842546640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385015271986022927.post-47934677425010396642007-07-03T15:31:00.000-04:002007-07-03T15:31:00.000-04:00Probably what you wanted to do was to create a sli...Probably what you wanted to do was to create a slipstreamed Windows XP SP2 CD. Something like <A HREF="http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/faq/" REL="nofollow">Bart's PE Builder</A> would have saved you a lot of time (rebooting, not downloading).<BR/><BR/>I keep an XPSP2 image with updates right up to a reasonably current IE7 so that I don't have to go through this. My reason is that downloads are slow in my location, the best I can hope for is about 30K/sec which makes keeping ISO images around quite important.<BR/><BR/>I think you are making a mistake by having to choose OSes. Next time get a Macbook or something and run your alternate OSes as virtualized systems. Your investment into RAM and a big hard disk will reap many happy computing days, especially when you aren't doing virtualization, which is generally most of the time, once one has decided on a favored OS/operating environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385015271986022927.post-44711491590322952132007-07-02T00:54:00.000-04:002007-07-02T00:54:00.000-04:00I've had to reload Windows XP for two of my friend...I've had to reload Windows XP for two of my friends - one because he felt a two year old expired anti-virus was good enough, the other because Google Desktop hosed hi system. In both cases a reload was required. And yes a multitude of maintenance and countless reboots were required. Took one complete day to do for each. One lost his Windows CD and waiting for MickySoft to send a replacement, not to mention some receipt of my order. The other lost his CD as well (Dell) and received it in quick order, but alas, no maintenance installed on it. Thank God I there is Linux and I use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com