How often do you reinstall windows?

[iMav]

which theory is that u want to talk abt all that aur naam mera le rahe ho waah waah

 

[praka123]

someone is pwned

 

[iMav]

who bhai daaru billi ke haath mein hai aur chadi aap ko hai

 

[din]

@iMav

LOL, now don't get mad, was just kidding only.

When I came back to Thinkdigit after a long break we had a small fight like I asked u to stick on to some topic (I think it was some Vista thread that gone to Karan Johar etc etc ) and you told me the discussion will go wherever we take it.

Eventhough I objected at that time, I agree on that now

 

[iMav]

me not mad i know that is why i told u threads go here there everywhere and wen i say everywhere i mean everywhere

 

[Kiran.dks]

Stop spamming guys.

 

[vaithy]

Hello!

When I bought my newcomputer with winXP preinstalled, after six months, when my system refuse to boot I have to call the Vendor..He has taken the hard disk saying that the hard disk was worthless, since it attacked by boot sector virus.. that was my first lesson in Windows kindergarden... after replaced by new hard disk it happened to be frequently from 3 to 5 months.. after dual booting with fedora and Suse it happened to dragg at least 7 to 10 months( it seems linux automatically dosfsck it and correct the problems if any but not wholly..
Next stage is When I purchase this compaq laptop with windows VISTA, and it didn't survive not more than One month.. Other Linux OS are working beautifully, even my children who love Windows Games, and strangulated me whenever I mess with Windows XP, are now not worrying with windows anymore, because they found Ubuntu , and mandriva distros are more interesting so they are probing it,so without reinstalling Vista with my recovery cds, I kept Vista in the BSD ( not Blue Screen Death but Black Screen Death, in Vista expect the black screen announing some files are corrupt or missing reinstall or contact...blah..blah..) So there is no question of reinstalling Vista now..

with regards,
vaithy

 

[Hitboxx]

Its been 4 years since I installed WindowsXP, never did it again, except when I upgraded my cpu to a C2D, didn't even re-install then, just connected the hardware, XP refused to boot, did a quick repair and all was well. I don't even have any antivirus installed much less any other bloatware.

Reason is very simple, I use Linux for everything except gaming online which I've been doing everynight for the past 3 years on Windows.

 

[Kiran.dks]

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8 ) I don't use any anti virus which helps in keeping the system fast. Who needs an AV.

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Wht? Not using a AV and still running well for years? Do u use ur PC?

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^don't be astonished...he has a god sent PC

 

[praka123]

^ne! he removes viruses manually by handpicking

 

[iMav]

well i too dont remmber wen avast alarmed me its more a precaution than a necessity as long as u know where ur clicking u dont need an av also and there are many users on our forums itself who also dont use an av

 

[Third Eye]

and there are many users on our forums itself who also dont use an av

Yeah like me.

 

[vish786]

How the hack do u guys use your system? Don't u ever clean your system for temp files etc, it only takes 4 mins weekly using CCleaner & TuneUp utilities Registry cleaner, & perfectdisk.

Whats the point of reinstalling WIndows? I m still using Vista installed in november 2006

saale kitna jut balata hai tu... nark mein jayega

^ne! he removes viruses manually by handpicking

as if he's picking vegetables in market. .... ah yeh raha "Aalu"... arre "pyaash" kaha jale gaya

 

[Gigacore]

I Installed Windows XP (Without any service packs) in 2005 and updated it with SP1 in January 2006. . . and installed SP2 in June 2006, since then no major updates expect few security patches. . the system runs as smooth as silk . .

 

[SunnyChahal]

i also didnt use any AV till yesterday.i had to reninstall my win every 2-3 weeks.but now i am using zone alarm.i think it will make my windows last long.

@gx_saurav-yaar,vista from nov 06?how cud it last so long?Vista is so crappy to last even 2 months.

@gigacore-mann,which system cleaners,antivirus u use?

 

[Gigacore]

Why wont some guys wont use AV ?

 

[praka123]

^to prove their faith in their religion pioneered by el Billgateso owned microsoft.
but they do have AV's.plain lieing!

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Its been almost 2 years since I installed XP on my PC and its been running smooth since then...
Before that I messed up my HDD by not properly installing linux so had to format...
I never "reinstalled" windows because it became slow or anything like that...
Viruses dont sneek into my system thanx to NOD32!

 

[iMav]

@abtom: vista is no more in beta