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From: Peter B. Steiger on 4 Feb 2010 12:13
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:20:43 -0800, John Aldrich sez:
> If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. If you
> have a suggestion for a better group, I'm all ears.

This fixes PC performance issues, even totally unresponsive OS problems,
every time:
http://www.ubuntu.com/

Just sayin'...

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Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY
From: Graham on 4 Feb 2010 12:41
Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> I would start by wiping the computer and reinstalling the OS, given that
> it's a new computer. The OEM undoubtedly has a recovery DVD for the
> purpose.

These days, quite likely not. You often have to create them yourself
from the running system, or order and pay for them. It's a good idea to
make it the first thing you do of course. Current Thinkpads can create a
W7 recovery USB drive, but it needs at least a 16GB USB drive to do it.

Graham.
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 4 Feb 2010 13:09
Goes to show. I never buy OEM licenses, except if a laptop comes with it.
Then I get the lowest / cheapest one I can and use my own copies of Windows
7 Ultimate or Enterprise, depending on which machine it is.

The OEM has an obligation to provide SOME way to recover. Or media to do it.
Or the actual OEM media. (this last almost never happens.) Some of those
ways may require the user to have actually done something (like burn a DVD
or USB stick.) But however it has to be done, the only way I would touch
this machine is to wipe it.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Graham" <norrisg(a)nospam.linkline.com> wrote in message
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> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> I would start by wiping the computer and reinstalling the OS, given that
>> it's a new computer. The OEM undoubtedly has a recovery DVD for the
>> purpose.
>
> These days, quite likely not. You often have to create them yourself from
> the running system, or order and pay for them. It's a good idea to make it
> the first thing you do of course. Current Thinkpads can create a W7
> recovery USB drive, but it needs at least a 16GB USB drive to do it.
>
> Graham.

From: David B. on 4 Feb 2010 14:17
A useless and irrelevant reply... Just sayin'

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"Peter B. Steiger" <see.sig(a)for.email.address> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:20:43 -0800, John Aldrich sez:
>> If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. If you
>> have a suggestion for a better group, I'm all ears.
>
> This fixes PC performance issues, even totally unresponsive OS problems,
> every time:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/
>
> Just sayin'...
>
> --
> Peter B. Steiger
> Cheyenne, WY

From: Peter B. Steiger on 4 Feb 2010 17:06
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:17:54 -0500, David B. sez:
> A useless and irrelevant reply... Just sayin'

Rebuke accepted. As many useful replies as I have received here
(including from you), I shouldn't have let personal agenda get in the
way. Although I actually did revive a friend's dead computer that way
last month, which is what brought my flippant response to mind in the
first place.

Anyhow, I'll probably be begging for help often enough around here, so
I'll make a point of keeping any replies on topic.

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Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY
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