Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows
Bart Silverstrim
bsilver at chrononomicon.com
Mon Oct 25 10:47:28 PDT 2004
On Oct 25, 2004, at 1:33 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> I was referring to problems that require a bit of esoteric knowledge
> about how
> things work but not really a reinstallation of the entire system, i.e.:
I realize that...at the same time, I don't blame the techs working on
Windows that end up reinstalling in lieu of other choices. It's
trained. There are so many oddball interactions and cruft that builds
up in the system that reinstalling fixes, it's a HUGE timesaver when
troubleshooting systems compared to the preferred "what's making this
happen?" investigative repairs. If you're fixing a client's computer
it can really help on their bill too...2 hours of wipe/reinstall/driver
hunting is better for most of them than 8 hours of googling, registry
pruning, etc...especially if in the end you end up having to do the
wipe/reinstall anyway.
Windows just encourages the wipe/reinstall method because of it's
quirks and sloppy management tools and security. Usually it's the
biggest timesaver to do that. Of course, it depends on the
circumstances.
-Bart
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