To be fair, it's less work for everyone involved to format and re-install, even if you can manually fix something major. And with a Windows box you'll probably have to re-install sometime in the next 5 years anyways.
Reinstall? I think it would probably take me months to re-install all my programs, fight with the companies that have "activation" while attempting to explain why I need to re-active the old program, maybe $100's or $1000's to re-purchase the software where I was unsuccessful at fighting with the companies that have the "activation" nonsense, re-install stuff, and just generally get my computer back to the way it was. I have LOTS of stuff on my computer - my backup file is around 800 Gb, and it doesn't
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday June 29, 2018 @10:44AM (#56865338)
Reinstall? I think it would probably take me months to re-install all my programs, fight with the companies that have "activation" while attempting to explain why I need to re-active the old program, maybe $100's or $1000's to re-purchase the software where I was unsuccessful at fighting with the companies that have the "activation" nonsense,
Ah yes, the pitfalls of paying for software. If those licences are worth anything to you - keep receipts to show those companies when you need to. It isn't just malware destroying computers - they break when some internal component gets too old.
One of the upsides of open source - not only is it free in the first place, but no 'activation nonsense', no 'licence management', no 'paying again' when you couldn't prove ownership after the disk broke . . .
Nuke & Pave (Score:0)
How about you *don't* go to their forum and instead format everything and start again.
Re: Nuke & Pave (Score:1)
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To be fair, it's less work for everyone involved to format and re-install, even if you can manually fix something major. And with a Windows box you'll probably have to re-install sometime in the next 5 years anyways.
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Reinstall? I think it would probably take me months to re-install all my programs, fight with the companies that have "activation" while attempting to explain why I need to re-active the old program, maybe $100's or $1000's to re-purchase the software where I was unsuccessful at fighting with the companies that have the "activation" nonsense, re-install stuff, and just generally get my computer back to the way it was. I have LOTS of stuff on my computer - my backup file is around 800 Gb, and it doesn't
Re: Nuke & Pave (Score:0, Informative)
Reinstall? I think it would probably take me months to re-install all my programs, fight with the companies that have "activation" while attempting to explain why I need to re-active the old program, maybe $100's or $1000's to re-purchase the software where I was unsuccessful at fighting with the companies that have the "activation" nonsense,
Ah yes, the pitfalls of paying for software. If those licences are worth anything to you - keep receipts to show those companies when you need to. It isn't just malware destroying computers - they break when some internal component gets too old.
One of the upsides of open source - not only is it free in the first place, but no 'activation nonsense', no 'licence management', no 'paying again' when you couldn't prove ownership after the disk broke . . .