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
Reinstall? I'd rather buy a whole new computer and start from scratch, and that's saying something since this one is high-end and cost near $4K to build 3 years ago.
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 . ..
This Winlink [winlink.org]? It looks like there are plenty of options. Even so, slapping it in a vm that you can snapshot and maintain would be way less work then maintaining your behemoth pc.
The client software absolutely has to do Winmore and Ardop, and you can see that the only one that does is the Windows software.
Then of course there is the other Windows-only stuff like my Nikon camera utilities, Photoshop Elements, Office 365 (did they make it Linux yet? Maybe... don't want to lose VBA), and so forth.
Since I have a mortally wounded computer from the last Wi
When you decide to throw away your $4,000 computer to solve your Windows glitch, can I have it? I'll actually come to your house and pick it up, if you live in North America.
I'll have both the crippled computer & the new linux computer simultaneously. If I can get the new linux computer to do what I want, I'll likely convert the old one to linux too, except it'd likely be several years of learning and experimentation to get the windows software to cooperate so the old computer might really be obsolete by then anyway. Anyway, I'd find a way to sell it as parts... 850 watt PS, 32Gb ram, core i7, blue ray burner, etc.
You said you have an 800GB backup, so does that mean you're using imaging backup software like Acronis? If so, what are you bitching about app reinstall for? If not, why the fuck aren't you?
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How about you *don't* go to their forum and instead format everything and start again.
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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
where do you find the time? (Score:1)
Your reply seemed like an incredible hassle.
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Reinstall? I'd rather buy a whole new computer and start from scratch, and that's saying something since this one is high-end and cost near $4K to build 3 years ago.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
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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,
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 . . .
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No, not that one, that's gateway software. I need client software. These are the available clients:
https://www.winlink.org/Client... [winlink.org]
The client software absolutely has to do Winmore and Ardop, and you can see that the only one that does is the Windows software.
Then of course there is the other Windows-only stuff like my Nikon camera utilities, Photoshop Elements, Office 365 (did they make it Linux yet? Maybe... don't want to lose VBA), and so forth.
Since I have a mortally wounded computer from the last Wi
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I'll have both the crippled computer & the new linux computer simultaneously. If I can get the new linux computer to do what I want, I'll likely convert the old one to linux too, except it'd likely be several years of learning and experimentation to get the windows software to cooperate so the old computer might really be obsolete by then anyway. Anyway, I'd find a way to sell it as parts... 850 watt PS, 32Gb ram, core i7, blue ray burner, etc.
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