Installing Windows (was: RE: APPLEVISION Monitor)

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue May 7 12:22:25 2002

  I've had to reinstall WinTrash 98 at least six times in the past two weeks due to network problems and Robert is correct. Not only do you have to manually input all that stuff but you also have to tell it to add drivers for MODEMs, network cards, Video cards etc etc etc and you have to insert and remove their driver disks frequently along with repeatedly swappin the Win install disks in and out. Further WinTrash frequently can't find the drivers on the disks so you have to search for the files manually and manually enter the full path name for the files. THEN you have to reinstall all of your applications and reset all your favorites, server names and addresses, remove the trash MS applications that WinBlows installs, configure the desktop, add virus protection, firewalls, etc etc. It takes at least a day to get a DECENT system configured and running.

   However from what I've seen of Linux and most other Unixs, WinBlows is still faster and easier to install for 99.99% of the people. ?NIX is just too cryptic and it seldom comes with hard copies of documentation. (Exactly how are you supposed to refer to documentation or help files when the application/system isn't running? Both ?NIX and MS are lousy in this regard!)


   Joe


At 08:22 AM 5/7/02 -0600, Robert wrote:
>Having just (re)installed Win95 twice in 3 weeks on reformatted hard drives
>(trying to install Adaptec CD burning software trashed Windows so badly that
>I had to reformat the drive to clean up the mess), I can say that an
>installation is not one keystroke. You have to agree to the EULA, enter the
>serial number, select the install directory, select the type of install, and
>must reboot at least once in the process.
>
>Also, by the way, Win95B is OSR2, IIRC.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:21 AM
>To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
>
>
>I agree it's a pain to babysit the Windows installation if you have to. An
>installation on a bare drive is just one keystroke and a 40-minute wait,
>during which you can go out to lunch. It's simply going to assume the
>defaults when you do that but at least you get to eat lunch.
>
>What's really awful is when you upgrade, say, from 95B to 95OSR2, having
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Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 12:22:25 BST