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Apparently, though unproven, at 00:01 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Dale did |
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opine thusly: |
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> OK. I took a nap and it seems everyone on the list wanted to chime in. |
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> lol This is one reason I posted here. I knew I would get at least a |
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> few replies. Just picking one to reply to so not pointing at Alan here. |
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> First, the drive is not full. It has about 30% or so left. I think the |
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> virus broke something and I don't have the OS media to reinstall. If I |
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> had my way, that puter would have Linux and a root password that only I |
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> know. |
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> Second, it has not been kept up to date for sure. They are little kids, |
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> oldest is getting about old enough to understand how to maintain things |
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> tho. |
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> Third, I'm not going to go to to much trouble with this thing and trying |
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> to get it back to shiny new. If it doesn't work to their liking, I'll |
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> tell them to get a CD/DVD with the install on it or I can put Linux on |
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> it for free. Let them decide. |
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> One post mentioned that this needs to be reinstalled, I AGREE. |
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Same here. I find this approach workable: |
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Tell them the machine needs an OS re-install. They can pick |
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Windows - which they will pay for |
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Linux - it's free |
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Either way they will lose their data. Give them that choice and let them |
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decide for themselves. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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