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# TODAY, I REINSTALLED WINDOWS AGAIN.
I AM NOT BEST PLEASED.

A WYH TO THE FIRST THING I SEE UPON LOGGING IN.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:34, archived)
# coulda been
a redex
(I helped save b3ta! Frumbert has no sig, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:35, archived)
# I would have raged at you then. RAGE STOMP STOMP STOMP.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:39, archived)
# Vista failed?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:42, archived)
# Actually, XP.
So far over the past 2 days, I've repaired it once, formatted my drives twice and installed it fresh twice, and then this morning it corrupted on my C:\ drive, so I've installed it on D:\ and formatted the C:\ partition.

It's getting silly. I got a call from Dell though and my new PC will be here Monday. With Vista.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:44, archived)
# and then the hell begins
:D

I've had to reinstall twice

something that worked straight away before now just plum won't fucking work at all and the installer was even bursting into flames too

bloody crappy fucking shitty computers
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:51, archived)
# Oh shit.
I'm going to get raped by it, aren't I?
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:55, archived)
# nah
i got a dell with vista on it and it's ok. just reinstall it as soon as you get it to clear out dell's enormously irritating programs, and their stupid service partition that's about the most useless thing in the world, and then it works fine. except for the audio, which is shit.


edit: plus if you were as silly as me and accepted their default broadcom wireless card you've no truck putting linux on the machine, and even putting xp on is an entertaining task leading to a couple of delightful weekends and then deleting xp
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:58, archived)
# Ah, I doubt I'll get a install disc. I'll just partition magic it away and kill off the lousy Dell rubbish. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:03, archived)
# A very wise move
I left it about five months before clearing out Dell's nonsense. It runs rather better now.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:04, archived)
# it's 50/50
some people fucking love it

some people fucking hate it

which one are you? :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:01, archived)
# SAM.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:06, archived)
# Have fun with Vista's shit audio support on Dell
/not at all bitter about expensive Creative Labs sound card not actually being able to record what it's currently playing despite a cheap PCI128 on Windows 98 being able to do this eight years ago blog
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:57, archived)
# but it empowers you to leverage new levels of DRM
and fuck all else
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:02, archived)
# YAY FOR DRM!
No, wait, what am I saying?
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:03, archived)
# Just so long as you don't manage to somehow copy some small part of an HD DVD, such as the audio
that's all that matters.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:05, archived)
# I'd totally read that if I had Acrobat installed.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:07, archived)
# Well, there's also a boring version
www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
With no jokes or pictures.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:14, archived)
# cock guzzling spunktrumpets
the lot of them
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:53, archived)
# The most irritating thing
is that it makes graphic and sound cards and so forth - for any OS - more expensive, less powerful, and less likely to work, all in the name of stopping Vista users doing something.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 13:09, archived)