On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:59:32 -0400, Jimmy Brush wrote:
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> Bill wrote:[color=green]
>> My customer has had Vista for three months. He called me. Vista is in
>> an endless loop. The Windows Explorer fails repeatedly and restarts.
>> If you are lucky, the loop will last long enough to see that one of the
>> anti virus programs has identified a virus. It was too stupid to
>> prevent the virus from infecting the system. With a great deal of
>> effort, I was able to run msconfig from the task manager, but to no
>> avail. Windows explorer continues to fail repeatedly. I tried
>> restoring to an earlier date. This attempt also failed. The restore
>> function is broken and the shadow is not working correctly. It may
>> have been broken by the virus, for all I know. I tried restoring the
>> system using F11, but the customer had ignorantly formatted the restore
>> partition (Compaq). There is no restore cdroms. He didn't get any and
>> he didn't make any. At this point, he can order the restore disks from
>> Compaq,
>> and
>> he can use his computer in the meanwhile with an installation of
>> PCLINUXOS.
>> I may tell him to try out Linux before ordering the disks.
>>
>> A number of my customers have shown a great deal of excitement, when
>> they first see the Linux desktop. They find the gui easier to use than
>> Windows. Of course, I spend a little time setting it up for them.
>>
>>
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> A friend of mine just had the same problem - he was tricked into
> installing a virus while he was browsing myspace.
>
> System restore worked perfectly for him.
>
> All the security in the world won't protect you from yourself,
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As you can see from my post, I had tried all the options. Nothing
worked. Right now I am downloading loads of programs and games for my
customer. The only problem that I have experienced so far...was locating
the drivers for his wifi. The device was clearly identified in the
control center, so I could look for a specific device (Dell 1390 wlan).
I downloaded the driver from Dell (although it was a Compaq), used Ark to
extract the files, and then used ndiswrapper to install it to Linux. It
worked immediately and asked if the wireless network detected was
correct. I used the resources for finding the driver from Sourceforce.
I have spent as much time in the past looking for and installing a driver
for Windows XP. The rest of the drivers for this brand new Compaq were
built-in except for the Video Drivers which were installed with one click
in Synaptic. I have noticed a big speed increase when using Linux over
XP or Vista. Programs load fast.

It took over two hours last night to install Windows XP from Hp restore
DVD-Roms on another new computer (hard drive died). It took another 30
minutes to remove the craplets. It took 30 minutes to install PCLINUXOS
and another 30 minutes to find and install the Wifi drivers. The rest of
the time is spent downloading and installing lots of free and useful
programs. You do not have to reboot, sometimes you have to log in and
out. You can always use your computer, while installing programs...It is
up to the customer. He will either like Linux and continue using it, or
he will spend the money for the restore disks from Compaq, but in the
meanwhile, he will be able to use his computer without fear of viruses or
spyware.


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