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So you're saying that Windows will partially cripple itself if left
to its own devices for a few days, but requires operator intervention
to complete the job of thoroughly mucking itself?
- kevin ( who can't leave Windows up for more than two or three days
without [memory leak?] slowdowns and cognitive decline of Windows 7...
which is better than Win XP, and wa-a-a-ay better than earlier
Win versions... but still - my Mac laptop and Linux boxes might
get cranky and irritable after a few _months_ of continuous uptime, or not)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+kevin -dot- mclauchlan=safenet-inc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-
> l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+kevin.mclauchlan=safenet-
> inc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Chris Morton
> Sent: March-22-12 9:01 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Uninstalling vs Removing
>
> Good luck with that strategy. There are only so many ways to totally
> hose a
> Windows system; this is one of them, IMO.
>
> > Chris
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Steve Schwarzman
> <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com
> > wrote:
>
> > ...and then I periodically *run a utility like ccleaner* to tidy up
> where
> > things got left behind. :)
> >
> > Steve Schwarzman
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