Remind me why I want to keep winXP

[jenn]

I'm serious. I have a laptop with winXP home. I'm away from home with this
laptop.
The OS got messed up beyond fixing. I don't have the restore cd's with me
and I
couldn't lose the data anyway. I had my w2k os cd with me and so I loaded
it on
top and have been able to get the data and even do my work. Now, I'm trying
to figure why I want
winXP vs. w2k. I will have to reformat no matter what and reinstall one of
these os clean
when I get back home. I'm trying to figure out what winXP does better than
w2k.
Thanks for any comments.

[CWatters]

> The OS got messed up beyond fixing.

Any ideas what might have caused that?


"jenn" > wrote in message
...
> I'm serious. I have a laptop with winXP home. I'm away from home with
this
> laptop.
> The OS got messed up beyond fixing. I don't have the restore cd's with me
> and I
> couldn't lose the data anyway. I had my w2k os cd with me and so I
loaded
> it on
> top and have been able to get the data and even do my work. Now, I'm
trying
> to figure why I want
> winXP vs. w2k. I will have to reformat no matter what and reinstall one
of
> these os clean
> when I get back home. I'm trying to figure out what winXP does better
than
> w2k.
> Thanks for any comments.
>
>

[jenn]

I am fairly certain I loaded a virus that corrupted the registry.

"CWatters" > wrote in message
...
> > The OS got messed up beyond fixing.
>
> Any ideas what might have caused that?

[Jim Macklin]

Some people don't think it is important or they won't take
the time to keep their anti-virus current. Safe computing
is a lot faster and less trouble than cleaning out an
infected computer.

So viruses can even cause damage requiring major work to fix
the system.

Some users have data on their computers that must be kept
private. Lawyers can be disbarred if private information in
their care is leaked to the public. Some viruses do just
that, copy files and email it to somebody. If you are a
lawyer, banker, priest, whatever, or just an online banking
customer, keep a good anti-virus current and running in the
background all the time. Run a firewall, run anti-spyware
software.

It could even be a national security issue if OBL and his
hackers attack the national computer infrastructure...using
your computer.




"jenn" > wrote in message
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| I am fairly certain I loaded a virus that corrupted the
registry.
|
| "CWatters" > wrote in message
| ...
| > > The OS got messed up beyond fixing.
| >
| > Any ideas what might have caused that?
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|
|

[CWatters]

Sounds like the blame is with your anti-virus S/W not XP. What are you
using?

"jenn" > wrote in message
...
> I am fairly certain I loaded a virus that corrupted the registry.
>
> "CWatters" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > The OS got messed up beyond fixing.
> >
> > Any ideas what might have caused that?
>
>
>