Formatting my new Dell Inspiron 6000d

You know Ted, I'm really tired of your holier than thou attitude. I
appreciate that you help here, but you're not the only knowledgeable person
and, frankly, more of your answers are snide than helpful.

You don't know what you are talking about, because you don't know how I use
my computer. Obviously I use it differently than you do, installing and
uninstalling many, many programs. That leaves crap. No way around it.

Do you do programming on your machine? Run betas of complex systems? Use
your machine with 4 tuner cards?

I do this and more.

So get off your soapbox.

Tom

 

Ahhhhhhh?????????? I do believe that YOU are the one that threw the
first insults, ya geek! AND I QUOTE!!!

"No, my friend, it is you who do not know what you are talking about."


(I don't know where that came from. You must have been reading
another thread and got mixed up)

AND.....

"Don't make vague, unsupported declarations."
Uhhhhm....seems like I got some support therefore I didn't.

I was on here looking for help and this is what you came up with.
Did you ever hear this before?? "If you don't have anything
constructive to say, DON'T SAY IT AT ALL!

P.S. I'm interested in what you actually do with your computer.(other
than kiddie porn) Are you running some serious Note Pad action??
Oooohhh, maybe you're even checking your e-mail and browsing the
internet with it as well. Also, how much pro audio have you
recorded with your machines?? Alot I bet! Therefore you must know
all about it. If not, maybe you should speak when spoken to instead
of rambling off about how smart you are!

Love Doolang

 

I'm sorta with Tom on this one, reformatting with a M$ disk can get
you a clean OS that will run a bit better. After a while, bit-rot
sets in, and it's better to do a clean install (and then a couple of
hours of security upgrades) than to try to clean up.

Note that rebuilding with a Dell disk, recovery disk, or recovery
partition may get you all the original Dell dreck that they installed
when the system was new, though many Dell disks are essentially
rebranded M$ disks.

 

Tom Scaleswrote:
You know Ted, I'm really tired of your holier than thou attitude. I

LOL!!! I'm new here, and I see this must not be an isolated
occurance.
YOU TELL EM TOM!!


"You don't know what you are talking about, because you don't know how
I use
my computer. Obviously I use it differently than you do, installing
and
uninstalling many, many programs. That leaves crap. No way around
it."

EXACTAMUNDO!

 

Doolang,
formatting are re-installing is the smart thing to do in my opinion, but
only you can make up your mind on that matter.
if i had a new Dell, this is one of the first things i would do after i
made sure it ran, had all the drivers and software i wanted.

boy, it sure doesn't take long to figure out who the clowns and jerks are in
a newsgroup, does it Ted, and M and D?

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With the XP Disk it won't. Dell's CD/DVD (DVD for MCE) are just XP

 

Have you considered uninstalling the sh":t you don't want? I had some
MacAfee security suite (or similar) pre-loaded. I had my own plans so I got
rid of that. I shall probably do the same with Realplayer and a few other
things.

If you use a Dell restore disk you might get back the things you don't want.
I've used an ancient Compaq and a Dell 8?00 with plain VLK XP Pro with no
problems, so you should be able to install. You never know, you might lose a
few specailized items, only way to know is try it.

 

Doesn't always work. Try uninstalling Norton sometime, and then check
out your running processes.

 

Yeah.I uninstalled everthing! All the Dell stuff, antivirus, all the
mediaplayers, burning software, ect, etc, etc. I don't want to use
any of it! Got my own. I Did call Dell today and they are sending
me a WinXP home disc. Free of charge. I guess my question is, will a
regular XP dischave all the drivers I need?

 

No, but it'll get everything running, and then you can goto Dell
and/or Intel to supplement those and get all the speed enhancements
you'll get with the proper drivers.

 

Doolang,

When I ordered my Ispiron 6000 I ordered the XP disk also. My Ispiron came
with 4 disks. It arrived with a Dell XP SP2, Dell drivers and utilities,
Norton Internet Security, and WorkPerfect Productivity Pack. After I did a
complete reinstallation of XP I used their drivers and utilities disk to
replace of the necessary drivers.

This worked out very well. After the reinstall, I realized that I did not
have Dell's CyberLink PowerDVD that was originally installed. I called Dell
and they sent the disk.

I hope this help,

Leigh

 

Doolang,

When I ordered my Ispiron 6000 I ordered the XP disk also. My Ispiron came
with 4 disks. It arrived with a Dell XP SP2, Dell drivers and utilities,
Norton Internet Security, and WorkPerfect Productivity Pack. After I did a
complete reinstallation of XP I used their drivers and utilities disk to
replace of the necessary drivers.

This worked out very well. After the reinstall, I realized that I did not
have Dell's CyberLink PowerDVD that was originally installed. I called Dell
and they sent the disk.

I hope this help,

Leigh

 

"Holier than thou" and "get off your soapbox" are smoke screens, so you wont
have to defend your assertion that if someone doesn't regularly reinstall
all the software on their computer "it sloooooows down".

If you are someone who does programming, betas complex systems, etc.
shouldn't you have pointed out to the group that you're unlike 99% of
computer users?

Don't pass off vague, unproven assertions as fact. Why you'd want to do that
in the first place is beyond me, since everyone who's been in this group for
a while knows you have a respectable amount of hard knowledge to share.
--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

 

You've pushed the fact that your way is *the* way...

"An XP computer in the hands of someone who knows how to use it well is
stable and runs quickly. I have the proof right in front of me.

And there's no secret to keeping a computer in top shape. All it takes
is reading skills and the right attitude. Anyone can do it."

Others (including me) have said that, for them, a fresh OS install is
the best way to go.

You have no idea what others install on their systems. Or uninstall.

I try various programs and, if I like them, keep them. Many, however,
aren't to my liking, and get uninstalled. Over time, I see a visible
degradation in response time, along with conflicts between various
programs. My solution, and it's really very easy, is to wipe my drive(s)
and reinstall only the programs that I'm happy with.

While *your* solution works for you, other solutions work for others.

Why is that so hard for you to understand?

Notan

 

Ted! I'm sorry to say this, but you have no idea what you are talking
about! You still havn't answered my question on your computer use.
What do you use it for? I, like others have mentioned, install and
uninstall tons of different programs, and run some serious CPU
hogging software. You can argue until you're blue in the face, but
you'll always be wrong on this subject. You obviously don't do much
with your systems, therefore you don't have to deal with
reinstalling/formatting/whatever. If Notepad and the internet were
the only things I used, then i'm sure I wouldn't need to format
either! So, how's about you politely SHUT THE [email protected] UP and head back
the D&D website where you came from ya [email protected] ubernerd
knowitall!! You're just making yourself look like more of an idiot
that you already were. I don't think one person on this thread has
agreed with you, except Steven or whatever the hell his name is.
Seems like a moron too!

P.S. Yes, I know insult throwing gets ya nowhere, but it makes me
feel alot better, especially when aimed at a DOUCHEBAG like yourself!

 

Well, Ted, I see you ignored that fact that you're a pompous ass.

My belief is that even for an average use, an annual reinstall is worth it.
You don't agree. Tough Sh**

 

Whatever you say, Tom. Our posts speak for themselves. Truce?

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

 

Sure, why not.

 

What is the proper number of processes to have running, in your considered

The actual number isn't important as much as what they are doing (many are
simply loaded and doing nothing.) I currently have 61 running and have no
problems at all.

I've found that certain programs tend to be the real problem, programs like
Norton's System Works and all Antivirus programs. Turn these off and see if
you don't get an improvement (of course we can't live without these, but it
would be nice if they did a re-write and got the ever-growing list of
definitions back down in size.)

Another problem program is ZoneAlarm Pro. More often than not any failure to
connect can be traced to the firewall (it loses the state table after a
suspend cycle and sometimes after the screensaver activates. Poof, no more
Internet until it's disabled.)

It's good to trim the deadwood out of the system occasionally, but be
absolutely certain as to what your removing (there are programs available
that will read your system and tell you exactly what's running and if you
should consider removing it from starting when the computer starts. I've
trimmed about 6 months ago and didn't really notice any difference, but it
didn't hurt either. So don't fuss about 'how' many processes are running and
look closer at exactly 'what' those process are.

Spyware is notorious for slowing a machine down and some of the new ones
can't be detected by any program .... yet. I've read that a single spyware
program can pop off 10% to 30% of your performance; and if you have two or
three of these little darlings' choking your machine, they can be sucking
off as much as 50% of your process power. Use two or three different
programs to check for spyware first, then prune out the deadwood.

(And don't worry about the actual number, it's meaningless to think in that
mindset.)