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ray_v 6 hours ago

Ok, I'll bite ... why are you reinstalling and reconfiguring windows on a regular, yearly basis?

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0cf8612b2e1e 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I also reinstall fresh Linux every year or two. Forces you to confront all of the cruft that can accumulate.

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alternatetwo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seriously. My current Windows installs are >15 years old upgraded all the way back from Vista …

	▲	qingcharles 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		How is that even still working? I've used Windows as my primary desktop for ~35 years and I do my absolute best to housekeep, but I still need to reinstall about once a year or so. I'm militant about installing almost nothing on my primary PC and putting all the janky apps on another PC via RDP too.

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Neywiny 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Honestly I should. Registry and stuff gets cluttered. Programs don't uninstall cleanly, or they change settings I can't find. On one machine I somehow set it up as a wifi print server or something and for the life of me couldn't find a way to turn it off. But it's such a hassle to setup a computer.

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theandrewbailey 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Didn't most people stop doing that when they moved to XP?