[clue-talk] Really OT - Ugg - M$ stuff

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Silas Martinez <silasm at gmail.com> wrote:
> First off, you mention wine - does that umbrella include Crossover?

No, this older copy of photo editing software will not install even
under Crossover.

> windoze.
> As for removing McAfee, I've always had to do that in safe mode. Not quite
> sure why it wouldn't show up in add/remove programs, though - does it have
> an uninstaller in its program files directory, at least?

No uninstaller is present.


> As for general de-lousing .... Its been too long since I've had to deal with
> windows support for me to ever have patience for that these days. My
> preference would be the 'nuke it from orbit - its the only way to be sure'
> approach. Backing up data (pictures, music, office docs, etc) first, of
> course. This is made more complicated if you have some hard-to-replace
> applications installed - but its my absolute preference for windows
> (de-lousing is never as effective, and often takes longer than razing and
> rebuilding).

I do not have the option of nuking and reloading. Like most systems
these days, no external copy of winxp is available.

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Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.