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Old 04-17-2010, 11:51 AM   #3129
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1) What do you think the odds are that this fresh Windows install is actually going to last more than three days?
2) What should I do first: Recovery Point, Motherboard Drivers, or Windows Update?
3) If the computer dies again, do you think I should hit it repeatedly with a mallet until it's a pile of rubble, and then go back to sending email by smoke signal?
1. That depends on the quality of your firewall.

2. Pull the network cable before you do anything else. Then install Windows and the drivers. Then make a recovery point. Then put the cable back in and hope you can do all the upgrades before you get infected again.

3. Yes.

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1. What would you like to do again that you used to do a lot when you were a kid?

2. Why don't you do it now?

3. What do you do now that you would like to do as a kid?

3a. Why didn't you do it then?
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