--- Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25 Apr 2007 19:51:58 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson <init@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > That's exactly what it does. The MS versioning system is, er, lacking. > > > Repairing XP brings it back to the install state. > > > > What about additional binaries and changed configuration files (and the > > registry) that point to these (possibly incompatible) binaries? I only > > trust the installer to bring Windows back to the install state, and only > > after formatting the system partition. > > > > I don't know. I don't want to know. I no longer use those systems, and > try my best not to repair other people's broken winboxen. For my low > competency level, fixing a winbox today simply mean reinstalling the > OS and then installing my box 'o tricks: AVG antivirus, AVG > antispyware, Zonealarm free, OOo, Firefox, and VLC. > > Maybe someone should port yum to windows :) > > Dotan Cohen > > I can see it now... with the 1st yum update WinX gets converted to Linux! :-)