Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Dotan Cohen]

On 25 Apr 2007 18:36:01 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson <init at pdc.kth.se> wrote:
> Scott van Looy <scott at ethosuk.org.uk> writes:
>
> > 4) insert Windows CD and let it automatically find and repair windows
> > by going through the install wizard until you reach the bit where it
> > finds your old copy of windows and can reinstall
>
> How can this work if your binaries are not in their pristine conditions?
> Such as when you have downloaded updates through Automatic Updates or
> Windows Update? Wouldn't it result in some files being downgraded to the
> version found on the install disc, while other files are kept in their
> updated versions? This sounds like a good recipe for a mess.
>

That's exactly what it does. The MS versioning system is, er, lacking.
Repairing XP brings it back to the install state.

Dotan Cohen

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