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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (16349)2/15/2001 2:59:54 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Respond to of 110631
 
In addition to my last post, here is an article, a bit dated (1997, I don't think software quality has increased since then, I believe its decreased), and I don't think this is just isolated to WordPerfect. Any software install can potentially frick your system up:

WordPerfect 8 Trashes Windows NT 4.0
bugnet.com

A bit dated, but interesting. This site is worth the money 60 buck per year (for home user):
bugnet.com



To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (16349)2/15/2001 3:19:52 PM
From: CharleyMike  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110631
 
Hi CK,
in re: digital imaging,

I tried irfanview.com after reading the recommendation of a HAL-PC user/columnist.

See what you think.



To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (16349)2/15/2001 5:17:02 PM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110631
 
You're absolutely correct about imaging your disk before installing software. So many bugs can be introduced by overwriting existing files with older versions. And when this happens, it's really tough to locate the trouble.

I couldn't begin to count the number of times I've been forced to revert to an image because some new software had unpleasant side-effects.

Cheers, PW.


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