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Yep, wipe the drive first thing.
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It would be nice if MS would only provide an OS not a bunch of stuff I will never want or use.
djj
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Its very frustrating getting this crap as a business customer as then I have to spend hours of my time removing it.
John
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As a business user set up an image of your base configuration - every 12-18 months and burn it on.
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For every survey I see more or less some "CListCtrl" in the custom written choices, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
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A while back I asked the same question in a survey.
It seems it's an old story here in CP:
"Once upon a time, some one became a member and logged in to the CodeProject.com seeking an article about CListCtrl. He/She managed to search the web site, found a box on first page, put CListCtrl in it and hit Enter. Poor guy didn't notice the box is 'Other' option of the survey. That became a famous joke and after that some (funny)guys tried to keep that event alive. That's why we see CListCtrl every week, To remember it and have fun every week. "
// "Life is very short and is very fragile also." Yanni
while (I'm_alive)
{
cout<<"I love programming.";
}
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I'll join them 
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guess you've never ordered a computer from dell eh?
there's been a CListCtrl customization option with dells for a while... I always get my super mega ultra 1337 h4x0R computers with CListCtrl's. makes a better gaming rig!
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that is because if CListCtrl does not work on the new desktop then it is pretty much useless.
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My room gets unpleasently hot during the summer, the last thing I need is a space heater
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ed welch wrote: My room gets unpleasently hot during the summer, the last thing I need is a space heater
Doesn't it sound paradoxical? 
When it is hot, you are expecting for more heat?
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: the last thing I need is a space heater
thats L A S T
as in, of all the things he needs, that would be the last on the list.
or, more to the point, not the kind of thing he wants
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Heat Dissipation is not really what you need (at least in the context of your post). All that means is that the PC is good at transferring heats from the components to the rest of the universe.
Whether this dissipation is good or bad, for a given wattage, you'll reach a steady-state whereby the heat it generates being on is the heat lost to its surrounding (your room).
What you need are lower wattage components (except, perhaps, the power supply). Perhaps a more eco-friendly system. Look at power requirements of the system (particularly the CPU & hard drive). The lower they are, the less your mouse-controlled space heater will fry your frontal lobe.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Current days where geographic move owing to work conditions is more, there is also an increasing sale towards LapTops. And with laptops, I think, a few of the factors mentioned either would disappear or the line of demarcation amongst them would become more thinner.
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: I think, a few of the factors mentioned either would disappear
I don't see any that would disappear. I have two laptops in the office area, one under my control, and the new one outside with my partner. His laptop is much more quiet than mine. Price, performance, and all the rest still apply to laptops. Expandability is important as well. Sure many laptops do not have expansion ports, but do you know where your drives are, can you upgrade them, can you upgrad your memory, your graphics card? Mine can. Some laptops are well known for their expansion capability, some people will buy them because of that.
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Most of these days desktop computers mostly the home ones come up as what do you call as "Bundled (Promotional) Offers" where you get support equipments like
(*) Domestic UPS for the system
(*) Computer Furniture (Desk)
(*) Multimedia Kits like Surround Stereo, Microphone etc.
Wouldn't these also should be counted in the survey? A good number of Indian CPians hailing from Chennai or Bangalore should have come across such an advertisement rocking across all the pages particularly on the weekends.
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How about a computer (device) that act as a plugin for your brain.. so you fix it to your head and that's it!! 
L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
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BIOS Boot Message: Errorcode 42 -- Could not find any brain
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Jonas Hammarberg wrote: BIOS Boot Message: Errorcode 42 -- Could not find any brain
"Please think 'Enter' to continue"
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Press Nose + Ear + Chin to reset
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How about Press Eyes+Ears+Mouth to reset in line with Mahatma Gandhi's Three Monkeys where each of the monkeys close thier eyes, ear and mouth respectively to emphasize refraining from viewing bad, hearing bad and speaking bad.
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Boot Disk Failure.<br />
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Insert system disk and press any key when ready...
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I don't think that's a good idea. I don't like bluescreens in the morning or at any part of the day for that matter 
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
"What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
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