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Steve Swift
On the 6th of January I took delivery of a new, pre-configured PC from
my employer. In the following 4 days I installed about 20 addition
programs, things like the Opera Browser, Thuderbird, Windows Live
Messenger and Lifecam. Mostly widely used stuff, but a few obscure tools
useful for a website developer.
On the 10th of January I ended up with exactly the same problem as I'd
had on my previous PC; the symptoms of a desktop heap problem, but no
desktop heap problem. I never solved it on the old PC, and I'm no nearer
solving it on the new one. I have to reboot every day.
I seem to have two choices:
1. Re-image the system as it was initially, install the same software,
but leave days between each update, to make it easier to spot when the
problem comes back, and to determine the likely cause.
2. Uninstall the programs that I'd added between the 6th and the 10th,
one at a time until the problem goes away. It might not go away though.
Is there ang good reason to chose one over the other? I'm tending
towards #2, as it is less disruptive. I uninstall one program; if the
problem persists, it is not caused by that program, so re-install it,
and move on to the next program. If I uninstall everything that I've
added (other than the stuff I've added *since* the problem occurred) and
the problem still happens, then I can switch to choice #1.
Comments?
my employer. In the following 4 days I installed about 20 addition
programs, things like the Opera Browser, Thuderbird, Windows Live
Messenger and Lifecam. Mostly widely used stuff, but a few obscure tools
useful for a website developer.
On the 10th of January I ended up with exactly the same problem as I'd
had on my previous PC; the symptoms of a desktop heap problem, but no
desktop heap problem. I never solved it on the old PC, and I'm no nearer
solving it on the new one. I have to reboot every day.
I seem to have two choices:
1. Re-image the system as it was initially, install the same software,
but leave days between each update, to make it easier to spot when the
problem comes back, and to determine the likely cause.
2. Uninstall the programs that I'd added between the 6th and the 10th,
one at a time until the problem goes away. It might not go away though.
Is there ang good reason to chose one over the other? I'm tending
towards #2, as it is less disruptive. I uninstall one program; if the
problem persists, it is not caused by that program, so re-install it,
and move on to the next program. If I uninstall everything that I've
added (other than the stuff I've added *since* the problem occurred) and
the problem still happens, then I can switch to choice #1.
Comments?