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John Bakas
Should I periodically reinstall of XP as good computer hygiene? I have XP
Build 2600 SP 3 which is kept updated automatically.
My 4-year-old Dell M65 notebook’s docking station (the second one in three
weeks) can’t connect to the Internet although everything has worked fine for
4 years.
When the problem developed about a month ago, Dell sent out a new docking
station which worked fine until last night when once again when the notebook
is connected to the docking station, it won’t connect to the Internet. Off
dock it connects to Internet OK. We have deleted the docked profile, done
System Restore, updated chipset and BIOS, all without solving the problem.
The computer gives a “network cable unplugged†message.
The very helpful Dell folks said that I should periodically reinstall XP and
because I had not reinstalled XP in four years (since getting the computer
out of the box — new) it was a good idea (and is a possible docking station
fix) to do a clean XP reinstall because there are so many layers and patches
on windows that it causes problems which are fixed by reinstalling. Is that
true? Do I need to every year or so reinstall XP?
Thanks for any advice and suggestions.
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John Bakas
Riverview, Florida, USA
Build 2600 SP 3 which is kept updated automatically.
My 4-year-old Dell M65 notebook’s docking station (the second one in three
weeks) can’t connect to the Internet although everything has worked fine for
4 years.
When the problem developed about a month ago, Dell sent out a new docking
station which worked fine until last night when once again when the notebook
is connected to the docking station, it won’t connect to the Internet. Off
dock it connects to Internet OK. We have deleted the docked profile, done
System Restore, updated chipset and BIOS, all without solving the problem.
The computer gives a “network cable unplugged†message.
The very helpful Dell folks said that I should periodically reinstall XP and
because I had not reinstalled XP in four years (since getting the computer
out of the box — new) it was a good idea (and is a possible docking station
fix) to do a clean XP reinstall because there are so many layers and patches
on windows that it causes problems which are fixed by reinstalling. Is that
true? Do I need to every year or so reinstall XP?
Thanks for any advice and suggestions.
*****************
John Bakas
Riverview, Florida, USA