In our experience, when pushed to this point, the student rarely complains
once the process is over.

At 02:25 PM 8/25/2004, you wrote:


>The times we have forced this, the student is usually amazed at how
>well their system runs after it has been reinstalled.
>
>
>Dan Drenkow
>Director of Information Technology
>Augustana College
>Sioux Falls, SD 57197
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>
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>We have had a fair number of XP and XP Home machines (I couldn't tell
>you
>which was more) that couldn't get past the Windows update test - even
>though windows updates said that there were no more updates to
>install.  Usually this is fixed by scanning the registry where the
>hotfix
>ID's are kept for a missing hotfix (per the check in cleanmachines)
>and
>install the hotfix manually.
>
>In one instance, I have an XP machine that keeps asking for the same
>two
>security updates over and over and over again.  We have not yet been
>able
>to convince windows to retain the update.
>
>Someone here asked if the new MS Windows Update site may be part of
>the
>problem, but I have not been hearing much if any chatter from this list
>or
>others that they are experiencing any of the same behaviors.
>
>
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>Paul D. Walker II
>Division Manager, Computer & Network Support
>The Moody Bible Institute

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Paul D. Walker II
Division Manager, Computer & Network Support
The Moody Bible Institute