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Re-Install Vista rather than hunt down malware?
  1. #1


    Vigilante Guest

    Re-Install Vista rather than hunt down malware?

    The time is at hand to get down to business about malware/spyware recovery.
    If I chose to format and re-install my software rather than spend 20 hrs trying to scan, re-scan and hopefully remove any bugs,
    Is Microsoft going to drag me through the CD-Key fire coals?



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  2. #2


    Richard Urban Guest

    Re: Re-Install Vista rather than hunt down malware?

    You may have to call. You may not!

    --


    Regards,

    Richard Urban
    Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
    (For email, remove the obvious from my address)



    "Vigilante" <kewlvigilante@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:54C261F9-0D67-452D-9F29-D93D7099AE2D@microsoft.com...
    The time is at hand to get down to business about malware/spyware recovery.
    If I chose to format and re-install my software rather than spend 20 hrs
    trying to scan, re-scan and hopefully remove any bugs,
    Is Microsoft going to drag me through the CD-Key fire coals?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Vigilante Guest

    Re: Re-Install Vista rather than hunt down malware?

    Is it still foreigners answering the call reading this to me vocally rather than sending me it in text?
    Foreign accents are sexy but useless in communicating something that isn't speech to begin with.

    "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:exRlaoMyHHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    You may have to call. You may not!

    --


    Regards,

    Richard Urban
    Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
    (For email, remove the obvious from my address)



    "Vigilante" <kewlvigilante@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:54C261F9-0D67-452D-9F29-D93D7099AE2D@microsoft.com...
    The time is at hand to get down to business about malware/spyware recovery.
    If I chose to format and re-install my software rather than spend 20 hrs
    trying to scan, re-scan and hopefully remove any bugs,
    Is Microsoft going to drag me through the CD-Key fire coals?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Jupiter Jones [MVP] Guest

    Re: Re-Install Vista rather than hunt down malware?

    What is foreign to one is local to another.
    If you have trouble understanding the person, politely hang up and try
    again.
    I have known people that have had to do that long before support was
    sent to other countries.
    Hopefully you do not automatically assume a different accent is from
    another country.
    Many countries have diverse cultures with differing accents without
    having to cross any international borders.

    In any case, if you have to call, it usually takes less than 10
    minutes.


    --
    Jupiter Jones [MVP]
    http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
    http://www.dts-l.org


    "Vigilante" <kewlvigilante@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:ux%23%23mrMyHHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    Is it still foreigners answering the call reading this to me vocally
    rather than sending me it in text?
    Foreign accents are sexy but useless in communicating something that
    isn't speech to begin with.


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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