How often do you re-install Vista?

dbsantos77 · Jul 12, 2009

I normally re-install 3-4 weeks because of constant tweaking, (Brink)..Lol jk :D
But I re-install because I like to keep the performance, when I re-install I do have to set about 4-5 hours to get up and running again, after backups, drivers, and other stuff.

I think the longest I've kept an installation was about 3 months.

truthkid · Jul 12, 2009

I'm tempted to call child services on you for abuse to your OS. I've never reinstalled my tower or my laptop (the wife's I have). They both boot in 20 or so seconds from post just like the day I bought them.

dbsantos77 · Jul 12, 2009

LOL! Go for it, this installation is 3 days old. NO JOKE, went from 7 back to Vista lol, I'll try to keep this one for as long as I can.

truthkid · Jul 12, 2009

In all fairness, when I was running XP I was a monthly reinstaller because I was stubborn and didn't believe in restore and I was a tweaker. I've since learned I was an idiot.

dbsantos77 · Jul 12, 2009

I was exactly like that, I think I can safely say: as my boss told me - "I'm done with all the tweaking, messing, and getting dirty stuff. Right now I just want it to WORK."

Which is very true.

KrossX · Jul 13, 2009

Vista... Hmm, Beta... was almost weekly reinstall; RTM.. less than a month and kept using XP instead; SP1 for testing, a week or so and was removed; SP2, maybe a month and was removed to keep using XP. (multi boots FTW!)

Windows7... haven't reinstalled it yet.

I also have some old computer with XP, was reinstalled on SP2 and SP3 just because I like to do "fresh" SP installations. But has always been working perfectly.

If you want to mess up the OS completely, consider Virtual Machines. I have a Virtual Machine with Windows 98 since... 2 years ago or so, still working fine. XD

truthkid · Jul 13, 2009

I got 7 running through VMWare. I've been trying to get OS X to run through it just for experimental purposes but no luck. Damn disc will boot my computer but hangs on the first screen in vmware.

JMH · Jul 13, 2009

dbsantos77 said:
I normally re-install 3-4 weeks because of constant tweaking, (Brink)..Lol jk :D
But I re-install because I like to keep the performance, when I re-install I do have to set about 4-5 hours to get up and running again, after backups, drivers, and other stuff.

I think the longest I've kept an installation was about 3 months.

Vista Ultimate never.
[OR Win 3.1 , Win 95 , Win 98 or XP Pro. Can't imagine why it would ever be necessary.]

smarteyeball · Jul 13, 2009

I really only re-install Vista when I need to reorganize all my OS'es and partitions.

All the different Seven builds is a different story

oreo27 · Jul 13, 2009

My XP, once in a year, I've actually kept it through 2 service packs. But before that on my old rig probably 10 times over due to tweaking. Vista, reinstalled once, went straight to sp2. Only had to reinstall because lets face it. You can never install once and be satisfied with it. It has to be perfect so the second time around should do it. I'm fairly happy with mine right now.

Jon55 · Jul 13, 2009

There is no rhyme or reason to my reinstalls except that right now I'm wondering if Vista SP2 would be a better choice for now until any major bugs have had the chance to be squashed in Windows 7.

Israfel · Jul 13, 2009

I've had my Vista PC for over 2 years now, and i've Reinstalled about 5 times. 4 of which were within the first 3 months (Lots of tweaking and getting used to the system) the 5th time was from a Virus that i was not in the mood to deal with.

JimJoe · Jul 13, 2009

I don't reinstall unless absolutely necessary.

roy69 · Jul 13, 2009

On my old tower I reinstalled XP about 3 times.
On my new machine (Just over a year old) I have never reinstalled and dont intend to unless something really bad happens. I have got all the device drivers, SP1, SP2 and all the major programs that would need reinstalling stored on my second HD ready for an emergeny roll out if required.

JMH · Jul 13, 2009

Jon55 said:
There is no rhyme or reason to my reinstalls except that right now I'm wondering if Vista SP2 would be a better choice for now until any major bugs have had the chance to be squashed in Windows 7.

Being a part time "wimp" I won't be graduating to Win 7 until it officially becomes Win7 SP1. :D

truthkid · Jul 13, 2009

JMH said:
Jon55 said:

There is no rhyme or reason to my reinstalls except that right now I'm wondering if Vista SP2 would be a better choice for now until any major bugs have had the chance to be squashed in Windows 7.

Click to expand...

Being a part time "wimp" I won't be graduating to Win 7 until it officially becomes Win7 SP1. :D

But you'll also be the most sane Win7 SP1 user because you wouldn't have suffered the inevitable disaster period that comes with every new OS.

JMH · Jul 13, 2009

roy69 said:
On my old tower I reinstalled XP about 3 times.
On my new machine (Just over a year old) I have never reinstalled and dont intend to unless something really bad happens. I have got all the device drivers, SP1, SP2 and all the major programs that would need reinstalling stored on my second HD ready for an emergeny roll out if required.[/QUOTE]

Ditto here.
Bit like a life insurance policy, you have it & hope never to use it. :D

roy69 · Jul 13, 2009

JMH;1088373[COLOR=green said:
Ditto here. [/COLOR]
Bit like a life insurance policy, you have it & hope never to use it. :D

It saves alot of time downloading updates and finding all those pesky drivers.

usasma · Jul 14, 2009

I have the original RTM Vista on my old desktop that hasn't been reinstalled since the release of the RTM.

It was my primary system until January (when I switched to Win7) - but it's still running. It's now my alternate system. I still test Microsoft beta releases on it, and it's also used to backup the data from my wife's office every night.

TeamanFL · Jul 14, 2009

dbsantos77 said:
I normally re-install 3-4 weeks because of constant tweaking, (Brink)..Lol jk :D
But I re-install because I like to keep the performance, when I re-install I do have to set about 4-5 hours to get up and running again, after backups, drivers, and other stuff.

I think the longest I've kept an installation was about 3 months.

You must be a masochist. I will not reinstall unless my system will not boot. That has never happened. I only had to install an OS from scratch once. That's enough for me. Including the non OS programs installation, it took 6 hours. That's too much torture for me.

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