Journal OwlWhacker's Journal: You can't ride a skateboard on water... 1
Situation: Windows becomes infected with a virus or two. Or three. Maybe three or four hundred. Anyway, it's screwed.
After being disinfected it may very well work, or seem to work; however, it's health is never going to quite be what it was.
If something goes wrong, such as a piece of software you've just installed that doesn't work correctly, you don't blame the piece of software that's not working. The likelihood is that Windows is in a state of near-death; the solution is to put it out of its misery and get to work on a fresh installation.
If you suggest to somebody that they reinstall Windows, or try the software on another machine, they'll complain that it's such a hassle and takes a long time. This is really quite amusing, as the same person would probably tell you how easy Windows is to install in an argument against Linux.
Ah well. Some people just don't accept things like it's best to format and reinstall Windows on a box that's been infected. I wouldn't be surprised to see them trying to skateboard on a lake, and getting angry with the water for not holding them up.
Well, you know the rule... (Score:2)