Re: AOLO user check

by Virginia Blalock <virginia(at)visionsnet.com>

Date:	Sat, 20 May 2000 14:13:33 -0500
To:	"Hwg-Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	rr barnum
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At 01:54 PM 5/20/00 -0400, Darrell King wrote:

>AOL5 rewrites almost 5 megabytes of Windows core files when installed.  No
>backups are made, and re-installing over the old Winodws installation will
>not overwrite these files or delete them.  The only way I havew heard that
>will return your computer to pre-AOL is a complete format and Windows
>reinstall...

When a similar thing happend to me, I reinstalled Windows into a different 
directory. I did not have to re-format my HD. I did have to reinstall some 
apps, though.


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