hasbeen99
Fighting the stereotype
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...CAN FTFRO!
I had to spend 2 1/2 days of my vacation working on my computer after the operating system crashed for the 2nd time in 3 months. I was very, very close to taking a hammer to the tower and mailing it to HP with a detailed description of just how infuriating their sofware bundle is, when I found an old XP Pro disc left over from my last computer. I loaded that bad boy in the DVD drive and let it re-format my hard drive, blowing every last trace of Windows Media Center and HP crap the hell out of my system.
I had to re-install all my files and programs, but so far it's running as well (if not better) than it ever did. The only thing I lost in the conversion was the use of my tv tuner (which I rarely used), but I think I can download a different driver and make it work.
That is the first and last HP I will ever buy. Next time, I'm gettin' a Dell.
I had to spend 2 1/2 days of my vacation working on my computer after the operating system crashed for the 2nd time in 3 months. I was very, very close to taking a hammer to the tower and mailing it to HP with a detailed description of just how infuriating their sofware bundle is, when I found an old XP Pro disc left over from my last computer. I loaded that bad boy in the DVD drive and let it re-format my hard drive, blowing every last trace of Windows Media Center and HP crap the hell out of my system.
I had to re-install all my files and programs, but so far it's running as well (if not better) than it ever did. The only thing I lost in the conversion was the use of my tv tuner (which I rarely used), but I think I can download a different driver and make it work.
That is the first and last HP I will ever buy. Next time, I'm gettin' a Dell.
