iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 lol you all do it the slow way, i just make an a basic image with all essential software ie: office, adobe, drives, updates etc and use windows live mesh to keep my entire profile in sync and never have to worry about backup and then just image the entire HDD, once i feel that my system is getting slugish, re-image ftw :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizuran Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Windows Update especially if you install a non SP version of XP Doing a fresh (manual) install of XP & having to install updates/applications on pre-2004/2005 hardware for clients. Seriously... the advent of imaging hardware/software was a godsend. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSolstice Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 lol you all do it the slow way, i just make an a basic image with all essential software ie: office, adobe, drives, updates etc and use windows live mesh to keep my entire profile in sync and never have to worry about backup and then just image the entire HDD, once i feel that my system is getting slugish, re-image ftw :p I keep telling myself that I'll do that eventually, and then I don't bother :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwind Hawk Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 In XP the most annoying thing was waiting for that "Take a tour of XP!" popup to randomly stop showing up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoswald Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Updating Windows and drivers, patching WoW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Tweaks. There are so many settings that I customize, it takes hours to get Windows the way I want it. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 In XP the most annoying thing was waiting for that "Take a tour of XP!" popup to randomly stop showing up.... Slipstream everything with Nlite and tick it. You'll never see it again. Thats what I did, along with getting rid of the games, defrag, indexing, search assistant, and all the languages except english. And added SATA/raid/LAN drivers to the slipstreamed ISO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 " All the updates...(No, updates are not bad, just takes a while) All the programs to install...(Flash, Office, Opera, 7-zip, Filezilla, WAMP, ect) Does feel good after a fresh-install though All the updates...(No, updates are not bad, just takes a while)" This would easily have to be the most annoying, as it EASILY takes the longest. As far as re-installing my programs, that's a piece of cake because then I'm not relying on MS updates to get done taking forever!! Fully tweaking Windows to my liking would definitely be second most annoying/time consuming. As OP stated it being reinstalling favorites, and others have said how to do that, that's not even a matter of taking more than a blink of an eye and not even worth mentioning! :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 For me, a fresh install, means about a day or two's worth of work or longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 installing photoshop CS5 again..... and all the other required adobe apps. ewww. also setting up media players the way i had em before. like my playlists and my EQ/DSP settings and the view and skins. Browser settings and addons. UXTheme patching. drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanboy89 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Reinstalling software. Its not really annoying, but more time-consuming than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sava700 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I love doing a new reinstall.. it's like washing a new vehicle after it's dirty :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Getting it set back up just how I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I love doing a new reinstall.. it's like washing a new vehicle after it's dirty :D If its your own computer sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 It's not installing the programs + drivers (although that's a pain right there), but just configuring your system to the way you like it. I would probably grab a fresh image after you install + update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanVP Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Having to install all my programs and games and ****.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seizure1990 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 only annoying thing i can think of is remembering i forgot to back up a file after i had already reformatted :p I don't think I've ever had a format+reinstall where I successfully remembered to back everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amon91 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Definitely installing everything all over again, and restoring backups. Pretty much making your system look roughly like it did before the wipeout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Wagyu Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Has to be restoring application settings I had before the format that is the most annoying, restoring backed up files/info to the registry, appdata, doc folders etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridlas Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted April 20, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 20, 2011 In Windows, finding and installing drivers and software. In OS X there's usually some tweaks with settings and what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Windows Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebor Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 For me it has to be teaching the OS to work the way I want it to again, all those little tweaks and adjustments that you just can't back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Windows 7, changing the start menu how I like it (Remove the crap, add run, disable highlight new installed programs etc Ubuntu, enable the restricted sources. However, I rarely reinstall Ubuntu it is just the new installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKAngel Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 mines makign sure all my shares and streaming **** is working liek normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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