Won't have to worry about that for long it seems.


http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/05/windows-8-refresh-and-reset-options-bootable-usb/

 

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Wow! Let me say that again...WOW! While it might not appear big on the surface...that's the biggest single change I've seen in a long time. Do you realize how many casual users won't have to call their geeky family member/friend to fix the computer that has been destroyed by malware, viruses, corrupt drivers, etc.? This should and could have been changed a LONG time ago...but it would have been admitting things about the OS that developers would rather not discuss. I am genuinely impressed.

 

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Been meaning to look more into the Refresh and Reset options of Windows 8, but haven't yet.

From what I heard so far, I'm not really sure how this is any different from Repair and Reinstall. I can already Repair Windows and it keeps the existing apps, settings, and data. And of course Reinstall lots you wipe everything and start over clean.

You've always been able to "reset" your computer...the issue is how simple it is made for the casual user. My feeling was that it would be as easy as clicking a button.

 

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"The goal here? To give end-users a single button to press when you just want 'everything to be fixed.'"

If it's really that easy and works as they claim, that's like having an I win button.

 

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i will never, ever trust any O/S to give me a leaner/meaner/cleaner "feel" than installing an os and all apps from scratch, and restoring all my data. if it really was as easy as providing a button to click, it would've been implemented a decade ago. and every os would have it. every. and linux would've had it 5 years ago.

no way, no how, no thank you. i continue on windows only because of 1 application: the game i play at the time. i say this in as-generic terms as i can because every game i play at any given time is only compatible on windows. yes i could go through hoops to "kinda sorta get it to work" on linux/wine, but that is not worth my time. i'd rather have a multi-thousand-dollar machine dedicated to windows and gaming than to spend hours and hours of research and patching and editing txt files to make 1 thing work half-assedly.
lol linux.

i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wish linux would realize that if they got the "gamer market," then everythign else would fall into place.

READ THIS LINUX PEOPLE!!

 

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Not the same at all as clean and repair. If you choose to totally reset it (and not keep user acounts, installed apps, and your personal doc folders) it will return the PC to the way it came out of the box from the OEM, completely wiped, no oprhaned or abandoned req keys and crap left at all.

 

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