trader_4
Sun, 09
Apr 2017 15:56:27 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:
On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 9:17:51 PM UTC-4, Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 23:56:30 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:
You code in asm? What passes for malware these days is some
pretty sorry ass **** code. I haven't seen an actual virus
infection in years.
Used to. Yes, there's be a lack of viruses of late. Haven't
seen one make the news in years.
Looking at my image archive, it seems to
actually average about every 45 days. It normally takes
from 10 to 30 minutes. Depends on how many updates I have to
do. That includes restoring my base image, updating,
creating new base image. My OS is on a small SSD (64gb)
dedicated to it.
You might want to look into wsus. You can save yourself a lot
of time and bandwidth...
http://download.wsusoffline.net/
Makes doing offsite tech support easier too. No waiting
around, no depending on the users internet connection.
I don't do tech support, and Windows updates have never been a
problem. I update other apps too when I restore, as I disable
all of the auto updates.
You must be one of those rare cases then. Windows update has had
problems going back years on various Windows flavors. MS has had
to issue 'fixes' to correct it, multiple times.
Bottom line is it's normal system maintenance for me.
Started imaging with XP, which was easy to break. I prefer
to install my OS one time only.
This copy of XP was installed over a decade ago. I've yet to
reload it. Had to restore from image once or twice due to
hardware failure. (HD), but, not due to any software issues,
uhh, no.
XP was - and might still be - a target for malware, which I
meant by "break." Win 7 wasn't quite as bad. As I said Win
10 is the best of the lot. I can't confirm getting any
malware on Win 10. Maybe the hackers are on vacation.
I respectfully disagree with your best of the lot opinion
concerning Windows 10, for reasons I've already stated. But,
hey, if it works for you...it's all gravy. I haven't taken a
vacation in years. Maybe I should consider doing that sometime
this summer. I could probably use it. Hackers aren't all bad you
know. Some of us are quite useful in a positive sense.
I have no use for them.
One advantage to re-imaging is that while I don't do it regularly,
when I have done it, the PC performance improvement was
substantial. In fact, I think when people buy a new PC and see a
huge increase in performance, I'd bet that a good part of that,
maybe half, is that they are starting with a clean machine again.
If they just did a system restore, they'd also see a good boost in
performance.
The performance boost you're seeing is the file layout. Unused
sectors are not copied when the image is created, unless, you're
doing a forensic image. As a result, when you reload from it, it's
like loading a blank hard disk. System restore, oth, doesn't do this,
so you wouldn't get much of a good boost in performance, Not as far
as file access times go, anyhow. In fact, you might lose a bit. Since
you're erasing files, marking the space as free, etc. Also, system
restore really isn't good for dealing with an actual virus. It won't
magically cure you. And in some cases, using system restore will
actually make a malware issue worse. Some malware families sort of,
booby trapped it and counted on you resorting to going that route.
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I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet.
Please be patient. I will get to you shortly.