<div dir="ltr">And you certainly wouldn't dare to mention WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) and RT Se7en Lite (the frontend to WAIK)....<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 November 2013 14:44, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:41:03PM -0400, Rashkae wrote:<br>
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> Yes,, installing Windows is something I charge between $150 to $300<br>
> for. (and often, I'm actually taking a hit on it.) That seems like<br>
> a lot, I know, but by the time, you copy off the data, install<br>
> windows, activate windows, install udpates (reboot, wash rinse<br>
> repeat at least 4 times.),, then install apps, update those,<br>
> download and install new drivers, restore application, restore data<br>
> files in the correct location, (ie, make sure Outlook is linked<br>
> back to it's old pst files, all e-mail accounts are<br>
> reconfigured...etc. ) install anti-virus, etc etc.... at the end of<br>
> the day, you just spent the better part of a whole afternoon on that<br>
> one computer.<br>
<br>
I wish we were allowed to discuss Windows repairs on this mailing<br>
list, so that I could hint at the various tools I have discovered to<br>
speed up this process a little (which you probably already know about):<br>
<br>
- <a href="http://wsusoffline.net" target="_blank">wsusoffline.net</a> : makes doing updates much less painful, particularly on<br>
WinXP<br>
- Ninite : not suitable for repair shops, but really nice for<br>
installing free third party apps for individuals. (It is very much<br>
not free software, however.)<br>
- WPKG : a fair amount of work to set up, but great for installing<br>
third party apps and keeping them up to date (more for labs than<br>
individual installs, though)<br>
- Driverpacks.net : again, more useful for WinXP drivers, but still a<br>
great resource for things that are not sound cards<br>
<br>
Alas, this is a Linux discussion group, and so we must not mention<br>
such tools here (even though WPKG and wsusoffline are free software).<br>
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- Paul<br>
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