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Originally Posted by mjh215
Hard reboots are a staple in computer/electronics troubleshooting. Being a SysAdmin I felt like a right ass once when I called tech support on a router only to be directed to the unplug for 30 seconds and restart fix that I overlooked while running thru about 4 million other things.
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yep. isn't that always the way. although honestly it took me forever to find out about them, i wish they were a bit more common knowledge ! (among non sysadmins, i mean.)
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And a good post to remind everyone reading that the most important thing you can do for your data is... Backup!
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absolutely !!!
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ZP, glad it was a simple fix.... -MJ
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oh, i'm relieved as well, believe me !!
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Originally Posted by bbusybookworm
Ricky's suggestion on just Uninstalling the drivers from the System and restarting the system to allow them to be reinstalled is spot on, as I've used that method in the past to fix issues not just with USB, but with other devices as well.
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i would agree with you in general, but in this specific case i tried that the first time i had this problem (after a reinstall of the system) and it didn't work, so it's good to know about the hard reboot too (since that did work, both times).
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Re: SP3
I've not seen any issues since installing SP3, so you should probably not run into any major problems.
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good to know. maybe i'll install it when i install my new tower.
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Still, usually I tend to reinstall my OS once or twice a year anyway, and install Major updates at that time on a clean build before putting my other apps onto the system.
Less problems that way.
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now see, i have friends who do a complete reinstall every few months as well, and i seriously think y'all are insane. reinstalling my system and all my apps makes me want to shoot myself in the head and i try to avoid it at all costs. i was dancing for joy the day i learned about making ghosts of the system which allow a full re-install in approximately 15 minutes with minimum intervention. then i found out that no matter how perfect and up to date your ghost, you can't use it if you're installing on a new system (new proc / motherboard / etc.). i nearly cried.
but you can believe that the
second i get done reinstalling everything, i'll make a ghost of my new system, and with a little luck i won't have to reinstall piece by piece again until the next time i upgrade (not for at least 2 or 3 years, and probably more like 5).