In July 2009 I had to reinstall Windows on 5
computers due to an antivirus false positive that hosed the existing
Windows installation. Here are the steps taken to fix: - Installed
a new copy of Windows on the same partition. I can't recite the exact
steps, but basically we ended up installing a new copy in C:\Windows2
without reformatting the partition.
- Installed the Dell drivers from the CD that came with the computer, plus some of the other software CDs as appropriate
- In some cases (Ruth, for instance) had to download newer video driver to get proper display resolution for widescreen monitor
Added SysAdmin local user with standard admin password; made sure it was in local Administrators group Under
System control panel, Advanced, Startup & Recover, Settings, edited
boot.ini file to mark old Windows install as "BROKEN". Changed time to
display list of OS's to 5 seconds. - Joined computer to FEFC domain
Added "<Computer>Admins.G" group to local Administrators group - Turned on Remote Desktop Access
- Turned off simple file sharing
- Upgraded to WinXP SP3 (installer on Y:\Software)
Reinstalled Office 2003 (installer & license keys on Y:\Software), and applied SP3 - Depending on the computer, reinstalled software like NSpire, Quicken, Church Helpmate, etc., and set up file shares
- Installed
free AVG antivirus. This is a temporary step, as I think Microsoft is
planning on releasing free antivirus (Security Essentials) later this
year that we'll probably switch over to.
- New
"All Users" profile is at "C:\Documents And Settings\All
Users.WINDOWS2". Copied over some of the start menu items from the old
"All Users" profile (like Firefox, etc.) that don't need to be
reinstalled
- To copy user profile over from old to new Windows install, did following steps:
- Using
the user's password, log them in. This creates a new profile folder,
for example: "C:\Documents And Settings\olueth.FEFC"
- Log out as user. Log in as myself.
- Back up the new profile by renaming to .bak
Copy
the user's old profile to the new, using "XCOPY <old> <new>
/O/X/E/H/K/C", where old is "C:\Documents And Settings\olueth" and new
is "C:\Documents And Settings\olueth.FEFC" Now log out and try logging in as user. Everything should look & work ok, including Outlook.
- Jeff |
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