Comments on: A Saturday Operating System Re-Install http://www.jasondunn.com/a-saturday-operating-system-re-install-1068 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: emuelle1 http://www.jasondunn.com/a-saturday-operating-system-re-install-1068/comment-page-1#comment-15260 emuelle1 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:46:16 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1068#comment-15260 I find that Vista does a good job of installing default drivers. I also notice as I go along that Vista's Windows Update will pick up device specific drivers. I've never had a problem just letting Vista handle drivers for me, even for devices that aren't supposed to be able to work with Vista, like my Hauppauge WinTV USB2 device. I find that Vista does a good job of installing default drivers. I also notice as I go along that Vista’s Windows Update will pick up device specific drivers. I’ve never had a problem just letting Vista handle drivers for me, even for devices that aren’t supposed to be able to work with Vista, like my Hauppauge WinTV USB2 device.

]]> By: Janak Parekh http://www.jasondunn.com/a-saturday-operating-system-re-install-1068/comment-page-1#comment-15257 Janak Parekh Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:17:53 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1068#comment-15257 My opinion: unless you have a specific need, use the default driver. Cruft builds up everywhere in the system, including parts of old drivers. I tend to be minimalistic nowadays, and it's significantly reduced how often I have to reinstall my machines. I now pretty much only have to reinstall when there's a major version upgrade of an OS. My opinion: unless you have a specific need, use the default driver. Cruft builds up everywhere in the system, including parts of old drivers.

I tend to be minimalistic nowadays, and it’s significantly reduced how often I have to reinstall my machines. I now pretty much only have to reinstall when there’s a major version upgrade of an OS.

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