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Old 30th Aug 2006, 10:05
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Farrell
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Hello Helen

My employers got hit really hard by one of these things about a year ago where it took over the desktop.

We tried everything to remove it but to no avail. Having inspected the registry there were files all through it and none of them could be deleted.

In the end, it meant a total reinstallation of Windows - which I recommend you do.

To add a rant to this, Windows XP is by far the worst operating system I have ever had the displeasure of using and if it wasn't for the fact that Flight Simulation keeps me sane when I can't afford to fly, then I would be Mac or Linux all the way.

As soon as XPlane becomes decent and gives me nice scenery to play with instead of those horrible cockpits, I'll be dumping Gates' Ghoul into the nearest sewer.

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