Originally Posted by
Gertrude the Wombat
When I get a new machine it takes about a week of work before it's usable, and about a year before it's doing everything I want it to (there are all sorts of rarely used applications etc that I forget about when initially copying stuff from the old box to the new ones, some of which I might still have the original floppy disks for if I look hard enough). Not "minimal effort" in my case.
Nor mine,
GtW, and I'm relieved to read that you have the same problem. Sometimes I felt that everyone but me had a magic solution to a dodgy disk, since they so lightly advise reinstalling everything. Add (to what you described) the odd applet I downloaded as a workaround to avoid another £100 spend on (largely) bloatware, and it soon mounts up to a good deal of unproductive time.
Still'n'all, a retired chap has nothing better to do with his time.
So who am I to complain about it being unproductive?