msconfig 6 hours later

Thought i was closing in on the problem with msconfig (screensaver and power
settings not working) but couldn't get consistent results. Sometimes with
everything disabled the screensaver still wouldn't come on. Or i would have
to disable something major in windows (like plug n play or shell hardware
detection under the services tab) to get the screensaver to work, then
nothing else would work. So i think i should just reinstall Vista. Does
that still erase everything like in Windows XP. How do i reformat with
Vista??

Step one. Find your Vista DVD

Step two. Unplug(remove) any and all cables from the back of you
computer

Step three. Take your computer to your vehicle

Step four. Take your computer to the nearest reputable computer repai
shop. Not Geeksquad(unless you want to get ripped off and your syste
totaly trashed by an idiot)

Step five. Return home and await word your system is fixed

Step six. Rinse, and repeat

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joel406

Hi skyman,

You can reinstall two ways: with or without retaining the existing
installation. To retain it for later data recovery (no system settings or
installed software will be migrated, you will have a true clean
installation), simply do not format as part of setup and the existing
installation will be moved to a windows.old folder. If you have nothing to
save, then format during setup.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"skyman" <kwj2112-> wrote in message
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> Thought i was closing in on the problem with msconfig (screensaver and
> power settings not working) but couldn't get consistent results. Sometimes
> with everything disabled the screensaver still wouldn't come on. Or i
> would have to disable something major in windows (like plug n play or
> shell hardware detection under the services tab) to get the screensaver to
> work, then nothing else would work. So i think i should just reinstall
> Vista. Does that still erase everything like in Windows XP. How do i
> reformat with Vista??