A completely new installation of an operating system or application. To clean install an OS, the hard disk is formatted and completely erased. To clean install an application, the older version is uninstalled first. Installing the OS on a new computer or installing an application for the first time is automatically a clean install.
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- Software downloads 2009-11-25
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Registry Trash Keys Finder 3.8.1.3 (Windows)
- RTKF lets you use a powerful registry cleaning tool. It quickly finds unwanted registry data. You can safely strip out "orphaned" entries and other "rubbish" left behind by "trial" and other software. Most "uninstall" programs DO NOT really clean up after their parent programs. With RTKF you can streamline the...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Windows 7's first 100 days: So how were yours?
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Bing 2.0 debuts
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are you?
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Memo Mosaic (Mobile)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-10
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- Software downloads 2009-11-09
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- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
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- Blog posts 2009-11-02
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- Blog posts 2009-10-30
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
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- Software downloads 2009-10-30
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- Software downloads 2009-10-29
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
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- Software downloads 2009-10-28
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