most people woldn't need their system replaced... except that by the time they bring it to 'me' it is usually 'broken'

I have fixed this particular machine in the past, and the user is on dial up, so he doesn't do windows update, doesn't update AV, doesn't update adaware. he and his kids apparently spend enough time surfing porn sites that his machine can't even run a spyware scan... and drops dial-up connections after a few minutes. therefore the disk wipe.

in most cases the app installs are enough, there is a free AV product there, adaware, google toolbar as a popup blocker, spyware blaser to manage the active x kill bits, a free zip/rar program, and the mandatory acrobat, shockwave, quicktime,real, and flash installs. Since real is full of tracking/bloat, I use the real alternative codec player... which will play all formats including DVDs. Just trying to 'harden' it as much as possible while not spending any money to buy products.

The new MBSA has a nice little GUI and provides enough detail that the user can figure out that they are missing a patch or something and to follow the instructions in fixing it.

I'm looking to make a similar CD, but containing Win98 and all it's updates, and have it as automated as possible, for those with older systems...
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