Trent SC wrote:
>
> A colleague borrowed my laptop last week and kindly infected it with a virus
> (pauses to send him another email of abuse). I've managed to clean the
> machine of the virus and its various files, but the after-effects are
> causing a degree of instability and poor performance: the machine boots up
> more slowly and displays occasional odd behaviour.

Tell your friend NOT to install viruses in the future. As even if you
remove a virus, the damage it does may still remain.


> My thinking is that a repair/reinstall might be a smart idea, but I have one
> question regarding the networking settings. I'm no expert on networking,
> and persuaded a colleague to set up the networking between the laptop,
> desktop and router. Since I have no desire to become conversant with
> networking, I'd like some reassurance that a repair/reinstall will not have
> an effect on the existing network settings. Or am I going to have to buy my
> friend another dinner to thank him for re-networking the thing?
>
> TIA

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