In news:%23dAZarRDGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Trent SC <invalid@bogoff.invalid> replied with a ;-)
> 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.
> 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

A repair install will leave the setting intact, a reinstall will not.
Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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