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Do I have installation configuration disease? Lets call it ICD for short...

I think that is the only explanation for why I would put myself through installing Windows 98...why did I have to get it working? It was like not an option to not get that thing working...and now that I have it? I don't know what to do with it. I find I do that a lot. I have more fun getting stuff to work than actually using them that much after they work...

I have actually kicked my problem with closing everything down all the time. I am leaving lots of windows open now. So at least I have that going for me now... Have to figure out what to do about my ICD though...

I'm also leaving more Windows open at a time. At least at work. I think I still close them a lot when I'm at home though.

I don't know how to deal with ICD. I have a low grade version. I install games that I think I'm ready to play, then I don't play them. However, I do usually get around to it at some point. With utilities and applications, I usually only install what I absolutely need at any given time.

I find that games are generally cleaner installations, are more stable (in general,) than most larger applications. I don't like a lot of big apps installed, as I know they're eventually going to take over and kill my OS.

However, containing them within VMs seems like a fun way to install unnecessary items that generally won't harm your main OS.

Yeah,I think I will actually get some decent use out of having a WinXP install whenever I want...and I think you can just create a version of it and copy the *.vdi and the machine directory and then when a version gets killed you just copy over it instead of reinstalling - sort of like having an OS image.