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1 LawrenceDoliveiro 1 Windows Rot or Winrot is the phenomenon that happens to a MicrosoftWindows installation where its performance and reliability steadily degrade over time. The usual fix is to do a periodic reinstallation of the OS.
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3 Unix/Linux systems do not suffer from this.
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5 See also:
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2 LawrenceDoliveiro 7 * http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3325
1 LawrenceDoliveiro 8 * http://www.linuxworld.com/columnists/2005/082205gearhead.html
9 * http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Winrot
10 * http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050808-5181.html
11 * http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/winvistaclub-blog/161191-arresting-windows-rot.html
12 * http://www.winvistaclub.com/e2.html