Others say users must uninstall IE5 and reinstall it to purge the custom elements.

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We had quite a bit of trouble launching the apps, however, and needed to wipe the iPad and reinstall iOS 5 several times just in order to create a few documents to sync with iCloud.

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Good luck getting a straight answer from any of these three parties (the tech support guy from Dell, in fact, suggested I reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows 7 if you can believe that).

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But others claim that the fix is to wipe the handset and carry out a complete reinstall of iOS 6.1 and all the apps.

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If we lose the code, for instance, and then have to reinstall.

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When I used the Razer firmware updater for the Razer DeathStalker Ultimate, the keyboard stopped working, and I was forced to reinstall the Synapse 2.0 software to make it work again.

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When the interim Honduran president, Roberto Micheletti, a member of Zelaya's own party, and his countrymen refused to reinstall the latter, Team Obama unleashed their full "soft power" arsenal upon America's impoverished ally.

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