With seven suggested visits, the guide gently assists viewers through groups of galleries, reminding us of this reinstallation's massive scale.

WSJ: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Reunion | By Tom L. Freudenheim

Mr. Heckscher explains his reconception and reinstallation of the collection without apology.

WSJ: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | American Wing | The New World Reborn | By Ada Louise Huxtable

Visitors engaged in discovery and rediscovery might not even notice one of the boldest aspects of this gargantuan reinstallation project, namely the wall colors.

WSJ: The Met's European Reunion

On the other hand, some viruses have caused so much damage that a simple reinstallation of the operating system was insufficient to repair them.

CNN: Technology - Analysis: Understanding viruses

Like we saw last time around, some of the 7-to-8 upgrade rules are a bit Byzantine -- 7 Professional users can't step down to the non-Pro Windows 8 release, for example, and it's equally verboten to change language editions or move from 32- to 64-bit code without a full-scale reinstallation.

ENGADGET: Microsoft reportedly plans Windows 8 upgrades all the way from XP, wants us to just let go of the past