FloridaMan339;427534 Wrote:
> Well, I'm beginning to feel that way too, but don't want to change
> things as
> long as my new latop is under warranty.
>
> Isn't it sad, though, to have to keep "dumbing down" the OS so people
> who
> can't be bothered to learn their backside from a hole in the ground can
> point
> and click on pretty little pictures and have no clue on how they got
> from the
> desktop icon to the opened program?
>
> These computer illiterates wouldn't know what to do with a DOS box if
> it bit
> them! At least in the old days, you had to know how to load a program,
> how to
> set switches, and all that. Possibly even write a "down and dirty"
> batch
> file. Isn't there some way that M$ can set a switch or something to
> change
> the OS from idiot mode to superuser mode or something?
>
> I know that M$ just wants to sell more software, and since people are
> too
> lazy to protect their systems with firewalls and antivirus software,
> that
> M$feels it's their responsibility to babysit these computer lamers, but
> at
> least give the rest of us who took the time to learn our systems since
> the
> 8088 days, a OS that we can tweak and manipulate to our comfort.
>
> Feature rich and ease of use are not synonyms. Didn't M$ already try a
> "OS
> for Dummies" once? I think it was called "Bob" -- and it was a failure!
>
> "Ian Betts" wrote:
> > If you are always keen to change the architecture I do not think
> Vista is
> > the best for you. Don't blame MS for your lost needs, others demand
> ease of
> > use and maximum features.
> >
> > --
> > Ian
> >
> > With patience there is always a way.
> >
> > Please Reply to Newsgroup so all can read.
> > Requests for assistance by email can not and will be deleted.
> >
> >

FloridaMan,

I hear you. Ian is right. You can customize XP a whole lot more than
Vista right now. I wish it was as easy to change things as back in the
old DOS days. The GUI looks better now, but it is way more complicated
to modify. Hopefully the customization programs will catch up with
Vista soon.

Shawn.


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