Is XP a Dud?

[Robert Wright]

I just got to XP, and am not favorably impressed. How
about you XP veterans out there, is XP what it's cracked
up to be? Or is it all just a lot of smoke?

[David H. Lipman]

XP might be bloated and the GUI may have gone in the wrong direction but other than that XP
is fine.

In addition...
If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email address then you have now invited
the Swen worm to visit you.

The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is called this is because the Swen worm
harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has an engine that allows it to post
itself to UseNet News Groups and well as it has its own email engine. From the list of
email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email itself to those addresses.

Dave



"Robert Wright" > wrote in message
...
| I just got to XP, and am not favorably impressed. How
| about you XP veterans out there, is XP what it's cracked
| up to be? Or is it all just a lot of smoke?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP is the most advanced and stable operating system
available. If you are having problems, kindly describe the symptoms
and we'll endeavor to help solve the issues.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Robert Wright" > wrote in message:
...

| I just got to XP, and am not favorably impressed. How
| about you XP veterans out there, is XP what it's cracked
| up to be? Or is it all just a lot of smoke?

[Kelly]

What did you expect and what are your issues, Robert. XP has always ran
fine for my systems here for over two years.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Robert Wright" > wrote in message
...
> I just got to XP, and am not favorably impressed. How
> about you XP veterans out there, is XP what it's cracked
> up to be? Or is it all just a lot of smoke?

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In ,
Robert Wright > typed:

> I just got to XP, and am not favorably impressed. How
> about you XP veterans out there, is XP what it's cracked
> up to be? Or is it all just a lot of smoke?


In my view it's the best and most stable version of Windows ever.
Give it a little more time. Anything new is bound to be
unfamiliar, and most of us prefer what is familiar until we get
used to what is new.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Robert Wright]

Okay, you're right; if I'm going to bitch I guess you need
to know what it is that I am being so huffy about:

First off is the issue of the intrusive XP boot manager.
I already have a multi-boot manager, thank you. And now
that I have two and can't get rid of XP's, neither seems
to work correctly. The XP boot manager keeps telling me
that it cannot find the autochek file and so it is going
to skip the check; but it cannot open Windows XP. I have
to get into XP via Boot Magic. I think it would just be
awfully nice if the XP boot manager could find that
autochek file just like Boot Magic apparently finds it;
failing that, I would like to know how I can ditch the XP
boot manager and keep on trucking with Boot Magic. Can
you help?

Second issue was not being able to switch identities in
Outlook Express. Finally, after considerable wear and
tear on the nervous system, I resolved that issue, first
with 329084 and then by upgrading the system.

Then there was the matter of "losing" my two printers.
They were there, and then they weren't there. I tried
324757 to resolve that one, but it did not apply. I moved
on to 314876, and that one did not work. The print
spooler could not be awakened. Printers could not be
installed. I never resolved the problem.

This brought me to the missing or corrupt hal.dll file on
starting XP. Okay, I acquired the file. Now all I had to
do was place it into the c:\windows\system32 folder.
Guess what? You can't get there with the Recovery Console
because access is denied. Actually, I couldn't get into
any directory, as they were all denied. Time to go dive
into the Microsoft Knowledge Base again. Armed with
330184, I went back into battle. The bootcfg /rebuild
command did not rebuild the boot.ini file. Seeing red, I
formatted c: and reinstalled XP. Later I learned from
this forum that the missing hal.dll file was not missing
at all. Being directed by the boot.ini file, hal.dll is
the first file that XP searches for. Since the boot.ini
had become corrupt, the computer could not find hal and
sent out the message that old hal was either missing or
corrupt.

Although I am new to XP, I suspect that there really is a
simple way for getting into the hard drive folders with
Recovery Console, but as of this writing I am not aware of
it. Can you tell me something that I can't find in
314058?

After reinstalling XP and again downloading all the
upgrades, I'm back on my feet---and wondering if I just
had a run of bad luck, or if XP is a dud.

Thanks for your comments. And for letting me blow some
steam.

[Peter]

I agree that XP is certainly the most well thought out version of Windows
to come out of Redmond. It is user friendly as far as the average user is
concerned and I think if anyone has experienced the wonders of 98SE (which i
got almost used to after awhile) and the crappy Millenium, XP is a welcome
change in that Microsoft seemed to have listened to what consumers wanted
and included a lot of stuff to make it easier to move files here and there
and do stuff that most people would want from a computer. I have
re-installed XP many times, but not because of the OS, but because i did
something to screw it up (and that is relatively hard to do with XP; it is
stable as hell from my point of view) But then, if you have a rather
complicated set of needs that involves mucking about in system files etc ,
you are messing with something critical perhaps and you can't expect it
can't be hobbled if you try hard enough.

"Robert Wright" > wrote in message
...
> Okay, you're right; if I'm going to bitch I guess you need
> to know what it is that I am being so huffy about:
>
> First off is the issue of the intrusive XP boot manager.
> I already have a multi-boot manager, thank you. And now
> that I have two and can't get rid of XP's, neither seems
> to work correctly. The XP boot manager keeps telling me
> that it cannot find the autochek file and so it is going
> to skip the check; but it cannot open Windows XP. I have
> to get into XP via Boot Magic. I think it would just be
> awfully nice if the XP boot manager could find that
> autochek file just like Boot Magic apparently finds it;
> failing that, I would like to know how I can ditch the XP
> boot manager and keep on trucking with Boot Magic. Can
> you help?
>
> Second issue was not being able to switch identities in
> Outlook Express. Finally, after considerable wear and
> tear on the nervous system, I resolved that issue, first
> with 329084 and then by upgrading the system.
>
> Then there was the matter of "losing" my two printers.
> They were there, and then they weren't there. I tried
> 324757 to resolve that one, but it did not apply. I moved
> on to 314876, and that one did not work. The print
> spooler could not be awakened. Printers could not be
> installed. I never resolved the problem.
>
> This brought me to the missing or corrupt hal.dll file on
> starting XP. Okay, I acquired the file. Now all I had to
> do was place it into the c:\windows\system32 folder.
> Guess what? You can't get there with the Recovery Console
> because access is denied. Actually, I couldn't get into
> any directory, as they were all denied. Time to go dive
> into the Microsoft Knowledge Base again. Armed with
> 330184, I went back into battle. The bootcfg /rebuild
> command did not rebuild the boot.ini file. Seeing red, I
> formatted c: and reinstalled XP. Later I learned from
> this forum that the missing hal.dll file was not missing
> at all. Being directed by the boot.ini file, hal.dll is
> the first file that XP searches for. Since the boot.ini
> had become corrupt, the computer could not find hal and
> sent out the message that old hal was either missing or
> corrupt.
>
> Although I am new to XP, I suspect that there really is a
> simple way for getting into the hard drive folders with
> Recovery Console, but as of this writing I am not aware of
> it. Can you tell me something that I can't find in
> 314058?
>
> After reinstalling XP and again downloading all the
> upgrades, I'm back on my feet---and wondering if I just
> had a run of bad luck, or if XP is a dud.
>
> Thanks for your comments. And for letting me blow some
> steam.
>

[David Candy]

You can't. Dump boot magic or configure them properly. This is user =
error.

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> Okay, you're right; if I'm going to bitch I guess you need=20
> to know what it is that I am being so huffy about: =20
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> First off is the issue of the intrusive XP boot manager. =20
> I already have a multi-boot manager, thank you. And now=20
> that I have two and can't get rid of XP's, neither seems=20
> to work correctly. The XP boot manager keeps telling me=20
> that it cannot find the autochek file and so it is going=20
> to skip the check; but it cannot open Windows XP. I have=20
> to get into XP via Boot Magic. I think it would just be=20
> awfully nice if the XP boot manager could find that=20
> autochek file just like Boot Magic apparently finds it;=20
> failing that, I would like to know how I can ditch the XP=20
> boot manager and keep on trucking with Boot Magic. Can=20
> you help?
>=20
> Second issue was not being able to switch identities in=20
> Outlook Express. Finally, after considerable wear and=20
> tear on the nervous system, I resolved that issue, first=20
> with 329084 and then by upgrading the system. =20
>=20
> Then there was the matter of "losing" my two printers. =20
> They were there, and then they weren't there. I tried=20
> 324757 to resolve that one, but it did not apply. I moved=20
> on to 314876, and that one did not work. The print=20
> spooler could not be awakened. Printers could not be=20
> installed. I never resolved the problem.
>=20
> This brought me to the missing or corrupt hal.dll file on=20
> starting XP. Okay, I acquired the file. Now all I had to=20
> do was place it into the c:\windows\system32 folder. =20
> Guess what? You can't get there with the Recovery Console=20
> because access is denied. Actually, I couldn't get into=20
> any directory, as they were all denied. Time to go dive=20
> into the Microsoft Knowledge Base again. Armed with=20
> 330184, I went back into battle. The bootcfg /rebuild=20
> command did not rebuild the boot.ini file. Seeing red, I=20
> formatted c: and reinstalled XP. Later I learned from=20
> this forum that the missing hal.dll file was not missing=20
> at all. Being directed by the boot.ini file, hal.dll is=20
> the first file that XP searches for. Since the boot.ini=20
> had become corrupt, the computer could not find hal and=20
> sent out the message that old hal was either missing or=20
> corrupt. =20
>=20
> Although I am new to XP, I suspect that there really is a=20
> simple way for getting into the hard drive folders with=20
> Recovery Console, but as of this writing I am not aware of=20
> it. Can you tell me something that I can't find in=20
> 314058? =20
>=20
> After reinstalling XP and again downloading all the=20
> upgrades, I'm back on my feet---and wondering if I just=20
> had a run of bad luck, or if XP is a dud.
>=20
> Thanks for your comments. And for letting me blow some=20
> steam.
>=20