~ Free Spirit ~
February 17th 04, 10:21 PM
"Mad Max" <madmax1300@REMOVE THISmail.com> wrote in message
...
> Tall_Man;
> The major part of your problem, as you said, is that you may not be an
> Administrator on your own computer. I agree, as if you needed me to agree,
> that MS has made XP unnecessarily difficult to use for the normal home
user.
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** AMEN!!!! I agree with that. Not everyone out here in computerland is a
techie. W95 was our first PC and with the helpfiles and a W95 book from
CompUSA we were in business. Hubby had limited experience with DOS before
that. Then we got new PCs with W98 - again no problem. But the PC with
WXP-Home is a BITCH in plain English, even with helpfiles, the net and the
Dummies Book.
The built in MS burner software didn't work at all.... then it would tell
you you had files to burn! The Find/Search feature was slower than
molasses, and for some reason didn't always find what it was looking for.
It also LOCKED UP constantly. We would have to shut it down, then start it
up again before it would do the NEXT search. It would not always "go back"
so you could search again. A total pain in the ass. Bugs! Bugs and more
bugs!
HP is going to do a complete reinstall of the OS I was told - then things
should work. God knows how long it'll be before I see my new computer
again. Of course I'm not holding my breath all the problems will be solved
and that I'll get it back in 9 working days (cough-cough)..... :-|
FS........
...
> Tall_Man;
> The major part of your problem, as you said, is that you may not be an
> Administrator on your own computer. I agree, as if you needed me to agree,
> that MS has made XP unnecessarily difficult to use for the normal home
user.
=====================
** AMEN!!!! I agree with that. Not everyone out here in computerland is a
techie. W95 was our first PC and with the helpfiles and a W95 book from
CompUSA we were in business. Hubby had limited experience with DOS before
that. Then we got new PCs with W98 - again no problem. But the PC with
WXP-Home is a BITCH in plain English, even with helpfiles, the net and the
Dummies Book.
The built in MS burner software didn't work at all.... then it would tell
you you had files to burn! The Find/Search feature was slower than
molasses, and for some reason didn't always find what it was looking for.
It also LOCKED UP constantly. We would have to shut it down, then start it
up again before it would do the NEXT search. It would not always "go back"
so you could search again. A total pain in the ass. Bugs! Bugs and more
bugs!
HP is going to do a complete reinstall of the OS I was told - then things
should work. God knows how long it'll be before I see my new computer
again. Of course I'm not holding my breath all the problems will be solved
and that I'll get it back in 9 working days (cough-cough)..... :-|
FS........