Mike
December 6th 03, 03:32 PM
XP is far superior to earlier versions...it is also more
stable....and faster: win98 = 1 minute...winXP = 5 seconds
If you explore around in the options/properties you will
see that it is only slightly different from win98.
Also the Help & Support Center is far better then even
winNT....I use H&SC daily for lots of small stuff.
Don't get me started on XP 3-D effects compared to flat98.
By the way if you are in an office why not using winNT?
>-----Original Message-----
>Is it just me???
>Does anyone else find xp to be really really irritating?
>I am tired of pop up boxes appearing from the corner of
my
>screen at odd moments, Tired of xp constantly trying to
>automate things when I put in a CD (which often
interfers
>with the programme I actually want to use the cd with)
but
>most of all I am totally sick of things not working
>because they were installed by someone else (even tho I
am
>down as an administrator), and by the time the IT guys
>have rejigged my user account, no matter how hard they
try
>to make sure they've copied everything over, I always
lose
>some customized settings on my programmes and it wastes
so
>much time resetting. There's a difference between
>security and paranoia and most of the stuff built into
xp
>for security definitely falls onto the paranoia side of
>the line. If my computer is off line for some reason it
>stupid that I can't work at another because I don't have
>an account on it; it's a waste of time all round to have
>to get someone from IT to set one up, not all companies
>need that level of security. Is it possible to switch it
>off?
>Sorry, don't mean to rant but I have lost 2.5 hours
today
>because of xp's little foibles
>
>.
>
stable....and faster: win98 = 1 minute...winXP = 5 seconds
If you explore around in the options/properties you will
see that it is only slightly different from win98.
Also the Help & Support Center is far better then even
winNT....I use H&SC daily for lots of small stuff.
Don't get me started on XP 3-D effects compared to flat98.
By the way if you are in an office why not using winNT?
>-----Original Message-----
>Is it just me???
>Does anyone else find xp to be really really irritating?
>I am tired of pop up boxes appearing from the corner of
my
>screen at odd moments, Tired of xp constantly trying to
>automate things when I put in a CD (which often
interfers
>with the programme I actually want to use the cd with)
but
>most of all I am totally sick of things not working
>because they were installed by someone else (even tho I
am
>down as an administrator), and by the time the IT guys
>have rejigged my user account, no matter how hard they
try
>to make sure they've copied everything over, I always
lose
>some customized settings on my programmes and it wastes
so
>much time resetting. There's a difference between
>security and paranoia and most of the stuff built into
xp
>for security definitely falls onto the paranoia side of
>the line. If my computer is off line for some reason it
>stupid that I can't work at another because I don't have
>an account on it; it's a waste of time all round to have
>to get someone from IT to set one up, not all companies
>need that level of security. Is it possible to switch it
>off?
>Sorry, don't mean to rant but I have lost 2.5 hours
today
>because of xp's little foibles
>
>.
>