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Old January 7th 19, 04:54 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
pyotr filipivich
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Default references for changing to Win7 from XP?

"Mayayana" on Sun, 6 Jan 2019 15:22:35 -0500
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I also have numerous minor quibbles. Overwriting
files with a copy is a pain. Windows wants to have a
discussion about it rather than just warning that the
old files will be lost. Every time I put in a USB stick
Win7 wants to format it.... There are a hundred little
things like that where XP stays out of my way while
Win7 acts "neurotic". But I don't find anything to be
an insurmountable problem. I just tend not to use it
much because I don't want to spend a month trying
to figure out how to make it shut up and get out of
my way.


I know what you mean. Windows has been described as a hyperactive
Boy Scout, always wanting to help, and always telling you what it just
did.
Sigh, I would like some way of telling Windows "I know that, don't
bother me with it again." E.g., if I change file extension from txt
to bat, after thirty years, I know it will change the functionality;
that is the reason I am changing the extension.

I wish I had the skills to "hack" Windows to get it out of my way.
But my serious nerding days are long past, I have other things I wish
to master.
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