tweakui endorsement

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message ...
D. Spencer Hines wrote:
Further, the OP won't say what he did with it -- which is
non-responsive and fraudulent.

I do wonder where the OP went - or if other posters are correct and this
is a case of a "drive-by trolling"... ;-)
I do wonder where the OP went - or if other posters are correct and this
is a case of a "drive-by trolling"... ;-)

Yes, it well may be just that -- by a juvenile.


Or, maybe the OP doesn't LIVE here like some people, so they don't check and post every five seconds.


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'Drive by trolling'?.. :-)

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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fires1up wrote:
As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought others
like myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is currently
(Oct. '06) being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06 issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which
time I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My
advice: NEVER, EVER download tweakui!

Shenan Stanley wrote:
I will continue to recommend the Microsoft Powertoy TweakUI to
users wanting to learn more about their system/tweak the
performance of it easily. It is a fantastic software I install on
every system I install/touch/maintain. I have yet to have any
issues with any of its features going all the way back to its
Windows '9x days.
If you are reading this, you can and should get this freebie. When
utilizing it - be sure to take things slow... Don't go in and
change everything at once. You are learning here - do it the same
way you learn everything else. The fewer changes you do in any
one session, the easier it will be to reverse it if you decide you
don't like the change!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

D. Spencer Hines wrote:
Good Advice.

Further, the OP won't say what he did with it -- which is
non-responsive and fraudulent.

I do wonder where the OP went - or if other posters are correct and this
is a case of a "drive-by trolling"... ;-)

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MS-MVP
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

I have to admit that i've never had any problems with tweakUI.

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"fires1up" wrote in message
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As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought others like
myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is currently (Oct. '06)
being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06 issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which time
I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My advice: NEVER,
EVER download tweakui!

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
fires1up wrote:

As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought others
like myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is currently
(Oct. '06) being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06 issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which time
I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My advice: NEVER,
EVER download tweakui!


My advice is exactly the opposite. I've used all versions of TweakUI over
the years on all of my own machines and installed it those of many others.
I've never had a single problem with it anywhere.

In fact my advice is that *everyone* should have a copy of TweakUI and use
it wherever possible instead of doing the same thing by a direct registry
edit.

TweakUI is essentially little more than a user-friendly, less dangerous
special-purpose Registry editor, and there's no downside of using it. No
matter how experienced you are editing the registry manually, everybody is
always at some risk of making a mistake, and anything you can do with
TweakUI instead of Regedit is far safer.

What are the "serious problems" you experienced?

You are absolutely correct TweakUI is a good tool for modifying your
computers setup

Bingo!

I entirely agree.

I've been using TweakUI safely for years.

Same here. All TweakUI is, is a convenient registry editor for a bunch of
presets.

Is this gonna turn into one of those "gotta protect an idiot from himself"
threads?

"Homer J. Simpson" wrote in message ...
Bingo!

I entirely agree.

I've been using TweakUI safely for years.

Same here. All TweakUI is, is a convenient registry editor for a bunch of
presets.

Is this gonna turn into one of those "gotta protect an idiot from himself"
threads?


Actually, it looks like it already has.


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news/alec-synetech/cjb/net

Shenan Stanley wrote:
If you are reading this, you can and should get this freebie. When
utilizing it - be sure to take things slow... Don't go in and change
everything at once. You are learning here - do it the same way you learn
everything else. The fewer changes you do in any one session, the easier it
will be to reverse it if you decide you don't like the change!
Thanks for the advice.
I can't say exactly what happened three years ago, except that I was
trying to uninstall it, but it wouldn't go away. I had to do a complete
system re-start.
Based on all the comments here, no doubt it was just a combination of
my impatience and inexperience that caused my problems.

fires1up wrote:

I can't say exactly what happened three years ago, except that I was
trying to uninstall it, but it wouldn't go away. I had to do a
complete system re-start.

Based on all the comments here, no doubt it was just a combination of
my impatience and inexperience that caused my problems.


Thanks for that comment. It takes a big person to admit he was wrong.

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Based on all the comments here, no doubt it was just a combination of
my impatience and inexperience that caused my problems.

Thanks for that comment. It takes a big person to admit he was wrong.

That may be the case, but it takes an even bigger person to point and laugh
at that first guy. :-D






Uh...wait...that doesn't work here. On Usenet, everybody already does that.

Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

"Tom Willett" wrote:

I have downloaded and used it without any problems on both my home and
office computers.

My boss has it on 3 of his computers. No problems.

6 of my friends and co-workers have it on their home and office computers.
No problems.

Tom
"fires1up" wrote in message
oups.com...
As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought others like
myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is currently (Oct. '06)
being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06 issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which time
I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My advice: NEVER,
EVER download tweakui!

fires1up wrote:
As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought
others like myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is
currently (Oct. '06) being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06
issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which
time I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My
advice: NEVER, EVER download tweakui!

Tom Willett wrote:
I have downloaded and used it without any problems on both my home
and office computers.

My boss has it on 3 of his computers. No problems.

6 of my friends and co-workers have it on their home and office
computers. No problems.

joey0101 wrote:
Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

Joey0101,

I am confused as to what your response references and why it was made 30
days after the original posting/set of responses that seem to be in the part
of the thread you are replying to.

I am sure you have a reason to attack 'fires1up' or 'Tom Willett' - but I
must be missing that reason in this thread/part of it. Can you enlighten
me?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley wrote:
fires1up wrote:
As a lightweight in terms of computer experience, I thought
others like myself might appreciate this warning : tweakui is
currently (Oct. '06) being HEAVILY endorsed by PC World (Nov. '06
issue).
PC World also endorsed tweakui about two or 3 years ago, at which
time I downloaded it. I experienced serious problems. My
advice: NEVER, EVER download tweakui!

Tom Willett wrote:
I have downloaded and used it without any problems on both my home
and office computers.

My boss has it on 3 of his computers. No problems.

6 of my friends and co-workers have it on their home and office
computers. No problems.

joey0101 wrote:
Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

Joey0101,

I am confused as to what your response references and why it was made
30 days after the original posting/set of responses that seem to be
in the part of the thread you are replying to.

I am sure you have a reason to attack 'fires1up' or 'Tom Willett' -
but I must be missing that reason in this thread/part of it. Can you
enlighten me?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP

It's a troll; spewing all over the place today.