RANT! Microsoft inanity strikes again

On 2015-01-04, Neil Gould wrote:
Live wrote:
"Neil" wrote...
On 1/2/2015 12:42 PM, Yes wrote:

This is the page the link is on
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

What OS did you open that page with? I see an error window when
looked at with Win8.1 (it correctly identified my OS as 8.1/64bit).


I am using Vista and opening that page I see the following.

The content displayed on Microsoft sites is determined by the OS of the
machine viewing those pages. The Vista version of that page may have errors.

There shouldn't be an error for Vista users. The list of the "help"
programs included a version for Vista; there are different versions
for the Vista & later OS.

Neil Gould wrote:
Live wrote:
"Neil" wrote...
On 1/2/2015 12:42 PM, Yes wrote:

This is the page the link is on
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

What OS did you open that page with? I see an error window when
looked at with Win8.1 (it correctly identified my OS as 8.1/64bit).


I am using Vista and opening that page I see the following.

The content displayed on Microsoft sites is determined by the OS of the
machine viewing those pages. The Vista version of that page may have errors.

That may be true for some MSFT sites where filtering is necessary based
on the accessing o/s...but in this case it is **not** applicable. The
917607 site is applicable to Vista, Server 8, Server 8 R2, 7, 8.0 and 8.1.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607 opens fine and without error here
on 7 Pro and 8.1 Pro in IE11 and SeaMonkey (all o/s and browsers fully
updated).

As noted in another post...the email feedback link is in error, and from
what I've been told, has been for some time. While it (bad email
feedback mailto link) has been reported, recently and in the past,
fixing the link is a low priority item.

Any help/support due to failure of installation of the applicable o/s
files should be handled in the applicable Windows o/s Answer forums
(MSFT account signon required to ask/reply)...with luck a MSFT Support
moderator may reply or offer additional help via a PM[Private Message].
--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Zaghadka wrote:

On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 05:44:01 +0000 (UTC), in alt.comp.os.windows-8, Yes
wrote:
--snipped--
Thanks MS. Now I have no help for my old programs. I managed to
scrounge up a winhlp32.exe from Windows 98 SE, and I'm using that
to open the help files manually. I can stick a copy in my Dropbox
if it would help you.

I would appreciate that if you would. I figured the problem was
due to one of the updates but had no idea when or which one.

Thank you.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j8jpk5g7u2...hlp32.exe?dl=0

Good luck with it. You have to double click the program and manually
open any .hlp files by browsing. It works on my Win 8.1 64-bit.

Zaghadka, thank you. I d/l'ed it and will start working with it later
today.