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Questions about the "end of Windows 7"
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 20:30:38 -0700, Bill in Co wrote:
I've done some of those things, but it's still a bit of a PIA. And don't get me started on the circular references and junction points crapola! As I've said, life is too short for this obfuscation (at least for me). You sound the way I did when I first got Windows 7. Then I buckled down and learned it, with the help of people in this group and the excellent book /Windows 7 Inside Out/.(*) I don't mean to make light of your pain, I'm just saying that you sound like you're letting frustration get the better of you. In my experience, the best way to master such feelings is not to keep the complications at arm's length -- as you've observed, that's a losing game. Instead, I've found it best really to learn as much as I needed to know to get the jobs done. Windows XP (and Windows 98SE and Windows 2000) were simply lean and mean, with nothing ever getting in your way. It may seem that way in hindsight, but I remember a steep learning curve even for Windows XP. The "Annoyances" book was my constant companion. If you ever drink the Kool-Aid ... oops, I mean "upgrade" to Windows 10 ... I guarantee you'll look back with nostalgia on Windows 7 and sigh about how Windows 7 just worked and Windows 10 constantly gets in your way. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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