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Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive?
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"New & confused" wrote in
message Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? They think they did. I agree. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx |
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Most 5 year olds pick it up in about 15 minutes. Have you
bothered to read the labels on the menu or take the "tour?" "New & confused" wrote in message ... | Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? |
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New & confused wrote:
Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? I'm sure that if you know how to significantly improve those aspects, Microsoft would love to hire you. They've done it as best as they can and IMHO it's a heck of an improvement over prior versions. Did you ever try to learn 200 DOS or Unix commands? Bill |
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"New & confused" wrote in message ... | Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? Over the weekend I watched as my grandson turned on my computer by first turning on a surge protector, then the switch on the computer case, waited patiently for the login screen, selected a user login that I had created for him but hadn't told him about, clicked on Start, then All Programs, then found the games menu and the Labyrinth game in the submenu, started the game, selected the difficulty mode, and began to play. He's 3 1/2 years old. What's *your* problem? |
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They did, well as far as I'm concerned it is a very good OS and has far
more going for it than before, even I can't crash it. Joan "New & confused" wrote in message ... Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? |
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-----Original Message----- Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have to learn anything new? |
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"Granny" wrote in message
-----Original Message----- Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have to learn anything new? LOL -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx |
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Exactly.
"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote in message ... | | "New & confused" wrote in message | ... || Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? | | Over the weekend I watched as my grandson turned on my computer by first | turning on a surge protector, then the switch on the computer case, waited | patiently for the login screen, selected a user login that I had created for | him but hadn't told him about, clicked on Start, then All Programs, then | found the games menu and the Labyrinth game in the submenu, started the | game, selected the difficulty mode, and began to play. He's 3 1/2 years | old. | What's *your* problem? | | |
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I make a good buck helping adults with their computer questions. My favorite
is the guy who had his computer for over one year and never knew what the right mouse button was for. Whenever he clicked it (by mistake) he would quickly shut down his computer when the "little window" popped up, because he was afraid that something was wrong. I asked him how many times he had done this and was told "literally hundred's of times" Now maybe if that little window had a title called "options" he could have fathomed what it was all about. So, I think it could be a bit more user friendly. What's obvious to you and I is not necessarily obvious to a plain user. -- Regards, Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) If you knew as much as you thought you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Granny" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have to learn anything new? |
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rtfm always works
"Richard Urban" wrote in message ... |I make a good buck helping adults with their computer questions. My favorite | is the guy who had his computer for over one year and never knew what the | right mouse button was for. Whenever he clicked it (by mistake) he would | quickly shut down his computer when the "little window" popped up, because | he was afraid that something was wrong. | | I asked him how many times he had done this and was told "literally | hundred's of times" | | Now maybe if that little window had a title called "options" he could have | fathomed what it was all about. | | So, I think it could be a bit more user friendly. What's obvious to you and | I is not necessarily obvious to a plain user. | | -- | Regards, | | Richard Urban | | aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) | | If you knew as much as you thought you know, | You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! | | | "Granny" wrote in message | ... | | -----Original Message----- | Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and | intuitive? | | | What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft | make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have to | learn anything new? | | |
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And you know that the people who should - don't!
-- Regards, Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) If you knew as much as you thought you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... rtfm always works "Richard Urban" wrote in message ... |I make a good buck helping adults with their computer questions. My favorite | is the guy who had his computer for over one year and never knew what the | right mouse button was for. Whenever he clicked it (by mistake) he would | quickly shut down his computer when the "little window" popped up, because | he was afraid that something was wrong. | | I asked him how many times he had done this and was told "literally | hundred's of times" | | Now maybe if that little window had a title called "options" he could have | fathomed what it was all about. | | So, I think it could be a bit more user friendly. What's obvious to you and | I is not necessarily obvious to a plain user. | | -- | Regards, | | Richard Urban | | aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) | | If you knew as much as you thought you know, | You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! | | | "Granny" wrote in message | ... | | -----Original Message----- | Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and | intuitive? | | | What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft | make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have to | learn anything new? | | |
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Badges, we don't need no stinking badges.
FUBAR SNAFU I grew up on a farm, I don't need any horse riding lessons. Hey, watch this! "Richard Urban" wrote in message ... | And you know that the people who should - don't! | | -- | Regards, | | Richard Urban | | aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) | | If you knew as much as you thought you know, | You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! | | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | ... | rtfm always works | | | "Richard Urban" wrote | in message ... | |I make a good buck helping adults with their computer | questions. My favorite | | is the guy who had his computer for over one year and | never knew what the | | right mouse button was for. Whenever he clicked it (by | mistake) he would | | quickly shut down his computer when the "little window" | popped up, because | | he was afraid that something was wrong. | | | | I asked him how many times he had done this and was told | "literally | | hundred's of times" | | | | Now maybe if that little window had a title called | "options" he could have | | fathomed what it was all about. | | | | So, I think it could be a bit more user friendly. What's | obvious to you and | | I is not necessarily obvious to a plain user. | | | | -- | | Regards, | | | | Richard Urban | | | | aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) | | | | If you knew as much as you thought you know, | | You would realize that you don't know what you thought you | knew! | | | | | | "Granny" wrote in | message | | ... | | | | -----Original Message----- | | Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and | | intuitive? | | | | | | What you really meant to say is... Why didn't Microsoft | | make Windows XP exactly like Windows 98 so I don't have | to | | learn anything new? | | | | | | | | |
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Jim Macklin wrote:
Badges, we don't need no stinking badges. FUBAR SNAFU I grew up on a farm, I don't need any horse riding lessons. Hey, watch this! Here's something that made me giggle. I subscribe to a UK mag called PC Format and they have their own forums. The other day there was a guy complaining that system restore wasn't working and he couldn't create a restore point (it turned out that the SR service had been stopped for some reason). That wasn't the funny bit - he began his post (and this is a direct quote) "I work on a large computer helpdesk and consider myself a expert with all aspects of computers". The reason he needed to create a restore point? He wanted to flash the BIOS and wanted to restore if anything went wrong! I pray his boss never reads the group! Needless to say he was flamed mercilessly for it. -- Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling on salads. |
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New & confused wrote:
Why didn't Microsoft make Windows XP user friendly and intuitive? If it gets any more cute & cuddly, I'd get nauseous. Seriously, I don't see how an operating system could possibly be dumbed-down any further. It's a real nuisance having to turn off all of the user-friendly features just so I can actually put the computer to use. What particular facets of WinXP are giving you trouble? -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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