__/ [ AZ Nomad ] on Monday 05 February 2007 18:52 \__
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:23:54 -0600, chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
>>BearItAll wrote:
>
>>>Eventually windows comes up and asked you to enter a username and password
>>>for the administrator. Now, call me nieve, but I though 'At last MS are
>>>doing it right', so I said to him to use 'root' as his admin user and a
>>>decent password, which we wrote into his little book and I gave him the
>>>shorter ten minute version of how he should only log in as root when the
>>>system asked him to or for special purposes. I was expecting to get to
>>>enter normal users next, but it didn't happen. That admin user is the only
>>>user you start with. sigh.
>
>>That is just fscking unbelievable that they STILL do not strongly
>>encourage the usage of a "user" account.
>
>>Are they still hiding file extensions by default? Idiots.
>
> I'm surprised too. It only took microsoft fifteen years to embrace 70's
> technology and get past the FAT file system. I'd expect they would have
> embraced 60's technology and protected the operating system from its users
> by now.
>
> Guess not: microsoft makes much of their money from people buying new
> computers to replace systems with a damaged operating system.
Damaged -- no. Buggy -- yes. Even Microsoft admit this, but not when they do
the "Wow" show.
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
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| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
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