-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Micro$oft does it again... only worse this time:

IMO Micro$oft only hears the public when they think there is money in it
(either positive or negative).  I've heard and read a lot saying that
Windows 7 is more like Vista with a big service pack.  Microsoft will make a
lot more money selling it as the next version of Windows.  Not only do they
have unhappy Vista users who can't wait to install the next version of
Windows that they keep hearing fixes Vista's problems, but it also distances
it from the bad reputation Vista is getting.  I find it hard to believe that
Windows 7 will be as good as they are hyping it to be... didn't they hype
Vista as being more reliable than XP before they started selling it?

And yes, Longhorn was the codename for Vista during development.  I can't
remember if "Windows 7" is the codename or expected name that the next
version will be sold as.  I'll re-read this months' PC-Mag article to see.

-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lilian
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:55 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Micro$oft does it again... only worse this time:

Does Microsoft ever hear the "public"?  I wonder if Windows 7 will be more 
like XP?  I remember when I moved to Win2K I was filled with wonder and when

XP came along that was dreamworld.  Why didn´t MS assimilate this and just 
improve a system which was a winner?  And what about Longhorn... did that 
transform into Vista or was it the prototype for Windows 7?

Lil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Disastar" <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:49 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Micro$oft does it again... only worse this time:


> LoL  Well I think that Micro$oft says that treating everyone like morons 
> and
> taking control over you is not a bug, but a feature.  I read that Vista 
> was
> designed to figure out how you use your computer so it can anticipate and 
> do
> these mundane tasks for you.  So, its saying that you don't need to find
> your files in Explorer or even care where the files are because Vista will
> open the files when you need them.  I guess that means that if you can't
> find the file, its because Vista knows you are not ready for it yet. 
> LMAO!
> Micro$oft BS really cracks me up.  I don't believe any of that BS... I 
> would
> rather know where my files are.
>
> And on a more serious note, I get the impression that MS thinks everyone
> using Vista should be typing their filenames into the search box instead 
> of
> using Explorer to find them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lilian
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:26 PM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Micro$oft does it again... only worse this 
> time:
>
> ROFLMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I know the feeling of frustration... its the most
> ridiculous os I´ve ever seen <bg> Last year when I got my notebook with
> Vista on it I winged on and on about how MY computer treated ME as if I 
> were
>
> a moron who couldn´t be left alone with a computer.  The system wants to
> keep control over you... :o))
>
> Lil
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 8:59 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Micro$oft does it again... only worse this time:
>
>
>> Boot your Vista system up and open Windows Explorer.
>> Where does it open to?   Documents folder, and it expands to show all the
>> sub-folders
>>
>> Now click to open any of the sub folders.  Do you see the contents of the
>> sub folder?
>>
>> Of course not!  Access is denied.
>>
>> Now look up at the top of the folder pane and you will see Documents,
>> Pictures and Music.  Click on More.  Do you see Videos?
>>
>> Of course not.  So go back down the folder tree to Documents and try to
>> open the Videos sub folder.  Did it work?
>>
>> Of course not.  Access is denied.   So how do you get to view the 
>> contents
>
>> of your video folder?
>>
>> Hmmmm.  It is under the Documents setting.  Lets try navigating to
>> C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Documents\Videos.
>>
>> What?  You can't navigate there?  You can't even open Documents and
>> Settings?  What happened?
>>
>> Access denied.
>>
>> I admit that I am not a rocket scientist, but this is so stupid as to 
>> make
>
>> me wonder about the intelligence level of the programmers that created
>> this monstrosity.
>>
>> Am I the only one to notice that Bill Gates took his money and ran right
>> after it became obvious that Vista was a major failure?  I would quit too
>> if I had created an OS like Vista.
>>
>> This OS is a bigger travesty on the typical computer user than ME ever 
>> was
>
>> or could have been.  The FTC or somebody should make them issue a RECALL.
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