I've yet to have any problems in any Office 2003 applications. If you know what the hell you're doing with a computer, it is incredibly rare for anything to ever fail. If you have your computer loaded with a bunch of idiotic junkware as indicated by the 400 icons you see in your system tray, you should expect things to fail. Anyone can write a program that hooks into events in Microsoft applications and causes them to fail. This is not Microsoft's fault. If you've ever run a purely Microsoft machine, you'll see that it is ridiculously rare that they fail. I have NEVER seen any software out there that crashes less than Microsoft's and is anywhere even remotely close to being as powerful as a comparable Microsoft application. Ray at work > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Hooper [mailto:jennifer.hooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Gunnar - > > You have me falling out of my chair here with > laughter..... because this is *so* bloody TRUE! I just > re-installed Office 2k3 on my brand-new, completely reimaged > computer. I pull up Word to print out my Citrix > documentation I'm working on, and what happens? *BLAM* > Crash, must reboot. Woooooooooot? Turns out, it was some > dumb Microsoft Document Image Writer or somewat that was > installed as my default printer. I had forgotten to map my > printer first. Causing me to lose all the setup work I had > done because my profile got blasted! *sigh* If this is what > they call job security, I suppose. > > Jennifer > > ________________________________ > > From: Berger, Gunnar [mailto:GBerger@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > First off I have to appoligize on behalf of Microsoft. No > one man has ever accomplished the task of figuring out why > our products crash. Shoot we don't even know, in fact should > you find out, please let us know so that we can keep the > information to ourselves (you never know what happens when > you share that type of information). I recommend buying our > new product Word 2003, it crashes twice as much, uses three > times the amount of disk space, and runs slower than Win2k on > a 486. However we have added all kinds of feature no sane > human even needs or ever learn how to use. Also, since the > advent of Microsoft products we have noticed a dramatic > increase in computer crashes, we have determined that these > crashes send people back to using pencil and paper. For > those users we have created a new program called One Note, > now we have figured out how to crash your notes too. At only > $150 per license. > > Join us. Join us. > ********************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. Distribution, publication, or retransmission of this message is strictly prohibited. This message may be a bank to client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. The sender of this e-mail specifically "opts-out" of the Electronic Signatures and Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign) and any and all similar state and federal acts. Accordingly, but without limitation, any and all documents, contracts, and agreements must contain a handwritten signature of the sender to be legal, valid, and enforceable. ********************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm