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From: Alias on 1 Aug 2010 15:12
On 08/01/2010 07:45 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Alias:
>> I don't find Win 7 to be all that much different than XP. New eye candy
>> and some changes as to where things are but basically same old same old
>> Windows. The "aero" seems like a poor imitation of Compiz, though :-)
>
> You didn't have any problem with the Control Panel and having to
> drill down through all those arbitrary categories before finding
> something that used tb right there on the screen?
>
> I finally found the "Small Icons".. or whatever they call it...
> option. But until then.... geeze!

XP has the same problem and the solution is similar.

>
> And even then, I'd like to hear their rationale for changing
> "Add/Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features"..... Smacks of
> techweenies to me.

Agreed.

>
> I *still* haven't figured out how to do all of what I used to do
> with a FolderWindow | Tools | Folder Options | View | Apply to
> All Folders.

Nor have I :-)

>
> And if "Aero" means those pop-up thumbnails from TaskBar
> MousOvers... that made me crazy until I found TaskBarTweaker.
> It's also quite confusing to a new user.

I like that feature but I've been using it in Linux for years.

> Maybe I'm just getting old and crabby......

Then cheer up. You're still alive ...

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Alias
From: Peter on 2 Aug 2010 04:50
On 08/02/2010 02:03 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Alias:
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree but what are you gonna do? I use Linux most of the time.
>
>
> I dabbled in Linux for a few months trying to get a freebie
> Tivo-On-Steroids app whose name I've forgotten (the bad memories
> fade....) working reliably.
>
> Since then, I've tended to diss Linux - more, I think, bco the
> nightmare of trying to get that app to work than anything else.
>
> Now, having built a few Windows systems for technophobes who only
> want to browse web pages and do email, I'm coming around to the
> suspicion that somebody who really knows that they are doing
> Linux-wise (that's NOT me....) could set up a box for said
> technophobes that would be just as reliable as a Windows box,
> significantly easier on the user and, of course, cheaper.

Not to mention no malware problems.

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Peter
From: Peter on 2 Aug 2010 11:00
On 08/02/2010 04:46 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Peter:
>>> technophobes that would be just as reliable as a Windows box,
>>> significantly easier on the user and, of course, cheaper.
>>
>> Not to mention no malware problems.
>
> I hadn't thought about that.
>
> That's a significant consideration too.
>
> Even though I can set up a box with a freebie anti virus like
> Avast, the time will come when the freebie license expires and
> the user is confronted with a renewal dialog.
>
> In fact, I had one box totally hosed when the user chose "Ignore"
> on one of Avast's virus warning screens.

Avast doesn't do that anymore. One time registration is enough. That
said, viruses aren't the only malware out there.

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Peter
From: Do Dah Zippity on 2 Aug 2010 11:37


: Avast doesn't do that anymore. One time registration is enough. That
: said, viruses aren't the only malware out there.

Avast Free still requires annual renewal.


From: Peter Taylor on 2 Aug 2010 12:28
On 8/2/2010 5:37 PM, Do Dah Zippity wrote:
> : Avast doesn't do that anymore. One time registration is enough. That
> : said, viruses aren't the only malware out there.
>
> Avast Free still requires annual renewal.
>
>

Hm, you're right. I could have sworn that I saw that was changed when I
updated to 5.0.

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