Re: Limiting the size of the System Restore files w/Vista

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Mike Torello wrote:
Hula Baloo <eepyeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Now I just have to add an editorial comment. Why in the @#$%^& does MS do this kind of crap? This is just one more reason why Vista has two black eyes. It's really not a bad OS, but things like this have simply alienated the vast majority of PC users.

The "vast majority" of Vista users aren't amateur geeks like you are.

They do email and surf the web, and most of them probably don't even
know what Windows Update is.
Heh, amateur geek is close, but old fart retiree geek would be more accurate. I spent over 30 years as a programmer, systems programmer, systems engineer, software architect, and am now teaching computer courses at the local senior centers. I'm tempted to say the "average user" knows when his disk space is being gobbled up, but unfortunately most users have no clue until they run out of space. However they get their perspective on the likes of Vista from folks like you and me who see so many things MS changed for no apparent reason. Oh well, they didn't ask my opinion before they did it, and I bet the same is true for you. :-(
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