Re: A Few Good Words About Windows XP
From: rck (musonthemt.SPAM_ME_NOT_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/13/04
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:29:52 GMT
Yeah, but the bottom line is, if we had any other appliance in our home that
worked as bad as a PC with Windows OS, we'd have thrown it out long ago.
Somehow we accept bad computing as "normal" and we live with it. We post on
the newsgroups, we ask co-workers if they found a fix for this or that, we
ask friends or tell them how we solved the latest security glitch. The PC is
still a tinkerer's game, designed for the geek. It isn't plug and play.
Everytime we turn it on, it's another adventure. I'll agree XP is the most
stable Windows OS yet, and that's a sad commentary on the state of the PC
and Windows OS.
Bob
"Michael Stevens" <Mstevens@bogusmvps.org> wrote in message
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> JD wrote:
> > I see a surprising amount of "Windows bashing" in these groups, so
> > I'd like to offer my own perspective:
> > I've used Windows XP since August, 2003.
> > I had some "Windows Has Recovered From a Serious Error" messages.
> > The problem was traced to a bad video driver update--the "rollback"
> > feature worked flawlessly.
> > On another occasion I caused some problems by messing around with
> > Services. This time System Restore came to my rescue without a hitch.
> > I run Norton Internet Security and Norton Anti-virus and receive
> > regular virus definition updates without any hitches.
> > I run the Windows Firewall on top of Norton's firewall, with no
> > problems.
> > I check the Event Logs regularly and never see anything amiss.
> > I've installed ALL of the critical updates as soon as they were
> > released--without any problems.
> > After I hit the power on button, Desktop and all icons are in place
> > in 25 seconds. All applications leap to the screen.
> > When I hit the Turn Off Computer button, the system shuts off in 12
> > seconds. I use Outlook Express as my mail and news reader. I keep the
> > folders compacted on a regular basis, and never have any problems
> > with it.
> > I do only the routine maintenance procedures: clear the browser cache
> > and Temp folders and run Defrag once a week.
> > I might add that I used Windows 98SE (after a clean install) for five
> > years and NEVER had a freeze, crash, or any other OS problems.
> > I had very rare gpfs, but each time it was WAOL that had caused the
> > problem. If Windows XP is more stable than 98, I expect troublefree
> > computing for years to come.
>
> Most people only access these newsgroups when they are experiencing a
> problem and for most users, this is a very helpless feeling. They also for
> the most part find the newsgroups through the Help and Support console and
> their first experience using newsgroups is by the web based format. They
> post a question and then can't figure out how to find the answer using the
> awful web format. Makes a person very angry and the posts get pretty ugly.
> LOL
> Not many people without problems make posts to support newsgroups, also
the
> reason you see so many sick people in a doctors office.
> --
>
> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
> xpnews@bogusmichaelstevenstech.com
> http://michaelstevenstech.com
> For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
>
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