Re: Features you wish for in Windows XP Service Pack 3.......please post your views

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From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:50:38 +1100

But noone will buy it. That is why MS is sucessful. They will run your programs. 

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"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:pan.2005.02.01.13.32.26.598433@nowhere.lan...
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:22:10 +1100,  wrote:
> 
>> What programs will people run on this OS?
> 
> A new and revised batch of the same that we run now. Programs that don't
> allow "User" level account to run them should be eliminated (like
> installing MS Office 2003 or QuickBooks as a User).
> 
> We need, if we're going to move into safer computing areas, adopt the idea
> that backwards compatability is not all it's cracked up to be. You can
> leave the current Windows platforms where they are, service packs to fix
> security problems, but get out of the past and design something that takes
> into account the real-world use of computers currently in the market.
> 
> I'm not advocating that we all switch to Linux or AIX or MAC OS, but we
> need something that's a little more secure for the average user based on
> the extensive threat base out there, and that takes FULL computing
> advantage of the P4 line and above (not to mention other vendors CPU).
> 
> It would be nice to see the next Windows have the ability to install a
> kernel based on type of CPU, where it's completely optimized for that CPU
> out of the box, where security is first, ease of use second, and
> applications third.
> 
> Don't suggest that MS can't do it, if I can install MS Office 2000/XP on a
> linux box and have it run perfectly, MS can create a new OS and update
> Office 2003 to run on it.
> 
> Do you know how many people (home users and small businesses) run as local
> administrators because they can't run QuickBooks, MS Office 2003, or other
> apps without being an admin? Lots!
> 
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