Re: KB files..help please
- From: "HEMI-Powered" <none@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:43:04 GMT
Thee Chicago Wolf added these comments in the current discussion
du jour ...
At some point - I thought it would be Vista - MS needs to cut
the apron strings to the old DOS days including its 8.3 file
name restriction, make Windows a modern GUI O/S, get rid of
the bloat that comes from at least trying to accomodate every
piece of legacy SW and HW ever invented, and maybe, just
maybe, improve its reliability. To do that, of course, they
would need to obsolete all of its earlier customers, which
they are loathe to do. Still, if they don't do it someday on
all-NEW versions, they will never attain the stability that
the loyal Mac and Linux people claim.
A lot of folks want to cut the umbilical on DOS but a lot of
Admins use the command line tools to do stuff that they can't
in GUI. It's sad but true. Even Server 2008 touts Powershell
as a prerequisite. Any uber geek or IT guy who's been around
knows Powershell is the Microsoft response to trying to get
the command-line Linux crowd over to and / or comfortable with
Server 2008. DOS is not going away any time soon, sadly.
I can well understand this but couldn't MS develop an admin
toolkit for that? Just for grins, what do Mac admins do? I'm not
dissing you, I don't know. I was just commenting on a way that MS
could increase stability and decrease bugs.
OK, but people like me do read "if you're rational you'll installAs to whether any SP is or is not stable depends highly on
system configs and what HW, SW, video card, and other things
you have. e.g., you're running just fine with a pre-release
SP3 but I may have a major blowdown. But, please don't insult
everyone by suggesting they aren't rational if they don't
install SP3; instead, re-read your own reply - the part about
it being impossible for MS to account for everything and ask
yourself this question: "how can SP3 possibly be 100% bug free
and stable for everyone?" Mathematicians clain they can prove
that NO software is or can be bug free so why risk a visit
from Murphy if you're already up-to-date and running just
fine? Yes, yes, I know the OP is not running just fine and
SP3 might just help them ...
Well, I am not intending to insult anyone. Most system problem
are the fault of software, not hardware. Drivers have gotten
very stable and I've yet to see a drive blow out a system.
Software incompatibilities and poor coding seem to be culprit.
NO service pack can fix that, ha ha ha.
SP3" as an implication that resisting makes me somehow irrational
when I do, in fact, have my reasons the same as you have for
wanting a command line. Let's let it drop, OK?
As to what causes the most problems, I think it is a chicken and
egg thing. i.e., HW wouldn't cause problems if it didn't need SW
- drivers - to run, so which is the real culprit? But, my opinion
of getting HW drivers and the like from the manufacturer and not
from Bill the Gates still applies, I've read far to many tales of
woe from people who let Windows update their drivers. Just one
old fool's opinion, YMMV.
--
HP, aka Jerry
"Surely you jest - and don't call me Shirley!" - from the movie
"Airplane!"
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