Re: Cannot see TIFs in XP was: Windows XP Home system file association problem...

David

XP is a far more intensive OS than ever the Win 9x family was.. the user is
able to link to various locations from more than one place in some
instances, but this does not make up the bulk of the OS.. it has built in
support for may functions, and trust me, if it didn't there would be cries
about that..
It can recover from major upsets in a way that Win 9x couldn't if you just
typed a letter twice at the DOS prompt.. the fact that it uses the Microsoft
'Windows' brand name belies the differences that one would expect between
Unix and Win 9x..

Even Linux installations are loaded with all kinds of stuff 'just in case'..

What let XP down at the beginning was manufacturers unwillingness to provide
drivers.. the same is happening to Windows X64 presently.. this is an issue
outside of Microsoft, and don't consider that MS are any happier about the
situation than 'would be' users are..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept
it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland


"David Morgan (MAMS)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ZVite.18370$9a1.4270@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eNEg1mGdFHA.892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> The default is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
>> Settings\Temporary
>> Internet Files..
>
>
> A friend of mine from the pro audio group wrote me back yesterday
> and gave me a few possible reasons for my initial querry, starting
> with this one (I thought you might get a kick out of it) .....
>
> <<<
> 1: You're in the wrong folder. XP creates folders for the Default User,
> the User that's logged on, Users that aren't logged on but could, a
> generic user, the User's spouse, the spouse's yoga partner, and a
> temporary temp file (not to be confused with the persistent temp file)
> for temp files that it only needs temporarily. It also creates folders
> in more than one place at a time (Documents and Settings, the User tree,
> MSsomethingorother and a CD that it burns during the night and hides
> under the hard drive) and arbitrarily chooses what it puts where.
>>>>
>
>
> Needless to say, I'm beginning to see the differences... *and* why this
> OS is consuming over 4 gigabytes.
>
> DM
>
>
>


.

Relevant Pages