Re: Networks

I did have a problem with setting up a USB2 VPN, but no-one in this group
had had any experience with this, so I struggled with trial and error until
eventually I have a two-computer network that works, albeit rather slowly
sometimes. The point I am making is that if I, a 75-year-old user with 25
years of experience of computing, but no experience of networks, can set it
up, it ought to be a piece of cake for a computer, don't you think? They do
much more complicated things than that, surely, like word processing, and
spreadsheets and so on, which just work when you install them, and continue
to work for years. And yes, I am venting, because there is no other way
that I know of to express an opinion or seek an improvement. I used to send
stuff to the MS wishlist, but that is like the Bermuda Triangle. I can't
e-mail Bill, because I gather he gets 4 million mails a day, and he might
not have time to read mine. I just hope that someone from MS will read this
stuff and push for something to be done. There must be some way in which
they can respond to users' feelings and opinions. Maybe they should add a
group for venting (barred to Linux and Mac users of course, or it would end
up like ZD Net.)

David


"Malke" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> David Kelsey wrote:
>
>> I know this is strictly not the right place to ask this, but does
>> anyone know why Microsoft seem to give us so much trouble in setting
>> up a network? Is there some overwhelming issue that prevents this task
>> being just a matter
>> of a few mouse clicks? I have never seen so many similar problems in
>> one
>> newsgroup before, not since the days of SP1. Doesn't this indicate a
>> distinct failure in programming skills by the huge brains at MS? At
>> the end of the day, people sort out the problems in the field, so why
>> can't our computers sort them out for us?
>>
>> David Kelsey
>
> You have to remember that this is a tech support newsgroup and so you
> aren't seeing posts about how great someone's computer works. If you go
> to a hospital, you'll see a lot of sick people. Does that mean
> everybody in town is sick?
>
> I can't answer your question about why it isn't more brain-dead-easy to
> set up networking in XP because I'm not a programmer and I don't work
> for Microsoft. However, I can tell you that it isn't that hard to do
> either, although many people seem to think computers should be as easy
> to operate as toasters. Computers are marketed like that, but it isn't
> true. Computers are complex and powerful machines that require a little
> more knowledge to use than is required to toast bread.
>
> Are you having a problem you'd like help with or are you just venting?
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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