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Windows 2000 is still my favorite because it defaults to open-unsecure and then its on you to add/enable security. I really miss those days.Way off track I know. But Im for what @hunterjwizzard stated. Its an awful way of administrating and its highly annoying.
Don't modern cars do that. Well mine starts but it bleeps so much its un-drivable....When I was a child I once had a conversation with my dad about why, if wearing a seatbelt was the law, cars did not have an elaborate series of sensors to detect and prevent the car from starting if everyone inside wasn't buckled up. This is when I first learned about the concept of the nanny state and why seatbelt laws were stupid.
You shouldn't need a law to tell you to wear a seatbelt any more than you should need an artificial systems check to prevent you from using insecure hardware. Its just M$ being nanny-sysadmins and its irritating.
I guess so. I have a really really long driveway. I take my car to go get my mail and bring out the trash. I dont wear my seat belt when doing that although I always do when I am actually driving somewhere.. Im in my driveway for petes sake! But the card goes ballistic and makes all these sounds. Its pointless and stupid. And treating people as if they are stupid only makes them stupid.Don't modern cars do that. Well mine starts but it bleeps so much its un-drivable....
I had this conversation 30 years ago.Don't modern cars do that.
This does describe windows incredibly aptly.Well mine starts but it bleeps so much its un-drivable....
Well you need to tell Microsoft that they're "lying" to the world because it's their tech paper.I can say the last part is a lie. I have run it on crappy 6 bit monitors without any trouble.
Strewth, uk cars had this years ago. I remember when I was working on a Honeywell DPS300, so more than a few years ago, we had a young worker who hated belts. He never wore one, but one guy had a new car with a front belt sensor. When young guy sat in front he was so light It only went off on bumpy roads...I guess so. I have a really really long driveway. I take my car to go get my mail and bring out the trash. I dont wear my seat belt when doing that although I always do when I am actually driving somewhere.. Im in my driveway for petes sake! But the card goes ballistic and makes all these sounds. Its pointless and stupid. And treating people as if they are stupid only makes them stupid.
IT even does the same thing if the passenger isnt wearing one which is the first card I have owned which does this.
Not allowing you to install, vs not getting supportI had an entertaining conversation with a customer a few years back while working in tech support. I'm paraphrasing a bit but:
"What will happen if I install the software on a system that does not meet the minimum requirements?"
"Don't do that."
"But what will happen?"
"What will happen is you will not get support."
I had an entertaining conversation with a customer a few years back while working in tech support. I'm paraphrasing a bit but:
"What will happen if I install the software on a system that does not meet the minimum requirements?"
"Don't do that."
"But what will happen?"
"What will happen is you will not get support."
Same!Not allowing you to install, vs not getting support
I totally prefer the latter.
That was exactly my thought! I wondered what you guys were even talking about. I dont know any non technical people who ever called M$.. Those people would rather go to geeksquad then actually call the vendor.Same!
Its not like us end-users get support from M$ anyway.
I've tried to get support but found it very severely lacking. The Internet always gives better answers.That was exactly my thought! I wondered what you guys were even talking about. I dont know any non technical people who ever called M$.. Those people would rather go to geeksquad then actually call the vendor.
I never had reason to call microsoft. If I couldnt solve the problem why would I assume some phone support guy would? Im sure there are plenty of bright intelligent people at Microsoft. Those type of people arent hired for tech support. That statement is true for all faccets of phone support. Its the bottom rung of the ladder... or maybe the ground beneath the ladder.I've tried to get support but found it very severely lacking. The Internet always gives better answers.
Again I wouldnt know I never had reason to call microsoft. Because I can do my own problem solving and understand file management.Call? hahahahahaha. Sorry. Us lowly consumers do not get to "call" Microsoft. Unless its for activation support(IE "make sure you paid for it). You gotta be paying a loooooootttta money before Microsoft will answer the phone for a desktop-level support problem. Like even if you buy 1000+ licenses, you still don't get phone support for anything other than license activation.
Hard to tell. I think the windows 95 floppy disks are rarer today, but the CDrom was probably easier to use back then.I had to go back to the vendor I bought it from and traded it for the Windows 95 cd-rom so it was a win for me in my opinion.