Posted on 03/12/2013 2:55:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Every computer at work still runs XP. Trying to upgrade has led to catastrophic failures.
Windows blows. Always has, always will. Feeble crapware with almost no backwards compatibility.
See #111.
I don’t think so.
Very good assessment of the situation regarding XP.
You are absolutely right about the Windows Explorer that comes with Win 7. It’s amateurish.
Matter of fact, Mickeysoft has never equalled the Norton Desktop that was sold to run on top of Win 3.1. They incorporated copies of most of ND into Win 95, but they never did it as well as Norton.
For file management and searching in Win 7, I am still using PowerDesk, copyright 1998. It works properly.
So far her least favorite is Ubuntu. When she got W8 she had a cow but after a couple of weeks she really liked it. Although she usually has it in XP desktop she does use the Metro desktop too.
When I build my next machine I'll most likely go with W8.
BTW my fav OS is still the OLD Tandy Deskmate. Wish they had kept developing it.
Glad to know the File Explorer jumping is a ‘bug’ and not a feature.
It showed up in the 3 Win7s I’ve used: 1 desktop and 1 laptop that died after 13 months (Samsung junk) and 1 replacement (Dell) laptop.
I have tried several standalone file managers, but they all have their quirks. I do use Classic Shell.
When I first started with Win7, I found some things from XP would not install or I preferred the XP version over the Win7 versions. With most, I managed to copy the right dll’s, etc., and get most of the XP programs to run. No so with XP’s File Manager, and MS Publisher 98 (I only use it occasionally, so not worth buying a new version) templates don’t work but the remainder of Publisher does.
Sure, but even if you can install that on a PC from 1993, you’re probably not going on the internet and trying to do your daily business on the thing. Might be good to play solitaire on or something.
Did you do an upgrade from XP to Win-7, or was it a “clean install”? Or were those 3 units new with Win-7? Just wondering...
Err, no. It’s quite simple and haven’t had any issues except a few games.
The 3 were new units. Desktop is a Gateway i5, the Samsung piece of junk laptop is a 17-inch i5, and its replacement Dell is a 17-inch i7.
One morning, the Samsung laptop would just not turn on. I tried all the tricks — removing battery, removing memory, even took out the hard drive and managed to copy files I needed. I read online that others had similar problems. I took it to a local repair shop, since it was out of warranty. We concluded that the motherboard was the culprit, but the repair shop could not find a replacement — not even from Samsung.
They do make great monitors, though... I have several 27” widescreens, but have never tried their machines. My best luck’s been w/ HP, so far.
Or Flash.
“Sure, but even if you can install that on a PC from 1993, you’re probably not going on the internet and trying to do your daily business on the thing. Might be good to play solitaire on or something.”
Puppy Linux actually works pretty well online, but you probably won’t have any luck configuring any printer to work. Setting up a printer from a list of brands and models is a breeze until you try a test print, it goes through the motions and then and nothing comes out. Simply maddening. For the past four years I have alternated between Ubuntu and Mint on various machines and found them to be much more reliable. In fact, I haven’t used Windows at home at all for the past several years.
I mostly use Opera.
My favorite browser, too; love that “Speed Dial”. I have 54 websites set-up on it. I’m an old Netscape Navigator v1 (Mozilla) user from way back in mid-95, all the way thru Netscape v9.
I don't have that problem because I got in the habit, back with Win95, I think, always to use TWO explorer windows to move files between folders. Right clicking on the explorer icon allows opening the second explorer windows.
No matter how full a folder is, dragging the item to be moved to the bottom of the other explorer window always allows the file (or folder) to go to the proper place, and there is always a "pop up" verifying the destination.
Never fails.
Here's the difference. You think it's out of the goodness of their heart, even though they have ALWAYS rushed buggy software onto the purchasers prematurely. The purchaser is used as a free Beta tester.
I know that they do it to avoid a quick and deserved business death.
“The purchaser is used as a free Beta tester.”
Yeah, what OS or software doesn’t? You’ve just got some grudge against MS, for whatever reason, probably just plain old elitism. It’s an emotional thing, just like people who hate Ford or Chevy, instead of just driving the cars they like and not worrying about everyone else.
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