Posted on 10/22/2021 11:30:53 AM PDT by dayglored
Now, now, let's give credit where due. Clippy is an internationally acclaimed icon. How many internationally acclaimed icons have you or I invented? :-)
I am glad to hear that Kevin's had a good experience with Win11 so far. May his good fortune continue. We'll keep an eye out for updates as he takes it through its paces.
Sadly, all too true.
Yikes. I never thought of doing that in PowerShell.
No, Dayglored, I'm an attorney who has been using Windows for years on many boxes, logging many, many thousands of hours and have had nothing but good results. I get tired of people like you blasting Windows products just because it makes you feel superior. It's a Ford/Chevy kind of thing. If you don't like it, fine. I like it.
Well, not intentionally. But a simple typo in a command or script would accomplish it.
In a GUI, of course, it's trivial -- drag-and-drop is the source of all manner of dangerous folder moves and relocations, even if you don't count the mistakes that are generated by missing the target and dropping into the one above/below it.
About every two weeks, I get a Helldesk request from some user, "Help! My folder disappeared!" And all I have to do is look around for what folder they dragged it into accidentally, usually the one next to the one they wanted.
Granted, you have to try a little harder in PowerShell. But only a little harder.
Sorry, Dayglored, I meant to say minnesota_bound. And, minnesota_bound, you appear to be a bit of an asshole.
A simple search remedies that issue.
Remind me never to hire you as a lawyer : )
Sorry Kevin, no actual offense was intended. And I sincerely meant what I wrote about being glad for your good experience with Win11, and hoping that it continues.
In case you're curious, I'm a computer systems designer and IT-Dev-Ops engineer. I've worked constantly with Windows for over 30 years, starting in the late 80's. Though I've never been employed by Microsoft, I've written driver code that became part of it, back in the day. I've used every Windows release from 2.0 onward, both the MSDOS family and NT family (starting with NT3.5).
For the better part of two decades, Windows was my primary workstation OS at work and my personal computer at home. Many thousands of hours? You betcha. These days I run Win10 8 hours a day for the Windows-centric apps I need for my job, and I have Win10 and Win7 VMs on my personal computer, though they're not my primary environments any longer.
I like a lot of things about Windows. Frankly, the "Win2K Classic" is my absolute favorite desktop, and I endeavor to make all my other desktops look like it, including Linux and MacOS.
But I do reserve the right to take Microsoft to task for their screw-ups, just as I do with Apple's and Ubuntu/RedHat's screw-ups. I'm nobody's fanboi.
As you say, to each their own.
Not a problem. I never work for assholes. Plus, I only work for people who can afford to pay me.
I don't remember ever having seen posts by you so I just reviewed a bunch of your previous posts. I see nothing informative or interesting. Accordingly, you have been officially added to my "disregard" list. Have a nice evening.
LOL! Okay, no harm no foul. Hope you enjoyed my little personal nostalgic romp through my time with Windows. :-)
Thanks, Dayglored. I know about your experience because I have been following your Windows posts for years and really enjoy them. You are much deeper into the tech world than I am, so you see issues with Windows that I don’t see. I only have a few hundred things that I need it to do for me and only have a few boxes to manage. I have been through the whole Windows experience, starting with DOS. It has certainly had its troubles, but starting with Win 8 I have been very pleased.
I try to pick articles that are of potential interest and use to FR's Windows-using contingent. I generally avoid the "Rah-Rah" marketing stuff (I get called a Windows fanboi), and try to avoid the more vicious negative articles (I get called a Windows hater). I figure, articles that point out problems and pitfalls can be very useful ("Don't touch that stove, it's hot"). And the occasional "Hey lookit this cool new feature" article is a nice break.
I hope you continue to enjoy Win11, and I do look forward to further commentary from you as time goes on. Lord knows there are more than enough people who will vent their dissatisfaction; some kind words are always welcome.
Have a great evening, I'm going to seek some Friday dinner now. Cheers!
Goodbye KevinB : )
Guys I see you posted something to me, but they are not showing what you wrote!
That's odd. Well, here's what I wrote in my comment #19 in reply to your comment #15:
Me, I'm taking Microsoft at their word, back a few years:
"Windows 10 is the last Windows you will ever need."They're right about that. I have Win7 (in a non-internet-connected VM) for the stuff that won't run on Win10, and I'll still have a VM of Win10 around after they pull the plug on it, for stuff that only runs in Win10.
These days 80% of my work is done in Linux, 10% in MacOS, 10% in Windows. I suspect in a few years it'll be 96%/2%/2%.
OMG. I’m just a single guy writing stuff and when I’ve done DST code it didn’t do that. In fact my code doesn’t even need to be running at the cutover times to work. D’oh!
The MS code didn’t have to be running at the cut-over time. Those who powered down their computers had no issues because the clock had already hit 2 AM.
I just bought a new laptop that comes with W11 and as soon as it arrives I’m immediately upgrading to Win 10 (would actually prefer Win7, but you can’t have everything).
Surfshark runs on powershell. My desktop was used by folks to print or do paperwork and they ran some program to clean the machine that uninstalls Windows Powershell so often I find my self reinstalling to run Surfshark as when you turn it on it says it needs it to work and automatically reinstalls.
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