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Post #285,761 by folkert 5/29/07 11:47:33 PM Reply	There have been lines. Lines to return the POS and bringing in the machines to re-install W2K/98/XP/etc that came on them originally. Unfortunately they OPENED IT, no return and they also have to pay $300 for R&R. Suxs -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* `PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0`
Post #285,762 by Andrew Grygus 5/30/07 12:17:57 AM Reply	So, knowing that many are paying $250 . . . . . for Vista Home Premium, plus $300 to put XP back on, that's $550 to get the XP registry cleaned up. There's got to be a better way. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #285,773 by folkert 5/30/07 7:28:01 AM Reply	There is. There are two, possibly three, well vetted ways. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* `PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0`

Vista -- so far - (andread) - (87) - May 21, 2007, 04:22:36 PM EDT

Damning w/ faint praise - (jb4) - (86) - May 24, 2007, 11:13:51 PM EDT

Hey, I've dealt with Vista . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (85) - May 24, 2007, 11:45:41 PM EDT

Just had my first experience with it... - (jb4) - (84) - May 25, 2007, 11:35:36 PM EDT

I'm quite convinced they released this turkey . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 26, 2007, 12:13:27 AM EDT

That might be NVidia's fault. - (inthane-chan) - (82) - May 26, 2007, 12:33:31 AM EDT

Re: That might be NVidia's fault. - (jb4) - (81) - May 26, 2007, 02:24:05 PM EDT

fear change - (altmann) - (80) - May 26, 2007, 10:59:29 PM EDT

Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11! - (jb4) - (3) - May 26, 2007, 11:32:52 PM EDT

Re: Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11! - (altmann) - May 27, 2007, 01:50:17 AM EDT

In the version of English I speak... - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 02:27:21 AM EDT

**chuckle** -NT - (jb4) - May 30, 2007, 09:24:11 AM EDT

Remind me again... You're not an MS fanboy or shill, just... - (CRConrad) - (75) - May 27, 2007, 09:28:02 AM EDT

No trailing slash in HR tag, Chris. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 27, 2007, 06:18:46 AM EDT

Yes there is, but I think there should be a space before it -NT - (drewk) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 09:08:14 AM EDT

Re: Yes there is, but I think there should be a space bef - (pwhysall) - May 27, 2007, 10:37:48 AM EDT

Hey, don't be picking on Hubert J. Farnsworth now! - (Another Scott) - May 27, 2007, 07:14:16 AM EDT

Seemed like a reasonable reply to me. - (hnick) - (8) - May 27, 2007, 10:56:17 AM EDT

You mean alt-tab; ctrl-tab is for docs within an MDI app. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 01:14:08 PM EDT

Ok. I don't have a windows machine at hand... - (hnick) - May 27, 2007, 02:22:04 PM EDT

On the surface of it, yes. - (CRConrad) - (5) - May 27, 2007, 01:27:43 PM EDT

Cool... - (hnick) - (4) - May 27, 2007, 02:29:36 PM EDT

+10. Inciteful. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 02:59:50 PM EDT

Of course you did... :) -NT - (hnick) - May 27, 2007, 03:25:21 PM EDT

Speak for yourself... - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 07:08:56 PM EDT

Ummm. Yeah. -NT - (folkert) - May 27, 2007, 07:25:20 PM EDT

It's not easy being.... - (andread) - (61) - May 28, 2007, 07:45:50 AM EDT

"Works reasonably well" - (pwhysall) - (58) - May 28, 2007, 08:09:07 AM EDT

every microsoft advance has never exceeded reasonably well - (boxley) - May 28, 2007, 10:00:11 AM EDT

An interesting rating - (crazy) - May 28, 2007, 10:53:40 AM EDT

Not up to your usual standard... - (andread) - (54) - May 29, 2007, 09:44:31 AM EDT

Re: Not up to your usual standard... - (pwhysall) - (48) - May 29, 2007, 10:22:56 AM EDT

Wrong - (andread) - (47) - May 29, 2007, 03:07:17 PM EDT

What are you gibbering about, you cretin? Re-read his posts! -NT - (CRConrad) - (44) - May 29, 2007, 03:12:50 PM EDT

Oh, Chuckles - (andread) - (43) - May 30, 2007, 01:37:29 PM EDT

OK, so you're just not capable of reading with comprehension -NT - (CRConrad) - (42) - May 30, 2007, 02:23:48 PM EDT

Hah - (andread) - (41) - May 30, 2007, 03:12:42 PM EDT

So how is that any the less annoying? - (pwhysall) - (40) - May 30, 2007, 05:08:37 PM EDT

Wrong in caps is still wrong - (andread) - (39) - May 31, 2007, 10:49:55 AM EDT

Which part is wrong? - (pwhysall) - May 31, 2007, 11:57:28 AM EDT

Ok. Lets review - (bepatient) - (37) - May 31, 2007, 01:17:02 PM EDT

"Attack Surface"?!?! Sheesh. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 31, 2007, 01:33:27 PM EDT

At least I didn't write it :-) - (bepatient) - May 31, 2007, 01:48:24 PM EDT

(Isn't that pretty large - on a sponge? ;-) -NT - (Ashton) - May 31, 2007, 11:05:42 PM EDT

I LOVE the scenario where they say disabling is reasonable - (crazy) - (1) - May 31, 2007, 06:14:20 PM EDT

That typifies the problem with UAC: - (static) - May 31, 2007, 11:48:03 PM EDT

Well now. - (folkert) - (4) - May 31, 2007, 07:15:43 PM EDT

Huh? - (crazy) - (3) - May 31, 2007, 07:46:27 PM EDT

that was my understanding - (boxley) - May 31, 2007, 08:05:48 PM EDT

I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. - (folkert) - (1) - May 31, 2007, 08:14:08 PM EDT

*nod* - (pwhysall) - June 1, 2007, 01:23:06 AM EDT

Thanks Bill - (andread) - (25) - June 1, 2007, 10:11:09 AM EDT

Re: Thanks Bill - (pwhysall) - (24) - June 1, 2007, 12:58:57 PM EDT

I'm thinking... - (bepatient) - (23) - June 1, 2007, 02:46:41 PM EDT

It's the other way around; the poor nitwit is incapable... - (CRConrad) - (22) - June 5, 2007, 02:52:37 AM EDT

You're wrong again - (andread) - (16) - June 4, 2007, 04:22:20 PM EDT

Point = Missed. Intentionally or otherwise. -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 4, 2007, 04:26:59 PM EDT

Thank you so much for AGAIN explaining the *purpose* of UAC. - (CRConrad) - June 4, 2007, 05:29:47 PM EDT

Question - (drewk) - (12) - June 4, 2007, 08:01:32 PM EDT

Re: Question - (andread) - (11) - June 5, 2007, 08:57:46 AM EDT

ahh, cascading shills - (crazy) - (10) - June 5, 2007, 05:02:13 PM EDT

The speaker was Michael J Murphy - (andread) - (9) - June 6, 2007, 11:38:01 AM EDT

And I'd want to do that because? - (crazy) - (8) - June 6, 2007, 03:46:53 PM EDT

Not a shill - (andread) - (7) - June 7, 2007, 08:47:35 AM EDT

Serious question: Are you brain damaged? - (crazy) - (6) - June 7, 2007, 03:29:44 PM EDT

Re: Serious question: Are you brain damaged? - (andread) - (5) - June 7, 2007, 04:51:34 PM EDT

Ah, the wonders of Wikipedia - (crazy) - (4) - June 7, 2007, 05:47:43 PM EDT

I had always understood the term by his definition. - (bepatient) - (3) - June 7, 2007, 07:14:26 PM EDT

Indeed; if they self-identify properly, they're salespeople. -NT - (jake123) - June 7, 2007, 07:21:26 PM EDT

I disagree (new thread) - (crazy) - June 7, 2007, 10:18:53 PM EDT

I'm ambivalent. However, in Mega$loth's case ... - (mmoffitt) - June 8, 2007, 10:34:53 AM EDT

The problem here is you are defining a very limited user set - (bepatient) - June 4, 2007, 09:56:58 PM EDT

"he's known" - HTH </CRC> -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 5, 2007, 02:44:39 AM EDT

Aaargh! Fixed, thanx. (I can has cheezburger now?) -NT - (CRConrad) - June 5, 2007, 02:53:52 AM EDT

Can't or pretends is the same in this case - (crazy) - (2) - June 5, 2007, 07:08:32 AM EDT

Oy you - (boxley) - (1) - June 5, 2007, 09:56:11 AM EDT

Oy back - (crazy) - June 5, 2007, 05:00:07 PM EDT

Another way to disable UAC - TweakUAC. - (Another Scott) - June 5, 2007, 07:30:20 PM EDT

the mac commercial explains it very well :-) -NT - (boxley) - May 29, 2007, 03:45:42 PM EDT

I've got a Mac running OS X - (pwhysall) - May 29, 2007, 03:48:29 PM EDT

Consider. - (static) - (4) - May 29, 2007, 10:13:05 PM EDT

Vista popularity. - (Silverlock) - (3) - May 29, 2007, 11:13:39 PM EDT

There have been lines. - (folkert) - (2) - May 29, 2007, 11:47:33 PM EDT

So, knowing that many are paying $250 . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 30, 2007, 12:17:57 AM EDT

There is. - (folkert) - May 30, 2007, 07:28:01 AM EDT

And that's only the surface... - (scoenye) - May 30, 2007, 07:39:25 AM EDT

Ah. Jealous, because you can't figure... - (CRConrad) - May 28, 2007, 02:06:43 PM EDT

best explaination of the UAC so far - (boxley) - June 12, 2007, 11:33:56 AM EDT

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