More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

[Guest smith]

Link: "Ed Foster's Gripelog || The suspicious death of XP

support"

 

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/7/15/0310/62727

 

Win 98 gets better every year.

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

 

"smith" <smith@smith.com> wrote in message

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> Link: "Ed Foster's Gripelog || The suspicious death of XP

> support"

>

> http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/7/15/0310/62727

>

> Win 98 gets better every year.

 

Not the first time MS updates and ZA collided with a non-connectivity for

ZA.

 

Killing device mangler hardware listing is new to me.

Have seen all the rest of it in the xpgeneral group.

--

Dave

 

Bailout: Friend, relative, business acquaintance

paying a sum to get the accused

out of jail until court is ready to proceed.

 

Bailout: U.S. taxpayers paying a sum of

money for some critical business failure

that was fleecing the taxpayer to begin

with.

Somehow, the word "bailout" seems

very different.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

 

smith wrote:

> Link: "Ed Foster's Gripelog || The suspicious death of XP

> support"

>

> http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/7/15/0310/62727

>

> Win 98 gets better every year.

 

No problem over here. (Of course, I've been around the block a few times

on these so-called "updates", so I don't install them, and my system still

runs like a champ, as a consequence).

 

SP3 (just like some of the other so-called "updates"), has some problems, at

least for quite a few people. But as to why anyone with half a brain would

even install it in the first place, (along with most of the other so-called

"updates") ... well, let's just leave it there. :-)

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

 

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:20:28 -0700, smith <smith@smith.com> put finger

to keyboard and composed:

>Link: "Ed Foster's Gripelog || The suspicious death of XP

>support"

>

>http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/7/15/0310/62727

>

>Win 98 gets better every year.

 

Spare a thought for Vista users ...

 

Microsoft is providing a 53MB download for Vista users which adds 5

words to its English and German dictionaries. Yep, that's *all* it

does.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

 

=====================================================================

The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not

recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows

Server 2008.

=====================================================================

 

I wonder if the spell checker suggests "Osama" as a correction ...

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest glee]

Re: More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

 

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

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> snip

> Spare a thought for Vista users ...

>

> Microsoft is providing a 53MB download for Vista users which adds 5

> words to its English and German dictionaries. Yep, that's *all* it

> does.

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

>

> =====================================================================

> The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not

> recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows

> Server 2008.

> =====================================================================

>

> I wonder if the spell checker suggests "Osama" as a correction ...

 

Only on Vista computers in use at 'New Yorker' magazine.....

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+

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http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

[Guest Dan]

Re: More Horror Stories from XP Land to make 98 Users Feel Good

 

LOL, I am using Vista Home Premium 32 bit (Service Pack 1) with a Toshiba

laptop Glen and it is okay. It certainly is great with security but still

needs work with compatibility. I tried to hook up my Ipod Mini which is a

2nd generation one with 6 gigabytes and Vista choked without any error

message and Itunes within Vista would not play my songs. Anyway, I made an

appointment with Apple for the next day and guess what Vista played the songs

without a hitch and it sure made me feel stupid that it worked the next day

when it had not worked the day before. Have you ever run into scenarios like

this?

 

"glee" wrote:

> "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

> news:qfps74det9uovjpokip842n6decrn1ivik@4ax.com...

> > snip

> > Spare a thought for Vista users ...

> >

> > Microsoft is providing a 53MB download for Vista users which adds 5

> > words to its English and German dictionaries. Yep, that's *all* it

> > does.

> >

> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955020

> >

> > =====================================================================

> > The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not

> > recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows

> > Server 2008.

> > =====================================================================

> >

> > I wonder if the spell checker suggests "Osama" as a correction ...

>

> Only on Vista computers in use at 'New Yorker' magazine.....

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+

> http://dts-l.net/

> http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

>

>