[GreenKeys] OT: Microsoft to support Windows XP for an additional year...

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

On 12/2/2011 7:54 AM, Ed Tanton wrote:
>
> I couldn’t disagree with W3NU more. Do not lump WIN7 in 
> with those two predecessors (Vista & Millenium.) It is 
> stable, and simply works better than WIN XP as long as you 
> have enough PC to support it.
>
I agree with one HUGE exception: Win7 Professional - unless 
it's ABSOLUTELY required for "something" avoid it like the 
plague. Microsoft - in their "our way or Highway" mode - has 
this "thing" in Win7Pro called UAC (User Account Control) 
that CAN NOT be disabled (even in crappy Vista it could be 
turned off). Microsoft "thinks" that in the Pro version - 
users, programmers nor anyone but "them" is smart enough to 
put files where they belong (and leave files alone they 
shouldn't mess with). The result is - that if some program, 
update, whatever "puts" files on your system that you later 
need to delete - often it's a nightmare (you have to wrest 
"ownership" from "Trusted Installer" - THEN you can finally 
delete them). If a program tries to store something at the 
drive's root "C:/" Win7Pro "re-directs" it to a directory 
called "Virtual Store" - rather than where it should be. 
That causes absolute NIGHT MARES with software that has 
either serve (like data bases) or software that needs to 
interchange data - and is set up to use root as the 
location. Home version of Win 7 doesn't do this (thank 
Goodness!). This "nonesense" has cost us (and many other 
developers) hours of lost time - aggravated customers and 
such. Another casualty of Win7 is Active Sync - but that can 
be gotten around fairly easy - though certainly not as 
convenient. Other than that (Win7Pro UAC) - Win7 is MUCH 
better than it's predecessor.

just my .02

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randy guttery

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