Re: Who designed XP Home?

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 02/15/03 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:55:21 -0700

JR;
Answered inline 

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"JR" <j_r_caruso@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Who had the responsibility for turning out this piece of %^&*?
>
> 1) Why do I have to boot up in safe mode to log in as
> administrator?
Administrator is not intended for normal use and thus is a few more
steps are added to acces it.
Tweak UI can change it.
>
> 2) Why can any user who is not an administrator make
> themselves an administrator?
He can only if you do not control all Administrators including Safe
Mode Administrator.
>
> 3) When I boot into safe mode to log in as administrator
> why can't I access files or directories of those users who
> have made themselves administrators?
You can.
You need to more tightly control who is Administrator.
>
> 4) Why are most of the NTFS permissions and groups left out
> of XP Home?
If you need more, buy Windows XP Pro.
Part of the reason Home is less expensive.
>
> 5) Why do programs that are supposed to be XP compatible
> not run under other users' accounts after being installed
> by the administrator?
Depends on how they are installed.
Sometimes files need to be copied.
>
> 6) Why does the system go to hell after I install Windows
> update to the point that I have to reinstall?
Possibly improper preparation such as fragmented, Antivirus or other
applications running or any of many other things.
>
> 7) Can I upgrade to Win98?
No, that is a downgrade.
All data will be destroyed:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314052
>
> Thanks.

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