Re: Microsoft and --What Do You Want To Do Today
From: Jim (jjcrowder_at_velictus..net)
Date: 11/10/03
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:48:18 GMT
How fortunate you are... I didn't bother to mention that I can't run
Defrag from XP unless I am in safe mode. Allow 20 hours for my 30gb
drive. After its done, I'm not sure anything has really happened in
terms of performance... Check the Microsoft Knowledge base on this
issue, and you will find nothing of any value.
I am not talking about a custom PC, but rather, an off the shelf PC.
Nothing out of the norm here. I know how to rebuild an OS, but
perhaps XP is just for you Gaming Folks. My needs are much simplier:
Print a document from a networked compter (Won't work), look at the
total disk space for a particular folder (15-30 seconds), Keep my PC
up-to-date with Patches/Updates (keep getting --Download this latest
patch/Update) when in fact I download and install some of these
patches once a week.
I can come home from work, and spend the evening
updating/patching/enhancing my computer. There was a day when I could
come home and actually turn the computer on and do something
productive.
"anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>how do you people get into this? i've had xp for years
>now without any problems. ido updates weekly and
>diskclean and defrag monthly and have never seen a virus
>or spy. i practice safe hex and careful about sites
>visited. loaded 3 different printers and all sorts of
>gamepads joysticks and usb harddrives and usb jump
>drives. all kinds of different hardware changes and
>never seen what happens to you folks.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Jeez, I wanted to spend my day with the following:
>>
>>1. LexMark Printer suddenly won't print. Download the
>latest drivers.
>>Install, and test. Test Page prints fine, but all other
>applications
>>won't print. Change the USB Port to the other USB
>port. Thanks for
>>Plug-And-Pray. Funny thing is, I have not installed
>anything new or
>>changed any configuration settings. Everytime I reboot
>my PC it tells
>>me it has found new Hardware, my LexMark Printer, and
>wants to install
>>the latest software, although it can't seem to find it.
>>
>>2. GRC.com indicates I have open ports 1025 and 1026.
>Download the
>>fixes from Microsoft that are supposed to fix this
>problem. What
>>happened to the XP automatic Update feature that I
>subscribe to? 1st
>>attempt gives some obscure error message. Download
>Rollup 1 again and
>>it works, but these ports are still open... Thanks MS
>for this great
>>OS.
>>
>>3. Checking the Properties on any folder takes 15-30
>seconds, but
>>hey, I have nothing better to do than wait for these
>results. No
>>indication from the OS that anything is happening, but
>eventually the
>>properties do show up. We are talking about a 30gb hard
>drive on
>>FAT32. I can remember when the simple DIR command in
>DOS provided
>>these numbers instantly.
>>
>>Conclusions: Give this PC and OS to someone who can
>appreciate it.
>>Make sure they understand, its come without support from
>me or
>>Microsoft.
>>.
>>
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