Text 47763, 100 rader
Skriven 2008-08-01 12:55:10 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 47745 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
Ärende: What else is missing?
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Gerald Miller -> Jeff Guerdat wrote:


 GM> I played around with Windows Server 2003 for a while - didn't like it and
I
 GM> trashed the install.  It was like having a cop looking over my shoulder
all
 GM> the time, asking me if I was sure that I wanted to do that and asking me
if
 GM> I had permission to do that.  Why would I type the command (or click on
the
 GM> application) if I wasn't sure that I wanted to do a particular task?  Why
 GM> would I need permission when the only account is the Administrator
account?
 GM> Microsoft has gone overboard in their effort to protect the user from
 GM> himself...

Get used to it-- a real security problem with pre-Vista versions of Windows
(compared to Mac OS X or Linux, for instance) -- despite the convenience to
users-- has been that when a Windows user is logged into an administrative
account, there's been an assumption that they are in control (and aware) of
anything that happens on their computer. 'Drive by' software installations from
malware-hosting websites, email-attachment viruses, and more security
nightmares have proven that isn't the case.

The more secure OS versions don't make that false assumption, and ask users to
confirm software installations (etc).

 GM> Bought a HP 2133 Mini-Note book...

I had one on loan from HP for a month and quite liked it. Good build-quality,
nice design, reasonably good performance for a mini-notebook, at a reasonable
price point.

 GM> The HP 2133 came with Vista Business 32 as the installed OS.  Included in
 GM> the retail box were some CDs for Windows XP Pro to "dumb it down" if I
 GM> didn't like the Vista Business (hey, that's kinda cute: "Vista Business").
 GM> I haven't experienced it enough to decide whether to get rid of Vista and
 GM> go to Pro, but I do know that it's something like the Server 2003 - asking
 GM> if I'm sure and do I have permission (if this is the "wave of the future",
 GM> it is going to take me a very long time to get use to it and I can't see
 GM> many businesses wanting to use this software if the workers are wasting
 GM> time answering questions from the OS rather than getting any "work" done).
 GM> Of course, I may have grunged the initial setup and that could account for
 GM> my reasoning that this OS is just too persnickety.

See above. The Vista designers went a bit over the top (in my opinion) in
deciding what requires explicit user permission-- for instance, renaming,
deleting, or moving an icon in the All Users desktop or Start Menu is not of
the same sort of seriousness as installing software that modifies system
settings-- but both get the attention from Vista's UAC. It's easy to turn UAC
off, but I'd recommend against that, for the reasons I described above.

 GM> Now, to get to the topic of this message...

 GM> I have *finally* completed the Windows 2000 Pro installation (still have
 GM> about a dozen or two software installations to perform) - what a chore the
 GM> install was and I am glad that I only have to do that once every two years
 GM> (I'm getting better with every installation I do -- I'm keeping notes
about
 GM> what I tried, what went wrong, the order of the install, the tweaks.
etc.).
 GM> I didn't bother installing SPs 1, 2 or 3 - I went straight to SP4.  It is
 GM> my understanding that everything in SPs 1, 2 and 3 are accumulative within
 GM> SP 4 (clarification, if you would be so kind).


That's right... if SP4 is installed, SP1/2/3 are not needed.

 GM> Microsoft has applied all hotfixes, etc...

 GM> I decided I should go "Run -> MSCONFIG" and I get a "file not found"
 GM> message.  Search the hard drives and, sure enough, it's not there.  Get
the
 GM> trusty thumb drive, copy the two MSCONFIG files from the 500MHz machine,
 GM> put them on the new install machine, do the "Run -> MSCONFIG" and all is
 GM> well.  Now, if those two (insignificant) files were missing, what else is
 GM> missing?  Is there an "easy" method to determine what files / programs
 GM> _should_ be on the new install machine?


MSCONFIG is not included with Win2000-- the XP version works on a W2000 system,
however, and can be simply copied over.

 GM> Also, I installed TweakUI on the new install machine, and I inadvertently
 GM> clicked on the box that controls TweakUI in Control Panel (TWEAKUI.CPL).
 GM> Now, I can't access TweakUI from Settings...  If I delete the hidden
 GM> Tweakui.GID file, will that permit me to access TweakUI from settings
 GM> again?


Interesting question... try it and let us know!

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