Text 47783, 106 rader
Skriven 2008-08-01 20:24:20 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
  Kommentar till text 47763 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: What else is missing?
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Hello Alan,

    On Friday August 01 2008 at 12:55,
    Alan Zisman [1:123/789] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: What else is missing?

 AZ> Gerald Miller -> Jeff Guerdat wrote:

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

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

I guess it will take some time to get used to it...  I'll keep the Server
2003 software disk in the event that I want to torture myself more than I
currently do.  <vBg>

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

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

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

I really needed something that I could take to work and this little item
seemed to be something I should try.  On the first day I discovered I
didn't care for the touch-pad mouse thingie - had a 'spare' USB trackball
mouse that I threw into the "go bag".  On the third day, I found that I was
making too many typing mistakes (my fingers are too big for the tiny
keyboard), so I bought one of those USB folding / portable keyboards and
solved that problem.  Now, I'm finding the viewing screen to be
unreasonably small...  Well, I'm gonna draw the line in the sand about an
external monitor -- the "go bag" isn't big enough for a monitor.

 GM>> getting any "work" done). Of course, I may have grunged the
 GM>> initial setup and that could account for my reasoning that this
 GM>> OS is just too persnickety.

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

Yes, I saw that option.  Not wanting to mess things up more than they
crrently are, I backed out of it.  :))

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

 GM>> I have *finally* completed the Windows 2000 Pro installation
 GM>> ...
 GM>> didn't bother installing SPs 1, 2 or 3 - I went straight to SP4.
 GM>> It is my understanding that everything in SPs 1, 2 and 3 are
 GM>> accumulative within SP 4 (clarification, if you would be so
 GM>> kind).

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

Thank you for that confirmation.  Saved myself a lot of time.

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

 GM>> I decided I should go "Run -> MSCONFIG" and I get a "file not
 GM>> found" message.  Search the hard drives and, sure enough, it's
 GM>> not there.  Get the trusty thumb drive, copy the two MSCONFIG
 GM>> files from the 500MHz machine, put them on the new install
 GM>> machine, do the "Run -> MSCONFIG" and all is well.

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

NOT all XP programs will run on W2K -- for instance, I tried running the XP
version of Tweakui on W2K and found it wouldn't work.  I think I'll try the
XP Spider Solitaire on the W2K machine...

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

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

Haven't hit on a solution, yet.  Going to take a look at the Registry.

           Cheers ... Gerald

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