Gates Billed 1,200 Pounds 'to repair Microsoft sabotage' 3337

Derek Currie

Nope.

Most of the world.

Is it? Why did you ignore the bogus statements made by the author?

"I have gone to some trouble to ensure that this doesn't happen. I have set Windows Update to "custom...

There is no setting of "custom" in the Automatic Updates control panel.

Why hasn't he learned to do "Save" and "Save As?" What if the power had gone out? Would he still blame MS for his lost work?

When I took computer clbuttes, we were taught to save at least every five minutes. Why did this jackbutt go three hours without doing a save? Many programs even have an autosave feature.

Let's look at some more of his "examples:"

"It was Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. The one signalled the end of the download. The other popped up a modal dialogue box, asking me if I wanted to cancel the download? - and the next time I pressed the space bar, it took this as "yes, cancel!

"I only know this because I've seen the dialogue box before. While typing, the message appears, and disappears, too fast for the eye to register. Again, we have my computer doing, not what I want it to do, but what Redmond has decided is most convenient for Redmond."

Actually all that's wrong here is this idiot's failure to configure his Windows box to do what he wants it to do.

In IE use Tools-Internet Options-Advanced, then uncheck "Notify when downloads complete."

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