WinUAE exposing how crappy Windows is

[halvliter'n]

Switch back and forth to do what? Seriously, what everyday tasks do people do that requires it?

I do not really remember. But every time I try to update, install or uninstall drivers and programs, I get told that i must have administrative rights, and it's virtually every day.
But others who use my computer get not use the admin account of course, if I am not inattentive then.

[AmigaHeretic]

I just think your complaints are pretty boring and girly.

every OS is guilty of losing apps if you don't back it all up and something goes horribly wrong.

Boring and girly?  WTF?

When Windows goes down, so goes everything.


You can't back up "Office" for example on Windows.  There are a few apps that will let you move the folder and it still work, but those are few.


A typical Windows Tech day is reformat, Reinstall OS, Reinstall all the Apps, re-setup all the apps.

If the OS goes down it should be separate from the Apps.  That will never happen when every single setting for every single program is in the registry.

[AmigaHeretic]

I do not really remember. But every time I try to update, install or uninstall drivers and programs, I get told that i must have administrative rights, and it's virtually every day.
But others who use my computer get not use the admin account of course, if I am not inattentive then.

It's really convenient when a friend plugs in his USB thumb drive to quickly grab a file and you have to reconfigure your whole OS.

[Karlos]

I do not really remember. But every time I try to update, install or uninstall drivers and programs, I get told that i must have administrative rights, and it's virtually every day.
But others who use my computer get not use the admin account of course, if I am not inattentive then.

You do it "virtually every day" and yet you don't remember what it is? :roflmao:

[Arkhan]

Boring and girly?  WTF?

Whaa whaaaa the UAC is hard.
Whaaa the registry is too registery for me
whaaaaaa GENuine advantage is unfair!
WHAAAAAA

ffs, these are complaints that 60 year old n00bs dont even gripe about.

When Windows goes down, so goes everything.

You can't back up "Office" for example on Windows.  There are a few apps that will let you move the folder and it still work, but those are few.

protip: try the repair option.

A typical Windows Tech day is reformat, Reinstall OS, Reinstall all the Apps, re-setup all the apps.

see: protip.

If the OS goes down it should be separate from the Apps.  That will never happen when every single setting for every single program is in the registry.

Oh because Linux , osx, and AmigaOS are totally void of this problem.

Totally.

stop using windows as your scapegoat.

It's really convenient when a friend plugs in his USB thumb drive to quickly grab a file and you have to reconfigure your whole OS.

And now you're just being a moron.

I shove USB nonsense into my PC 24/7 all the time, I swap with friends, we shove em in.  Instant success.

[AmigaHeretic]

Whaa whaaaa the UAC is hard.
Whaaa the registry is too registery for me
whaaaaaa GENuine advantage is unfair!
WHAAAAAA

ffs, these are complaints that 60 year old n00bs dont even gripe about.




protip: try the repair option.



see: protip.



Oh because Linux , osx, and AmigaOS are totally void of this problem.

Totally.

stop using windows as your scapegoat.
And now you're just being a moron.

I shove USB nonsense into my PC 24/7 all the time, I swap with friends, we shove em in.  Instant success.

Oh, keep it up!  I'm about to whip out my Win7 CD and urinate all over it!  Then we'll see who's cryin'.

[Trev]

I shove USB nonsense into my PC 24/7 all the time, I swap with friends, we shove em in. Instant success.

Oh, keep it up! I'm about to whip out my Win7 CD and urinate all over it! Then we'll see who's cryin'.

This thread has turned decidedly homoerotic. Before you know it, you'll be cage fighting.

[AmigaHeretic]

Rember when MS bitch slapped black people?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=372262


What a great company.

[AmigaHeretic]

This thread has turned decidedly homoerotic. Before you know it, you'll be cage fighting.

We just need to photoshop each others faces on DoomMaster's body and then it will be the perfect thread.

[the_leander]

I do not really remember. But every time I try to update, install or uninstall drivers and programs, I get told that i must have administrative rights, and it's virtually every day.
But others who use my computer get not use the admin account of course, if I am not inattentive then.

Within a limited user account:

Right click and select "Run as Admin".

Type in your admin password and you're sorted. This goes for drivers, program installation and PITA games whose anti cheating (punkbuster etc) kit requires admin rights to work properly.

[Trev]

They didn't like black dudes in Poland, apparently.

[Trev]

We just need to photoshop each others faces on DoomMaster's body and then it will be the perfect thread.

Or you could stage the cage fight inside a greased Amiga 2000 chassis. EDIT: With camouflage face paint, of course.

[the_leander]

Oh, keep it up!  I'm about to whip out my Win7 CD and urinate all over it!  Then we'll see who's cryin'.

So that's your answer is it? Get called on your complete lack of competence with regards running and administering a windows box and you resort to the above?

I swear there needs to be a law that makes the EDCL or something similar a minimum requirement for owning and operating a computer online.

[AmigaHeretic]

Or you could stage the cage fight inside a greased Amiga 2000 chassis. EDIT: With camouflage face paint, of course.

He'd make you wear these in his A2000

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uklineVK_iY/R2X193uIH_I/AAAAAAAABzs/5tO3eIQ644w/s400/desert-camo-hip-brief.jpg

[AmigaHeretic]

So that's your answer is it? Get called on your complete lack of competence with regards running and administering a windows box and you resort to the above?

I swear there needs to be a law that makes the EDCL or something similar a minimum requirement for owning and operating a computer online.

I was joking in response to a different post.


People just keep saying, "ignore" the problem!!  

I already have said I use Windows 98% of the time. It is my OS of choice.  I still think it sucks if the OS goes down I have to reinstall every app.

I love on Amiga that apps are seperate from the OS.

If I want to install a different version of the OS or test out Workbench replacements, that has ZERO effect on my programs partition.  


The "united" registry of crap-dome is a bad design.  The solution people keep saying is stick your head in the sand.  Doesn't make for much conversation does it?

[Karlos]

I love on Amiga that apps are seperate from the OS.

I'm sure you got that backwards. AmigaOS (and it's offshoots) are the only OSes I have where an application passes chunks of it's own data directly to the OS and vice versa and with each other.

Technically speaking, there's no separation between OS and applications at any meaningful level whatsoever.

You can install them anywhere you like too. You could put an app in your L: assign if you wanted...