Microsoft promises end to 'DLL hell'

[carls]

Yes, and stability ;-)

[mikeymike]

Windows File Protection...

[Dan]

Why don´t they just let the user decided!
I mean is anyone ever using the amigainstaller in something  other than "expert mode".
I could keep track of the dlls if they just showed me the version numbers and asked me.
"Do you really want to close this dialog Yes/No" :lol: that they can ask but not if i "really want" to install something

installing software on Winslow is like russian roulet.
BTW Why does my AmigaOS which is written for another processorand run under emulation make more use of the pcs hardware than windows??.
 :-D

[Argo]

I think he meant 600 GB. I'm waiting for Windows to ship on DVD. It's bound to out grow a CD soon.

[mikeymike]

Maybe in a couple of years' time.  If another MS OS were released now, and couldn't go on a CD, they'd have to do it on two CDs, as DVD is nearly, but not quite, the standard for the majority of PCs.

Incidentally, quite a few operating systems come on a number of CDs.  They contain plenty of extra software as well generally, but just thought I'd drop that tidbit of info into the conversation :-)

[Acill]

This is just it!! M$ has NEVER come up with anything thing I can think of on there own. They like to take others ideas and make a mess of them by sucking it into that bloated OS they call windows. I love AmigaOS and Mandrake 9.0 is at the level now where I am SERIOUS about dumping XP off my system and using it as my sole OS. I dont play games on my PC so the apps I need are in linux. I just need to learn to use it as well and I have Winblows.

BTW Bloodline you had me pissing myself with this one!!         "Imagine if Boeing did the same;
"This new plane will crash less often..."

[jd997uk]

@Dan

BTW Why does my AmigaOS which is written for another processorand run under emulation make more use of the pcs hardware than windows??.

Yes. This freaks me out too. Opening a Win2K folder (err, sorry, a Drawer ;~) is _much_ quicker under UAE/OS3.9 than it is thru Win2K natively.
Slightly OT, yesterday I had to restore my PC due to  major problems:
1. From boot up to HDD resting took an Hour and Ten minutes  :-x
2. 63% (!!!) fragmentation on the HDD
3. Event log showing Hondreds of 'Bad Block' errors. Initially i feared the HDD was on it's way out, however.....
After 7hours  :-x  I eventually got it restored correctly and only lost work from the last 3 days. I think I nailed it down to some memory manager program I was trying out, which was obviously chucking files all over the place.
The reason it took 7 hours, was first I restored over the top and it was still the same. I formatted, then installed installed W2K and it was ok. I then restored my backup over the top and it was back to square one. Finally, I re-formatted, deleted the MBR with DOS and installed the backup. Voila! all is good in the world.
The moral of this drivel?
Don't use a memory manager, buy some RAM!

-john

PS. The backup program is called Instant Recovery. It works. Recommended. Get it here free!

[ikir]

Microsozz sucks :-D

[System]

Microsoft:  Watch me pull an end to DLL hell out of my hat.

Users:  That trick never works.