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Not at all - I liked 2000, XP and 7
I hated Vista, and don't get me started on Win8 or 10.
The only reason I switched to Linux on all my boxes is because it won't be long before they stop pushing updates for win7, and I refuse to install anything newer from MS.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: The only reason I switched to Linux on all my boxes is because it won't be long before they stop pushing updates for win7, and I refuse to install anything newer from MS.
You're preaching to the choir. The wife has a MacBook Pro, I have a Chromebook and my NAS / media server runs a Linux kernel. Not a single Windows PC in my house...
The Beer Prayer - Our lager, which art in barrels, hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, I will be drunk, at home as it is in the tavern. Give us this day our foamy head, and forgive us our spillage as we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not to incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers. For thine is the beer, the bitter and the lager, for ever and ever. Barmen.
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Ditto, but I do run a Win7 VM on two boxes so I can dev on them.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Mike Mullikin wrote: You're preaching to the choir. The wife has a MacBook Pro, I have a Chromebook and my NAS / media server runs a Linux kernel. Not a single Windows PC in my house...
Have you checked to ensure your cyborg parts aren't running Windows?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Aero and Update Control. I roll my eyes every time I open 10's Settings program and see their new 'Aero' implementation - the active window goes transparent and all the rest become solid!  Someone in the Aero team implemented the obvious - the window you are using should be solid, or at least less transparent then the rest. Duh.
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That's the overriding feeling I get from using W10 - DUH. Followed closely by, "what were they thinking?" and then, "was anyone actually thinking there?"
Seriously, was anyone thinking when they decided it was a good idea to turn on a laptop, attempt to update it, and then leave it on when it's lid is CLOSED? For flying elephants' sake, I don't think so. That is a decision devoid of logical thought.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I've got my computer in my bedroom. I just put it to sleep. About three minutes after I do so, and go to bed, the screen comes on bright as it tries to update. If I leave it alone, it usually stays on for a minute. Fn annoying!
And then, when it does update, it never closes open programs correctly. Super Fn annoying!!!
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Window 10 Updates, updates drivers of your pc, sometimes messing everything up.
You can't choose what you want to update
You can't choose when to update
There is a lot some things you can't avoid
Even when it might be a bad idea to do something, I would like to have the possibility to do it.
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Phil J Pearson wrote: The file copy soldiered on through all of that and completed successfully!
...or so it said. How confident are you it actually did the right thing? I'd be doing a binary compare, or doing hashes on both ends.
Even if it did...it's definitely not the sort of thing I'd ever intentionally let happen.
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Oh, don't worry. It won't work for much longer.
It's because of the delayed write feature, which buffers the data that's being copied -- which, in turn, allows it to be "hibernated" in the pagefile.
But that's useful technology, so they're removing it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I am absolutely confident. I posted that the copy completed successfully only when I knew that it had completed successfully.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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The only pleasant surprise I ever got from winio was when I was getting ready to rant about the option to configure what shows and dosn't show in the system tray being removed.
It turns out that you can just drag and drop the icons, now, which is an actual improvement.
But it also turns out that that was a windows 8 feature.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sigh. Read that in the document for an API. Backwards from every other API I've ever dealt with recently.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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When you are Framework/API no. 21844, you have to find something original... 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Indeed.
Or this:
a field that allows NNN-NNN-NNNN for the phone number is marked as "numeric". I guess dashes are now numbers.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Marc Clifton wrote: I guess dashes are now numbers
Clearly, those are not dashes, but operators. The result is obviously a negative whole number! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Depends on whether or not the field requires all the digits regardless of value. Yeah I know there's a term for that but I don't care enough to look it up.
999-001-0001 = 997
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Yeah I know there's a term for that but I don't care enough to look it up.
Not worth the effort, you say?
I agree absolutely.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What happened to parameters marked that way that were pointers? 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I don't understand the reference. 
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Let me address that problem....
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Your attempts at humor are a little too indirect for me.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Feel free to do it
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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