On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have to prove anything to my users. *They* trust my software and most > of them > are only running Norton because it came with their computers. Unfortunately > though it > isn't that easy to just tell them to disable their virus scanners, because > the next > question is "how do I do that" and now I'm spending my morning asking them > questions > like "what virus scanner" and "what version" and telling them how to go about > getting > that information. --------------- I like how you have imposed the problem of NORTON as a blemish on the OS. Heck I did it with virtualbox on Ubuntu and trying to run Win7. In the end Linus sucks and the hard drive was reformated. Problem fixed virtual box is not in the way. > I just tried to play a DVD on this Vista laptop we inherited. Once again, it > required > a reboot before working. I should have just gone to the other room to get my > MacBook > but I was lazy. ------------------ I never had any problems with my Vista laptop to play a DVD maybe it is DVD software your trying to use? Is that a cross platform product adn not the default that came with the laptop? > I just can't understand why people keep buying this shitty, shitty operating > system > over and over again. It's like nobody realizes the user experience has > actually > gotten worse since Windows 3.1. ---------------- It must be the OS problem! Never could it be the application. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
