Linønut wrote:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, GreyCloud belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>
>>Frank DeLucca, MS-MPV wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That would be because you haven't installed our fine Service Pak 2!
>>
>>I actually purchased a new HP with a dual core Intel in it with XP Pro
>>on it a month ago. Took it back for a refund, which Costco is good for.
>>I've never seen a more whiney environment.
>
>
> True. My god! I put a new keyboard in my daughter's XP laptop, and the
> damn systray bombarded me with tooltips:
>
> "Your firewall is not enabled" (I'm afraid to look into how that
> happened, who knows what crap she allowed to be loaded)
>
> "It doesn't look like you are protected with anti-virus software"
>
> "Updates are available for downloading".
>
> Yeesh.
>

I know. That's why I give it the Whiners award of the year. Maybe if a
person just shoves some cheese and crackers in the DVD drive it would
shut up.

> I've given up on doing Windows Updates at work, because a few of the
> updates in the latest onslaught royally screw my multiple monitor setup.
>
> WTF?
>
> I'll just use my Linux box to access the internet, thank you very much.
>

I've found it to be the best by far.


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