On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> wrote:

You want tough? :) �I have now poked around enough to see that they have worked _really_ hard to completely screw up the explorer. �They've flipped the meaning of the open and explore commands; it's no big deal, but it's pointless. �Where there were once scroll bars, one now has to hover with the mouse and somehow will the hidden pixels into view: maybe they were thinking of charging extra for that feature as a Ouija board simulator. �I realize that I am expecting too much from a first service pack, but it seems sad to watch the system go into (minor) hysterics when faced with a flash drive in a USB port. �The mouse cursor went nuts, and it seems to think it has several such drives connected (it does not) making it a fun exercise to figure out which of the devices to stop.

Overall, it's worse than I expected, and THAT'S saying something. �I might play around more tomorrow, but that noise you hear is a drive getting ready to be reformatted.

Bill

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From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Boris Popov
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Like I said, tough crowd :)

-Boris

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2009/7/29 Boris Popov <boris@deepcovelabs.com>:
> By that time free upgrade coupon would have arrived for the retail
> version, and new machines are entitled to it after June 26th, but I
> rest my case :)
>
Your statement having a severe semantic error: the words 'free' and 'Microsoft' can't be used together in same context :)

> -Boris
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:52 PM
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> 2009/7/29 Boris Popov <boris@deepcovelabs.com>:
>> Install Windows 7 RC and revert to Classic look.
>>
> which will refuse to boot after 1 Jan 2010.
> Thanks, but No :)
>
>> -Boris
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr
>> [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of
>> Schwab,Wilhelm K
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:19 PM
>> To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr
>> Subject: [Pharo-project] [OT] Vista must-see items??
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I finally bought a new machine. �It arrived with a severe malware
>> infection (Vista), and while I was tempted to blow it away w/o even
>> so much as letting it boot, I decided to have a look. �Is there
>> anything I should try before the stampede of Penguins begins?
>>
>> In particular, is there any way to gag the animation/visual
>> effects/whatever they call them?
>>
>> Bill
>>
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