Obi_Kwiet
It's Stuart, Martha Stuart
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What are you talking about?
Problem 1: Fresh Vista install will not recognize flash drives, for no good reason at all. Happens after Vista finally stops booting after repeated blue screen from factory install that I didn't have time to trouble shoot. After talking to CECS grad students, I find out that this happens every once in a while and that it's less trouble to simply reinstall than to try to fix it.
Problem 2: Friend's install looses all options from drop down menu to select types of network to search for. Something important was messed up, probably by user error, or a combination of updates and craptacular required university software. Repair install fails due to the presence of SP1, but SP1 fails to install. Resolved issue by pirating SP1 .iso to fix legal installation.
Ok that was more than two problems, but the point is, the OS is simply not as good as XP. Where it does not in itself fail, it allows poorly written programs to cripple it, often in conjunction of Windows update. This is a main stream OS, not Linux. It should be able keep itself from breaking without required the user to be one step ahead of it. XP can, Vista cannot. This is an OS, part of it's job is protecting itself from the stupidity of other companies.
Actually PC requires shift to be held down during both strokes, so it does take slightly more effort to type. And you have failed to demonstrate that rig is a dumb word. You're just trying to pull the old, "Criticizing things because I can makes me cool" ploy.