…please don’t think otherwise because I’m giving you a computer with Windows Vista on it.
Your loving son,
-phil
Ok, seriously – Vista was a horrible idea. I’m pretty sure I can get it configured to where it’s not going to hassle Mom too bad, but it’s gotten me close to a killing rage. What company in their right mind has the default security settings such that it takes not one but two seperate confirmations to rename a file shortcut on the desktop (when the user’s already an administrator)?!?
Here’s what it’s like to use Vista, in all honesty:
You: move the mouse.
Vista: “The mouse is trying to move. Allow or deny?”
You: allow.
Vista: “You are trying to allow the mouse to move. Allow or deny?”
You: allow, dammit.
Vista: ” You are trying to allow yourself to allow the mouse to move. Allow or deny?”
You: F*(& this, I’m buying a Mac.
Vista: “You are trying to throw your computer through the window. Allow or deny?”
et cetera.
“User Account Control”, consider yourself to be a disabled feature. All you do is train people to click on “Allow” just to get you to shut the hell up. Bad, bad, bad. No security for you because all your users got trained to ignore it in the first 5 minutes of use!
Tags: computers, rant, Windows Vista