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11/30/10 12:12
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#179745 - Just give me a superuser button
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy Neil said:
But I agree with you that Microsoft have totally failed to allow for the situation where the PC owner/user really is competent to manage their own machine as they like it.

What I miss is the single hidden button (that I only need to google for once): "Yes, I think I know what I am doing. I hereby forfeit my right to call Microsoft Support, but I so very much want to control the computer I have bought with own money. I am a software developer, and I don't want Microsoft to warn me every time my own program does something I have ordered it to do. If I do erase the wrong file, I know how to reinstall, or how to boot from a CD or other disk and restore the file. I am able to perform backups - if I'm just allowed to access the files I deem needed to backup. I do know the difference between a backup, archiving and simplying having files on a mirrored disk. I do know that a disk with write cache enabled is way faster but may result in a failed file system if the computer locks up or looses power at the wrong time. I promise to not blame Microsoft when I copy a dll file I have downloaded from somewhere into the wrong directory, ..."


List of 29 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
installing (probably) HlV on Win7            01/01/70 00:00      
   The solution, at least for now, is not to use Win7            01/01/70 00:00      
      would, if I could            01/01/70 00:00      
         Win7            01/01/70 00:00      
   Compatibility            01/01/70 00:00      
      What problems?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Some problems            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, they think they own the computers            01/01/70 00:00      
   problem solved - this may be valuable info            01/01/70 00:00      
      Old Vs New            01/01/70 00:00      
         then why?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Why ask why            01/01/70 00:00      
            linux            01/01/70 00:00      
               Don't think so            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Different markets            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Just give me a superuser button            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I promise to not blame Microsoft            01/01/70 00:00      
                  i'm thinking            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Not a band wagon thing            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Agreed            01/01/70 00:00      
                           bandwagon -----            01/01/70 00:00      
                              now bandwagon            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Are the OS wars over?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Utterly bovine            01/01/70 00:00      
         I do not think so            01/01/70 00:00      
            I do!            01/01/70 00:00      
               well, in a way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Stops the trivial errors            01/01/70 00:00      
               Bad Software            01/01/70 00:00      

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