??? 11/30/10 12:12 Read: times |
#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, ..." |