Boy. My typing sure deteriorates when I'm mad. But here is the link to the word processor if anyone is interested. I'll be looking for a spreadsheet program next.
Dana http://216.40.227.17/cgi-bin/mysql/dl.pl?dbname=FH&table=Business_and_Productivity&ID=914 On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:05:11 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew, explain to me please why a spreadsheet program requires > FrontPage????? Front Page sucks anyway. I don't even *want* it on my > computer. It's like AOL an ugly thing that came with the computer. > > I'm sorry, but I don't feel protected by the requirement that I have > the install disk. I probably do, and it's probably with my 2000 > install disk in a box in the front room, and i haven't thought about > it in six months. > > It feels to me that *Microsoft* is the one being protected here and I > am all the more incensed that matter of fact tis is bundled software > that was legally obtained. If it weren't I'd say fair enough, I took > my chances and they took their measures, and fair enough. > > As it is, a product that was part of a bundle that I purchased and > which belongs to *me* is getting pissy with me. Fuck it, I say. I'm > downloading a freeware wordprocessor as we speak and it's less than a > meg. Minus the bloatware I'll have *plenty* of room on C. > > And I really don't like the "microsoft knows best" rant. I spent > several years of my life dealing with stupid microsoft defaults, like > the insistance that phone numbers have an area code in dial-up > connector, resulting in thousands of customers getting "the number you > have dialed does not require an area code" which of course the modem > reports are no dial time. Arg. Microsof it protecting me, sure. > > Dana > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:46:35 -0500, Matthew Small > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana- > > I'm totally sympathetic to your problem, butI don't think it's fair to > > blame MS for this problem... I mean, it's aggravating, but the proper > > procedure of removing the program was not followed. You moved some stuff, > > and you broke the installation. You weren't sure of what exactly you were > > doing before you did it. > > It's kind of like looking into a car trunk and deciding that you want to > > make more room by removing the spare and cutting out the wires that run the > > taillight, then wondering why cars keep crashing into you. > > As a former MS employee, I can tell you that they really work hard to > > fix the bugs in their programs. The other part of this is protecting the > > end user from ruining the applicaiton - that's why they request that you > > have the install disk. And at least they provide a method of fixing their > > programs when the customer breaks it. > > Sorry for the rant, I just get tired of hearing anti-MS stuff from > > everybody who complains when it doesn't work perfectly every time. And > > especially from programmers - I doubt any one of them has written 50 million > > lines of error-free code. > > > > > > > > - Matt Small > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:35 PM > > Subject: Re: gotta love microsoft > > > > > jesus, it's still going throug the activation wizard. Great error > > > messages too :) "for other potential solutions to the problem, see ." > > > Can't select and paste into another program either, all those options > > > are disabled. > > > > > > Thanks Microsoft, I *needed* to dig around in boxes of stuff tonight > > > looking for an install CD. (Various rude comments deleted.) > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:24:21 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> ok, so put them back and then uninstall FP you think? Thanks. I moved > > >> my paging files to E so I might have room now. I suppose it seems > > >> kinda dumb but at the time it seemed like a better idea than moving 11 > > >> gigs of Adobe suite. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Dana > > >> > > >> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:15:39 -0500, Matthew Small > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > You need to put the files you took from Frontpage back and then > > >> > uninstall > > >> > about everything you don't need or can reinstall onto drive E. Moving > > >> > any > > >> > Office files around is a major deal to Office because the applications > > >> > share > > >> > so many files. I would definitely uninstall other programs before just > > >> > moving something. I imagine you'll find that you don't need most of > > >> > the > > >> > stuff on your computer, or at least, I would. > > >> > > > >> > - Matt Small > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> > From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:10 PM > > >> > Subject: gotta love microsoft > > >> > > > >> > > Alright, so I am trying to install XMLSpy last night and it seems > > >> > > that > > >> > > everything I have installed lately wants to be on the C drive and so > > >> > > I > > >> > > have 38 megs of space available on C and about 30 gigs on E <g> > > >> > > > > >> > > Obviously this is not good so I moved some programs, managing, as > > >> > > mentioned earlier, to break Quicktime in the process, but erm, ok, > > >> > > XMLSpy is installed and I can live without watching Ann Coulter just > > >> > > now, and I have stuff to do. Except that well, one of the things I > > >> > > moved was FrontPage; the logic being that I never use it anyway and > > >> > > what do I care if it ceases to work? > > >> > > > > >> > > (wait for it) > > >> > > > > >> > > Seems Microsoft considers this a major system change and wants a CD > > >> > > before it will let me use Excel. Office just kinda came with the > > >> > > computer. > > >> > > > > >> > > Any suggestions out there? Is it in a .cab file somewhere? It's > > >> > > telling me I should have a proplus.msi file, but it lets me cancel > > >> > > out > > >> > > of that, so do I even care? > > >> > > > > >> > > Dana > > >> > > -- > > >> > > ....they did not stop to think they died instead > > >> > > then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139727 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
