>That's a given, but I keep coming upon issues on the Mac that are nothing >but hoop jumping, compared to administering a PC. Change the admin name on >a PC? That takes seconds.
This is not just a name written in a box on the screen. You also must take care of things like file access permissions and the keychain. I guess since the Windows system is inherently insecure there is less involved in changing a username. The Apple memo is also written in baby steps like maybe they were writing it for a clueless Windows sysadmin. Instead of saying "replace contents of B with A" it says "open window A" "open window B" "position both windows so you can see their contents" "select all in B" "drag B into the trash" "select all in A" "press the option key" "drag all from A to B" "close A" etc. That's 9 steps that should have been one sentence. Frustration can happen when you don't understand how things really work. The builder estimated 3 months for our house addition. My wife insisted that it could not possibly require more than two weeks. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
