XP is Win2K with fluff. > > some interesting things about XP : (ammended) > > you can now disable the delete confirmation dialogue. no more "save you > from yourself".
<< Old news there. That can be done in 98! > MSN messenger starts automagically (and won't go away...) for that matter, > most of the built-in programs have subtle (or not so subtle) hints towards > using Passport. << Messenger can be disabled and yes you need Passport to take advantage of all their damn stuff. > > the default "start" menu is cluttered and confrusing. if you leave the > (mac) graphics enabled, it will remain that way no matter what you get rid > of. << Try the "Classic" windows theme? Makes it look more like 2K. > > extra themes and "skins" are only available using a third party program > called WindowBlinds (as far as i can tell...) so you're stuck with the > basic three, unless you get "Plus", which adds three more. yay. either > way, my roommate and i were very disappointed that we couldn't get it to > look like OS 9. << All the fading effects can be disabled as well to speed up performance. Turn off the damned personalized menus too for less confusion. > matter of fact, i've restarted more times in the last four days than i have > with Win2K in four months. << Win2K for four months? I can barely manage looking at any Windows OS for more than 4 minutes!! > in conclusion, if any of you IT'ers are stuck with M$ products on > workstations, use 2K or NT 4, not XP. otherwise, you're in for a world of > trouble. i spent nearly an hour disabling all the extraneous crap that > comes with it. then again, if eavesdropping on your employees is your > game, XP is for you. << Experience says I can disable half the crap in 10 minutes time. << Not to mention after the end of this year NT4 will no longer be supported by M$ and 2000 will be fazed out within a couple years as well so..... _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
