Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 9, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > >> A related gripe: I *** hate ** it **** when updaters add icons to the >> desktop. M$ does it. Apple does it. I hate it. How damned >> presumptuous! Did I say that I HATE it? > > > I always thought that having a desktop full of icons was a measure of > status in the Windows world. Most Windows systems I see are full of > 'em. I wonder how many people know that they can delete them?
Actually, you the normal user have about a 50/50 chance of being able to delete them. If the app was installed as Administrator (the way we are supposed to do it), then Administrator owns the shortcuts in Documents and Settings/All Users/Desktop, and therefore the user can't remove it from *their* desktop. And therefore, the user doesn't have control over their own desktop. Why spend time trying to remove things if it has a fair chance of failing? In the meantime users are perfectly free to change screen resolution at their whim, including setting to an invalid resolution, with the potential of monitor damage and/or keeping other users from being able to log on (because screen resolution is a system setting, not a user setting). Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
