Here are some reasons for going to Crapsta: You like to be annoyed. You enjoy being hassled for no reason. You like to run slower. You like the idea of change for change sake. You like to have things moved where you can't find them and renamed to stupid names that mean nothing.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: RE: When is an administrator not an administrator? I still haven't figured out why to go from XP to Vista. ************************************************* --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Geoff Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: When is an administrator not an administrator? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 7:42 PM > I cant find the article but I read recently about > Vista's 'administrator' > and how it really isn't but there is a convoluted way > to log on as root and > be able to do what you want. The 'security' is the > one thing I hate most > about Vista. It is MY machine and it tells ME what I can > and can't do. I > love XP. It just WORKS! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kevin Cully > Sent: Saturday, 13 December 2008 7:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: When is an administrator not an administrator? > > Answer: Vista > > I've got this new "hot" laptop, fully decked > out. Vista Home Premium. > Okay, I don't have to attach it to a domain so I > don't need Ultimate or > anything. > > I'm trying to get up and running with my development > environment. Vista > says that I'm the Administrator on the box, and there > aren't any other > users configured {Opps! WTF?!? I wouldn't have set > myself up as an > Administrator if I had known.} But wait! I'm trying > to configure a > West-Wind application and it's having trouble running > the Console.exe > magic which registers it. It's saying that I'm NOT > an administrator. > > I'm about to poke my eyes out after a day of > frustration when I decide > to Google instead: "How do I know if I'm an > administrator on Vista?" > > I found this tip to make the Administrator magically appear > from > nowhere:http://tinyurl.com/2q56p3 > > Notice that when you "Run as administrator" > there's no password > required. Insanity. > > VFP definitely runs slower on my new laptop than on my old > XP Pro desktop. > > I'm feeling dirty after running Vista, but I need it > for day in and day > out VFP development. Oh well. Thought I'd share. > > -Kevin > CULLY Technologies, LLC > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/025901c95d49$0a8d2db0$8600a...@w2k3s02 ** 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.
