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I am on Windows XP Professional.
The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut Down, and t
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Of Phil Heron
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Subject: RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
I am on Windows XP Professi
At 12:11 -0500 10/3/06, Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote:
>Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown somewhat
>counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the
>"three-finger salute" to get my login screen in XP Pro? Once I power up,
>what else could I possi
On 10 Mar 2006, at 17:15, Wayne Brissette wrote:
> Those directions are for Windows XP Professional. If I follow them on
> my work computer, they are 100% correct. Obviously there are multiple
> issues here. First, the wrong help files with the wrong OS, but we can
> also lay blame on MS for ha
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Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
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Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown somewhat
counter-
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Behalf Of Daniel Emory
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Subject: OT: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
I was helping a friend who'd just acquired her first
> Sure makes writing installation procedures fun. No
> matter *what* you do, some users will think you're
> a fool. :-(
Unless you want to do something *totally* crazy & out there, like
stabilize your software, perform adequate testing, document the actual
interface and distribute it to the user
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Grant Hogarth
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Versionitis strikes again!
A rigorous (and repeated) application of QA is the only known pallative
-
her E-Machines POS.
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Subject: RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
I am on Windows XP Professional.
The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in the
drop-down list click
>I am on Windows XP Professional.
>The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in
>the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly correct for my
>computer. That is exactly what I see.
I'm on XP Pro, too, and I see the Start> Turn off computer> and the three
buttons, in
The Advanced tab also explains why you might want to use the
CTRL+ALT+DEL combo, BTW...
--Doug
> There's a setting on the Advanced tab of the User Accounts dialog to specify
> whether users have to use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on.
>
>> Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdo
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:25:29 -0500, "Anne Robotti"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Sure makes writing installation procedures fun. No
>> matter *what* you do, some users will think you're
>> a fool. :-(
>
>Unless you want to do something *totally* crazy & out there, like
>stabilize your software,
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:25:29 -0500, "Anne Robotti"
wrote:
>> Sure makes writing installation procedures fun. No
>> matter *what* you do, some users will think you're
>> a fool. :-(
>
>Unless you want to do something *totally* crazy & out there, like
>stabilize your software, perform adequate t
> Sure makes writing installation procedures fun. No
> matter *what* you do, some users will think you're
> a fool. :-(
Unless you want to do something *totally* crazy & out there, like
stabilize your software, perform adequate testing, document the actual
interface and distribute it to the user
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:55:57 -0800 (PST), Daniel Emory
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in the
>drop-down list click Shut Down
>
>The only part of that instruction which is correct is
>Click Start.
It's correct for my Win 2000 Pro system... I wonder
if it is
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:55:57 -0800 (PST), Daniel Emory
wrote:
>?Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in the
>drop-down list click Shut Down?
>
>The only part of that instruction which is correct is
>?Click Start.?
It's correct for my Win 2000 Pro system... I wonder
if it is correct for XP mac
Versionitis strikes again!
A rigorous (and repeated) application of QA is the only known pallative
-- there is no cure.
Grant
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From: Daniel Emory
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Subject: OT: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
At 12:11 -0500 10/3/06, Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote:
>Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown somewhat
>counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the
>"three-finger salute" to get my login screen in XP Pro? Once I power up,
>what else could I possi
I am on Windows XP Professional.
The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in
the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly correct for my
computer. That is exactly what I see.
I'm on XP Pro, too, and I see the Start> Turn off computer> and the three
buttons, in
> Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown
> somewhat
> counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the
My mother (73), after having a computer for six years, still asks me
about this one. What do she know?...she's not in the IT biz.
John Posada
Senior
> Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown
> somewhat
> counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the
My mother (73), after having a computer for six years, still asks me
about this one. What do she know?...she's not in the IT biz.
John Posada
Senior
On 10 Mar 2006, at 17:15, Wayne Brissette wrote:
Those directions are for Windows XP Professional. If I follow them on
my work computer, they are 100% correct. Obviously there are multiple
issues here. First, the wrong help files with the wrong OS, but we can
also lay blame on MS for have way
The Advanced tab also explains why you might want to use the
CTRL+ALT+DEL combo, BTW...
--Doug
> There's a setting on the Advanced tab of the User Accounts dialog to specify
> whether users have to use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on.
>
>> Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdo
lton)
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Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown somewhat
counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the
"three-finger salute&q
her E-Machines POS.
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Versionitis strikes again!
A rigorous (and re
arch 10, 2006 12:00 PM
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Subject: RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
Versionitis strikes again!
A rigorous (and repeated) application of QA is the only known pallative
-- there is no cure.
Grant
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From: Daniel Emory
Sent: Friday,
--- Phil Heron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am on Windows XP Professional.
> The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut
> Down, and then in
> the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly
> correct for my
> computer. That is exactly what I see.
===
Th
--- Phil Heron wrote:
> I am on Windows XP Professional.
> The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut
> Down, and then in
> the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly
> correct for my
> computer. That is exactly what I see.
===
The e-Machine had Win
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Subject: RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity
I am on Windows XP Professional.
The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in the
drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly correct for my computer. That
is exactly what I see.
??
Phil Heron
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Versionitis strikes again!
A rigorous (and repeated) application of QA is the only known pallative
-- there is no cure.
Grant
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I was helping a friend who'd just acquired her first computer, an
E-Machine with Windows XP.
I was demonstrating how to get help, and showe
I was helping a friend whod just acquired her first
computer, an E-Machine with Windows XP.
I was demonstrating how to get help, and showed how
she could type in a search phrase and get a list of
all the help topics containing that phrase. So, to
demonstrate how to properly shut down the computer
I was helping a friend who?d just acquired her first
computer, an E-Machine with Windows XP.
I was demonstrating how to get help, and showed how
she could type in a search phrase and get a list of
all the help topics containing that phrase. So, to
demonstrate how to properly shut down the computer
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