PAUL PAVLIK wrote: > I recently purchased a laptop with XP Home preinstalled. Imagine my utter > disbelief when I discovered that I could not connect the machine to any > of the three networks I generally use. The help system was misleading to > the point of being incorrect. I spent so long trying to fix the problem > that now it is too late to return the laptop. It's NEVER too late to let the MAKER of the computer KNOW just how BAD the software they are forcing on you is. Contact them and inform them that you will be filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. IF they REQUIRE XP to be on the computer they sell, then THEY MUST take some responsibility in how that software does or does not work. This process is called TESTING. GM couldn't sell you a car with a motor they bought from Korea that DIDN'T work, so WHY accept crap from a computer maker?? I just could not believe > that there was not some way to connect without comprimising the security > of the network. > > Why should I assume that I could connect to domain controlers with a > version of the software for the home? Simple. Name one other operating > system that doesn't. Even MacOSX works better on microsoft networks than > XP Home does. I would be better off with Windows 95. (There's a phrase I > never thought I would state.) > > XP Home is a defective product. And it took you HOW long to figure that out. This is NOT a final product, it is a BETA version that MS insists on forcing computer makers to install so the consumers get to find all the problems for them.
How Microsoft can tell us that an > Internet browser is an integral part of the OS while the capability to > connect to Microsoft's own servers is not is beyond me. They do this so you will follow the lemmings and fork our ANOTHER 200 bucks for the NEXT level of incompetence in this product. > > I say it again. I proclaim it from the highest mountain. DO NOT BUY XP > HOME! If you buy a new machine, add $200 to the price for the network > access tax and get the Pro Upgrade at the same time. Why not just REFUSE to even BUY a computer with XP on it. THAT is a better choice, IMHO. Suddenly Macs aren't > overpriced anymore > > The responses to this post stated that NOT connecting to network was a > FEATURE of WinXP home !! And not running most of your existing software is also.... Good Luck, you'll NEED it. ;-Deano To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
