dr wogz
Fly caster
I’m having some computer issues, with a new computer (XP, not Vista).. And that got me thinking..
Windows is used by, what, 85% of us all. They’ve written code, software & applications for many, over many many years.. Their operating systems are widely used, and their office suite is pretty much the standard now in word processing, spread sheets, e-mail & day planning, etc..
I think, we all are pretty happy with what they’ve accomplished. Yes, the odd little screw-up here & there.. It’s life as we know it.
So why then, didn’t M$ ever create a self diagnostic tool & repair application? We can run windows in ‘safe mode’ to do our own diagnostic, and we can get a third party tool / application to clean up & tweak the system. (Norton utilities, Uni-blue, System mechanic to name a few..) Windows seems good at cluttering itself up, but lousy at cleaning & maintaining itself..
You can run ‘scan disk’ and defrag. And windows will revert back to an older setting if something is seriously wrong, but that’s about it..
I'm having issues as a new machine, a christmas present cannot see my camera (EOS rebel). My older machine sees it, and my XP based machine at work sees it. But my new home computer cannot.. Yes, I've got calls into both the supplier & Canon.. The supplier wants me to bring it in for a "registry clean up" at my cost..
Windows is used by, what, 85% of us all. They’ve written code, software & applications for many, over many many years.. Their operating systems are widely used, and their office suite is pretty much the standard now in word processing, spread sheets, e-mail & day planning, etc..
I think, we all are pretty happy with what they’ve accomplished. Yes, the odd little screw-up here & there.. It’s life as we know it.
So why then, didn’t M$ ever create a self diagnostic tool & repair application? We can run windows in ‘safe mode’ to do our own diagnostic, and we can get a third party tool / application to clean up & tweak the system. (Norton utilities, Uni-blue, System mechanic to name a few..) Windows seems good at cluttering itself up, but lousy at cleaning & maintaining itself..
You can run ‘scan disk’ and defrag. And windows will revert back to an older setting if something is seriously wrong, but that’s about it..
I'm having issues as a new machine, a christmas present cannot see my camera (EOS rebel). My older machine sees it, and my XP based machine at work sees it. But my new home computer cannot.. Yes, I've got calls into both the supplier & Canon.. The supplier wants me to bring it in for a "registry clean up" at my cost..