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        <title><![CDATA[yeah really]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[UAC i mean come on.  A duh if it is written by microsoft as most of the control panel is why does it ask you to verify the vendor a duh!  I also have it turned off.  Why bother just a pain in the ass.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eriksimonhelberg@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:40:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't mind updates in general, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The type &amp; AMOUNT of updates is when I have problems.Nothing is perfect &amp; some updates are unavoidable, but there are times when some &quot;updates&quot; shouldn't be necessary to begin with.Some in the tech community are so caught up in lambasting MS, that their brains are mush.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BlazingEagle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:52:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft admits Vista UAC was designed to annoy users and developers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Finally someone agred with me, in  2007 when Visa's been released in the market, i was one of the first people who bought the OS , few weeks later i realised  that vista has been designed to anoy users, i spend more time on my computer do a simple task, vista is so slow, no matter how many Gig of  you RAM your computer will be always slow. please do something about it, we need an OS which can run faster, more reliable and secure. so fare xp OS is the best ever.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:29:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Me too!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I turned it off too, but I'm amusing myself with Microsoft bashing. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Woychowsky]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:39:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OK fool, person month]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260869-2479632]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A man month is the resource equivalent to one person working for one month or for the mathematically astute two people working for half a month each, consecutively, concurrently or overlapping.I get paid to code what they tell me to code.Fix a security hole, make it vista compatible, add a new spangly button, a new feature... Same rate of pay for all.I do know what I'm doing, what I'm not doing, what I can do and what I can't do and why. Unfortunately many do not.My point about coding securely, was have a look at the certs and degrees for 'programming' then have a look for where they mention security concerns.....Not a lot is it?Fresh out of university, they don't know what a parameterised query is, why it's better and a sql injection attack is a KGB assassination ploy.No self improvement is dead, it upsets people, we should stick to the station we were born to and stop causing HR problems with our ceaseless whining for more. I'm not sure who rattled your cage, but if you ever take up marksmanship, get your mates to stand in front of the target, they'll be in less danger....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:56:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Man month?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is that a programming term or what? As for your employer making you write the code if you wrote code that corrected your apps ability to work with Vista wouldn't they reward you (pay)? And who are you talking about teaching you what? If your employer hired you don't you think they are assuming you know what you are doing? And isn't there still such a thing as self-improvement?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[coatsfc@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:59:48 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shellbot come on]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is the MS bashing forum. UR ruining it. I agree though because when I turned it off it stayed off and I haven't received a popup since.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[coatsfc@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:43:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Somebody might here you tell the informed truth. I agree with you about patching the underlying system and slapping &quot;lipstick&quot; on a pig. If they would fix it correctly the first time they wouldn't have to send out so many patches but then again as you said their programmers would be out of a job.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:32:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Error]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:01:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[WGA was the primary motivator...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[for me; but also the degradation of available anti-virus software for Windows is leading me to give up on an insecure model.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:15:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Last time I did Mandrake install it was NFS...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but I never use FAT32 because it is insecure; I will cross that bridge when I come to it. I'm sure the installation program  will let me choose a good secure file format at the time I wipe out the Microsoft install.Thanks for the help; I've seen Linux users talk about NTFS but I may have been looking at the wrong point in their chats, because I never heard of Linux using that format.Hope everything Linux is doing well for you! =)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:11:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i agree]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm just playing devils advocate a bit.As I said, I have Vista (business) and I'm ok with it..a lot of people really actually don't give a toss..a lot of people do..i hope they fix up the things they got wrong..but how long will it take?Do I wish my machine was XP? Yes..Am I heartbroken its not..No. At the end of the day I'm going to take it and run with it. In the name of progress I will preservere..]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shellbot]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:31:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ah Col..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[yer lucky it was quittin time or I woul dhave really wound ya up in my last post!!Moving forward with new products is always painful..but if they didn't give us soemthing new every once in a while we'd still be using punch cards..the next generation of users will not know anything but Vista and will accept it for what it is, flaws and all..Frankly, if I owned/ran a company as big as MS I really wouldn't give a flying feck what you or I thought...I'd be too busy drinking Cosmopolitans on a white sandy beach....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shellbot]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:19:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are a lot more of us]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260869-2477715]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[who feel this way than some want to admit. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Betelgeuse58]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:46:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[JC, u DO know that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linux prefers a FAT32 file system, NOT an NT -OR- x64, correct? Just trying to help. Yes, I edited it. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Betelgeuse58]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:41:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are you talking about?!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This last round of updates, there were 6 updates for Windows XP, but for Vista, there were only 8!!... Oh, wait... err... ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[shardeth-15902278]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:32:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shelly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[there are more than just home and IT users.Ok, for simplicity there are basic usersadvanced usersgamerspower userssupport userseach having a different level of knowledge.  Your brother appears to be more of a basic user, and he could use anything for an OS.  An advanced user more often needs to know more about the filing structure, and more applications. As for Vista, more than 10% have already made up their minds.  MS isn't/hasn't made the OS for the masses, they made it to what large companies wanted, then added a few bells and whistles and screwed around with many things to make it less friendly for anyone that uses more advanced functions of the OS.They then decided for marketing that they would change what functions were available in Home edition, and stripped some out, changed others so what you get for home basic is not good enough.  This requires an upgrade or new license to obtain the items wanted.  So, will Vista be another ME, I cannot say but it appears likely.  Will Win 7 be better, I would guess so, if MS is watching what is happening with the Vista flop.But here is something for you.  We didnt just get XP after ME, ME was the END of the 9x product line.  It was meant as an interim replacement for people who did not want to move to Win 2k.  It was meant not to last long, and there were few big reasons to move to it.   XP was the new version for home users based on 2k, however 2k had already been out for quite some time and heavily used in businesses.  In this way, XP was able to move easier into the home computing environment.  Vista was handled all wrong in this manner, and it is biting MS in the a$$ now...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Scummy One]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:44:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i see your point]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[however..there are two issues here aren't there..home users VS IT users..my brother likes vista, he doesn't know nor care its resource heavy, cause all he does is use facebook, download music etc..i'm just trying to say that because 10% of the population wants something one way, the companies will always cater for the other 90% right..yes it will probably be the ME..and we got XP after ME..so maybe some of the problems will be solved with the next generation of Vista?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:28:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have to disagree with you here Shelly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 5 years time if 7 hits the streets on Schedule I think that you'll find Vista is the ME of M$ current Generation of Products.We don't need more Eye Candy or useless applications built into the Kernel we need a stripped down fast OS that runs our Software the ones that we want to run not the ones that someone else tells us to run as they are the ones making the money off them.Look at how much of the System Resources that are chewed up by the GUI in Vista and then honestly say that you prefer that over speed of your Applications producing Results. Given the choice if I have to go to a High End Computer I want it to produce the End Results Fast not look Prerty and take as long to do the same thing as the older Slower Hardware is doing. I want to see an Improvement over what I have and Vista just doesn't do this in any way shape or Form. UAC if anything makes Productivity even worse than it should be and works in a way that was never asked for by those who bothered to respond to M$ prior to any Code at all being written for Vista. Just remember that ME had a product Launch about the same time difference from XP and look which one ended up being acceptable to the Masses not just the IT Crowd. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:31:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well that is what an Intoxicated Irish Programmer may say Shelly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But what's the excuse of the M$ developers who write this stuff?I know that I asked for UAC but not as it appears in Vista. Someone messed up big time with making it work in a way that wasn't asked for by the millions of people who M$ Asked.As UAC currently stands it looks like someone gave the approval to implement this during the Development stage of Vista and then some Idiot Marketing Type came along and said Great Idea lets make it do this &amp; that as well. End result is that like all the rest of M$ products it does nothing at all well. Security out of the Box is the Biggest Joke that I've ever heard from the M$ Marketing Types. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:13:50 -0700</pubDate>
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