I have never been so upset with MS in my life...

[Guest Plymouthguy]

I fixed it but only by fiddling with the seperator bars. Finally everything

 

popped into place. There must be a logical, systematic way to do this but

 

beats me. One clue is "theme" under personalize seems to play a role in my

 

straightening it out/ Thanks to all for your suggestions.

 

Don

 

 

 

"Alias" wrote in message

 

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> Frank wrote:

 

>> Alias wrote:

 

>>> ray wrote:

 

>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:55:06 -0800, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>

 

>>>>> ray wrote:

 

>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:37:12 -0800, long time windows user wrote:

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> On Jan 25, 9:00 pm, "Rob" wrote:

 

>>>>>>>> I absolutley cannot believe this....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> Can anyone from Microsoft please justify the logic here

 

>>>>>>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> I do not know much about Vista, but her is the scenario...

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> A neighbor of mine calls and says their computer will not update to

 

>>>>>>>> Vista SP1 from the Windows update....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> No, that cannot be right I say.... I'll be right over....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> Famous last words....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> I ran the SP1 update on their computer, and sure enough....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> AFTER, yes I said AFTER the computer spent about 3 hours tying to

 

>>>>>>>> update... I saw a message that said that the service pack could not

 

>>>>>>>> update and was therefore REVERTING !!!!! REVERTING, why would a

 

>>>>>>>> process REVERT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> Is MS software not smart enough to determine whether the update

 

>>>>>>>> would

 

>>>>>>>> work BEFORE the attempt took place ??????????????????????

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> WHY.... WHY on earth would MS make you go through all that time

 

>>>>>>>> only

 

>>>>>>>> to determine AFTER the fact that the update could not take place

 

>>>>>>>> !!!!!!!!

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> UNBELIEVABLE.... I have been an MS advocate all my life (telling

 

>>>>>>>> all

 

>>>>>>>> those Apple fruit weenies to take a hike)...

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> I feel soooooooo burned !!!!

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> My daughter uses a frigging Apple... and I think she is the wiser

 

>>>>>>>> !!!!!!

 

>>>>>>> MS has gone the way of large companies. The left hand does not know

 

>>>>>>> what the left hand is doing. The right hand is in the break room

 

>>>>>>> drinking wine and eating pizza.

 

>>>>>>> The Indians are in the bathroom wrapping their turbans. Bill Gates

 

>>>>>>> is

 

>>>>>>> trying to find someone to give his money to and we are stuck with

 

>>>>>>> Vista.

 

>>>>>> No, you're not. There are alternatives.

 

>>>>> Yeah...Windows 7!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Well, that's one - I can think of several others, as well.

 

>>>

 

>>> And not the best one by far.

 

>>>

 

>> How would you know?

 

>> Oops!...LOL!

 

>

 

> Unlike you, I have the latest Ubuntu and the latest Windows so I can

 

> compare and Karmic Koala beats Windows 7 hands down. All you have are

 

> lies, insults, animal sex fantasies and a whole lot of bluster.

 

>

 

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> Alias