# Microsoft Is Telling Me What To Do! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [March 15, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551 "2003-03-15T16:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/21 "2003-03-15T20:37:44Z")
_high five_ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/22 "2003-03-15T20:40:20Z")
Five: hello? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/23 "2003-03-15T20:46:46Z")
> \*Originally posted by xxviii \* > \*\*Five: hello? \*\* Well ya seeā€¦ ā€œhighā€ is different from ā€œhiā€ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/24 "2003-03-15T20:50:52Z")
ohhhhh geeze, donā€™t confuse mr. 5 like that ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/25 "2003-03-15T20:52:04Z")
_thinking_ how much did they pay them for telling thatā€¦ :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/26 "2003-03-15T20:53:30Z")
17.5 euros ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/27 "2003-03-15T20:54:30Z")
Pay me to say what? My opinion? I donā€™t favor one thing over another enough to trash another type of software. I prefer certain things, but that does not mean I am not flexible in using other software. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/28 "2003-03-15T20:55:03Z")
ohā€¦ i gueess i was wrong ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/29 "2003-03-16T03:34:55Z")
Yeahā€¦ I agreeā€¦ There is no reason for me to ā€œkissā€ anyoneā€™s \*\*\*ā€¦ As a Microsoft Userā€¦ And former Linux and everything else userā€¦ I just chose from which I likedā€¦ I liked Linux over Windows 98ā€¦ But when I seen how nice XP wasā€¦ I said screw linuxā€¦ My personal opinionsā€¦ Doesnā€™t mean Iā€™m up Microsoftā€™s \*\*\* because of that :-p ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/30 "2003-03-16T19:16:07Z")
okā€¦here it is in a nutshellā€¦ out of all the Microsoft OSā€™s Iā€™ve usedā€¦and iā€™ve used pretty much every single one since 3.1ā€¦ I like Windows XPā€¦I rarely have any problems with it. It has some cool features that I like, but as with everything else in life there are things I donā€™t like. The reason I posted this thread was to see if I could turn the option I hated off. Which LostinBeta helped me with. Thanks man! :beam: I swear Iā€™ve looked at those ā€˜Advancedā€™ options a million times missing that option every single time. The reason I put up with IE is that is what 98% of the internet population browses on. It wonā€™t be much of an issue if everyone just followed the W3C web standards. But since Microsoft is too busy taking over the world, and Netscape is busy trying to take over their part of the internet, and Mozilla, and Opera are still way below standrards with CSS, Iā€™m planning on browsing the internet with IE. :esmirk: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/31 "2003-03-16T19:26:09Z")
> \*Originally posted by lostinbeta \* > **Why is everyone so quick to start an OS opinion war?** I agree lostā€¦ everyone take a chill pill. Lately there have been people willing to argue about anything, and it rarely has anything to do with the topic of the threadā€¦ Whether it is a browser, an ISP, an OS, or even which program to useā€¦ Someone will always have a different opinion, and like different things about ā€œtheirā€ programsā€¦ Letā€™s leave this kind of bickering to the chat rooms, and other forumsā€¦ Please? Rev ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/32 "2003-03-16T19:26:16Z")
No problem man. And 98% uses IE??? Nah, I doubt that one šŸ˜‰ As of AOL 8.0 all AOL users are browsing with Netscape. Most Mac users still browser on mozilla/netscape browsers because the Mac IE is an early version and sometimes is unstable or unsupportive of things that Netscape on Mac or IE/NS on Windows is supportive of. In essence, the IE on Macs can be buggy. Then you have those users that just plain prefer NS over IE to begin with. With NS7 and the new Mozilla though, they are MUCH better than they were before. Although IE is actually more popular, I would say it is best to think about it as a 50/50 situation between them two as dominating browsers, they each have ups and downs. But then there are browsers like Opera and suchā€¦ oye, I wonā€™t get started on them, they are just another way to keep us coders having to code more stuff for it to work cross browser :sleep: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/33 "2003-03-16T19:44:33Z")
emm, Opera 6.0.5 had some bugs and I used to have to run IE, but Opera 7.1 is really good, and 98% percent of sites optimized for IE are working as well on Opera. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/34 "2003-03-16T19:47:43Z")
I believe Opera runs off of a similar engine as IE, but still some things are different coding wise, I have no beef with Opera really, I havenā€™t tried the new version, its just with all these browsers, coding for cross browser compatibility can drive a person insaneā€¦lol. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/35 "2003-03-16T20:29:40Z")
i was just using 98%, as a high percentage of internet browsingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/36 "2003-03-16T20:47:39Z")
I stay with my opinion, Mozilla roxx, and it is not so much work anymore to optimize a site for NS/Mo . Especially not, when you think of it, when you are startingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/37 "2003-03-16T20:58:38Z")
I see Iā€™m the only one who is a true Windows 2000 Professional dude. šŸ˜‰ I hate XP. Itā€™s on my family computer, which is the one I have to use, but I have win2k on the Intranet server. Christopher William Coddington (Xzandar / cwcandromeda) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/38 "2003-03-16T21:00:34Z")
win2k is better than winME, but both of those OSā€™s almost destroyed my comp they crashed so much. Everyone I know with winME has a problem with winME, but only a few select people I know with win2k have problems with that, so I guess I was just one of the bad cases. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/39 "2003-03-16T21:19:37Z")
W2k is a very stable OSā€¦ both my g/f & I use it, and rarely crashes. Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551/40 "2003-03-16T21:27:23Z")
Hey Philbert, what you said about win2k is what I experience with winXP, win2k always crashed on me. It all depends on your system. Some just arenā€™t fit to run certain OSes I guess :-\ Who knows, maybe win98 is the most stable for someone else :-\ My friend still uses win95 because no other windows works better on her comp. I find that oddly amazing, but its true. [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-is-telling-me-what-to-do/15551.md?page=3)