XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, alt.comp.os.windows-xp,   
   comp.os.ms-windows.misc   
   From: waiting@the.exit.invalid   
      
   "Nebulon"  wrote in   
   news:1154631678.474125.295290@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Neither of the last two posts (claiming that the problems   
   > observed are specific to my system) are correct.   
   >   
   > If either of you had read the original posts carefully,   
   > you'd have noticed that these problems have all been   
   > observed, personally by me, on multiple machines, machines   
   > which had little in common besides being Windows PCs.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Simple question. WHY do you insist on using a piece of software   
   which any rational person can only describe as designed to let   
   you do the LEAST amount of file management possible with the   
   MOST effort possible, and hundreds of bugs to boot?   
      
   I have been using Windows for 15 years so I'm not going to tell   
   you to go Mac or Linux, I don't consider those practical   
   alternatives for a variety of reasons.   
      
   However, I have NEVER used Windows Explorer since it cane out in   
   95. I used the old File Manager for a while (it was still in 95,   
   maybe later) but it was quite limited. I tried about a dozen   
   other file managers. There are HUNDREDS.   
      
   The best one IMO is from www.ghisler.com. You will not BELIEVE   
   what it can do.   
      
   You can not terminate the "explorer" thread when running your   
   windows system, but you can sure as hell make sure to never run   
   the program. Same with IE/OE. It's almost impossible to remove   
   them, but that doesn't mean they should EVER be used for   
   ANYTHING other than reading .chm help files.   
      
   Or are you one of the guys who is going to complain that   
   milk is white and not blue yet continue drinking it while   
   bitching about it for the rest of your life?   
      
   I do not have a single piece of MS software installed on my   
   machines except for the OS's which it took me years to tweak to   
   the point where they misbehave no'mo'!   
      
   I would not install ANYTHING from MS if Gates himself gave me a   
   gold-plated personalized autographed CD of it!   
      
   I hope this helps you to get a clue.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)