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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message <5sOdncfftMh0vWHRnZ2dnUVZ5t6dnZ2d@giganews.com>, RickyBobby   
   wrote:   
      
   > Or a person could just run Windows and never mind the muss and fuss.   
      
   Except for all the usual Windows muss and fuss: having to go to all the   
   different websites for all the different vendors of all the different   
   hardware and software they have installed, to download new versions of all   
   the different drivers and apps and what-have-you, and install them in turn   
   with a simple double-click on the first one, click “I Understand And Accept   
   The Terms And Conditions” on the EULA that pops up without actually   
   understanding or intending to accept it, wait a while for the install to   
   finish, reboot the machine, then double-click on the second one, click “I   
   Understand And Accept The Terms And Conditions” on the EULA that pops up   
   without actually understanding or intending to accept it, wait a while for   
   the install to finish, reboot the machine, double-click on the third one ...   
      
   ... and after the last one is done and the system doesn’t work, fire up   
   REGEDIT to fix a Registry key or two, then reboot again and everything   
   becomes fine, assuming you haven’t completely hosed your system to the   
   point where you need to reinstall and start all over again.   
      
   But of course the brain of a seasoned Windows user just blanks out while   
   they go through the above, it’s become an automatic reflex, so they don’t   
   notice it as “muss and fuss”.   
      
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