Recent content by WildandWoolyMammoth

Mr GTVR: The person asking said: "I am not an administrator". You should take this to mean that the person is sitting at their own lonely Win XP, Vista, Win 7 computer at home, and that they want to set or change Proxy Settings, most likely in order to solve a "connectivity issue with the...

I bought a Win 8 Laptop. I didn't register it. It didn't register with me. I brought it back for a full refund. It's hard to see how Microsoft does not get the idea of "Different strokes for different folks". Just think about it: Software, yes, SOFTware got it's name because it was, is...

Ok, once again: MS, know your customer! There is, at least, 1) the Desktop / Laptop market 2) the smartphone market 3) the tablet market Win 8.1 does not work for all three. It might work for may be 2 out of 3. Win 8.1 also does not work for the 1) business market 2) government...

Item: "Steve Ballmer Says It's Weird Going to Work; Trashes Google" I understand. If you don't know what you ought to be working on, it feels weird being there at all.

news item; "Google Chrome pushes past MS Internet Explorer" And why is that? Because MS decided that Win XP users did not deserve a working IE beyond IE 8. Really not that smart of a business decision.

Ballmer should not pick his successor. The board should not pick his successor. An outside investor should come in, turn over the table in the board room, kick complacent board members out, turn the company around and pick a successor.

It's not difficult to give users a choice, you know. Yes, Windows 8 is counter-intuitive. Simply put all the regular DESKTOP capabilities of win XP into Win 8.2 or may be 8.17, however long it might take, and may be you got something. However the obtuseness of Microsoft will likely mean...

Well, anyone with half a brain (which might include myself), no wait, 25%, no, ok let's say 10% of a brain would say that Microsoft should make 1) Desktop OS that works for the Desktop customer and 2) a Phone OS that works for the Smartphone customer, 3) a Tablet/Touch OS for the Tab/Touch...