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Windows O/S:

DOS, Win 3, Win 95, ME, Win 2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8 (that's 9 versions Microsoft!)

One simple question Microsoft...

Why can't you get the "Cancel All Documents" option to work?

Surely you can code that option to do what it says, kill all jobs in the queue, not all but one!!!

It's is simple selection, you choose to cancel all documents and that is what you expect to happen. I don't expect to have to run DOS instructions, mess around with the Print Services, reboot the printer and reboot the PC.

But hey, we have the nice Metro screen now! Sheesh!

This isn't a Windows Forum...
and we still don't like rants.

It would appear you have started a "What Really Grinds My Gears" weekly column here in the OT. A noble effort.

I don't believe any significant improvements (or even notable changes, really) have been made to the print spooling services in Windows 95.

Do you remember loading Windows 95 from 13 individual disks?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

I was so proud when I updated to 8mb of RAM back then...

I would genuinely like torture whichever MS employee designed the windows home networking functionality. Why do computers seem to disappear at random? Or show up on one computer and not another. My gears are ground down to the bearings on that one.

You forgot Win98.

Windows 95 was on 21 disks when I stopped having to install it (OSR2/c, I think).
Windows Vista was Windows 6, as it says when you type Winver. So, when Windows 7 turns out to be Windows 6.1, don't trust anything MS Marketing tells you. I've not checked Windows 8's version.

Homegroup hasn't worked since I had a motherboard failure, and registry hacks only keep it running for a while.

I hate the internet.

Hah! I'm still running XP.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Hah! I'm still running XP.

I think deep down we're all still running XP...
Or at least wish we were.

 purplefood wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Hah! I'm still running XP.

I think deep down we're all still running XP...
Or at least wish we were.

Microsoft actually stopped supporting XP about a week ago. My PC was sad.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Hah! I'm still running XP.

I think deep down we're all still running XP...
Or at least wish we were.

Microsoft actually stopped supporting XP about a week ago. My PC was sad.

Doesn't matter. XP runs on love.

I moved to Vista just tom play the new XCom.

I have a stock PC that came with Vista. I removed the HDD and set it aside, added my old HDD with XP on it, ran that.

Vista became ok after the second service pack. I am not tempted to 'upgrade'.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
You forgot Win98.

Damn!

How's this. Was logged in to clients Win 8 PC dealing with a problem with our software, they ask with help with something else. Just bare in mind that we set up the PC's with UAC off. They were trying to use the calculator and Windows said they couldn't as UAC was off!?!

Windows ME was the worst.

I'm still rocking my Windows 7 32-bit.

My laptop has Windows 8. I'm not sure what they were thinking, I couldn't even find the off button.

I'm perfectly happy with Windows 7. It actually has some new features that I, someone who isn't a computer engineer, have used. Unlike just about every other Windows version. Although I do still have a soft spot for XP. It had its flaws, but we respected each other and worked together despite our differences.

Windows 8? Never on any PC I own, that's for sure.

I hate trying to help my parents with technology
"Can you take books from your Nook and put them in here?"
"I dont know, What kind of file does your Ereader support"
"I dont know what that means"
"Well find out, I dont know"

Doesn't seem like you're trying to help much at all.

Because they never understand. They wouldnt even tell me what kind of Ereader it was. they just asking "But can we use nook books?"

If only someone would teach them, but hey that would be helpful. Much easier to not help and then complain about how difficult it is to not-help them.

Oh screw it. I was trying to help them. They would not tell me, over the phone, what kinda of Ereader it was. I kept asking and they said they dont know.

If you teach them, they have less to ask for help with.

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
My laptop has Windows 8. I'm not sure what they were thinking, I couldn't even find the off button.

Win 8 is sad because once you take the interface out its actually a nice OS. At least my experiences are that is a good OS in itself. It's just that MS decided to mess the entire primary interface up because - reasons.

 Skinnereal wrote:
Windows Vista was Windows 6, as it says when you type Winver. So, when Windows 7 turns out to be Windows 6.1, don't trust anything MS Marketing tells you. I've not checked Windows 8's version.

It says version 6.2 and i actually prefer it to version 6.1.

@Hotsauceman:
I have a friend, much like your parents.

He's only about 10 years older than me. He got a couple of 2nd hand ebook readers from a local thrift shop (kobo). They each had the old owner's account still active on them (separate people).

"Can I get the contents off this?"
"can I put more stuff on them?"

After some tinkering, and getting one repurposed as MY ereader (changed user accounts and managed to sync all content to my account), I found out the answer was yes (at least with my computer). They read .mobi and .epub.

He ended up giving me that one (well, it was already mine in name).

He will call me up and ask me why his desktop looks like it does (I don't know, I can't see it from here). Why is X program not working (turns out he deleted a folder, not an icon), and other stuff like that. Last time was a spam/malwarebot infection that took 9 hours to clear.

Some people should just not own computers.

Im still running 2000 on one of my cumputers. Another has Vista sadly and red hat, the other two have Windows 7 which I am really happy about. When I built my new computer I requested an old copy of 7 instead of 8. 7 works great for what I use it for and Windows should have stopped there. I hate the new make every computer a tablet look.

If you want to see something that updates to much buy and Ipad.

I have eight on my phone. Works pretty good for that. Keep it the hell off my PC though.

 chromedog wrote:
@Hotsauceman:
I have a friend, much like your parents.

He's only about 10 years older than me. He got a couple of 2nd hand ebook readers from a local thrift shop (kobo). They each had the old owner's account still active on them (separate people).

"Can I get the contents off this?"
"can I put more stuff on them?"

After some tinkering, and getting one repurposed as MY ereader (changed user accounts and managed to sync all content to my account), I found out the answer was yes (at least with my computer). They read .mobi and .epub.
.

After some more talking, what they where asking was if I could put my Textbooks on an eReader to save money for college. I said the honest answer. Now, very few people actually sell textbooks AS ebooks IME, they didnt like that answer.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 chromedog wrote:
@Hotsauceman:
I have a friend, much like your parents.

He's only about 10 years older than me. He got a couple of 2nd hand ebook readers from a local thrift shop (kobo). They each had the old owner's account still active on them (separate people).

"Can I get the contents off this?"
"can I put more stuff on them?"

After some tinkering, and getting one repurposed as MY ereader (changed user accounts and managed to sync all content to my account), I found out the answer was yes (at least with my computer). They read .mobi and .epub.
.

After some more talking, what they where asking was if I could put my Textbooks on an eReader to save money for college. I said the honest answer. Now, very few people actually sell textbooks AS ebooks IME, they didnt like that answer.

That's because they can't really sell the ebook, buy it back for pennies, and resell for nearly full price to college students. It's a money thing. I wish I wasn't cynical, but that's the reason why. Regular textbooks they can. You can find downloadable textbooks online sometimes, that's how I made it through grad school.