bid1 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 What is your worst Windows XP feature ?? Mine would have to be the fact you can't get rid of IE . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deron Dantzler Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 The fact that it costs money...though that doesn't effect me ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F. Administrators Posted January 29, 2003 Administrators Share Posted January 29, 2003 moved to Windows NT4/2000/XP Client Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted January 29, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted January 29, 2003 stupid search dog (got mine turned off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted January 29, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 29, 2003 On XP the services that run when not needed :| system res hoggers :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 What is your worst Windows XP feature ??Mine would have to be the fact you can't get rid of IE . i thought you could get rid of IE with Add/Remove Windows Components that came with SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loc[a]lhost Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 (edited) What is your worst Windows XP feature? ??Mine would have to be the fact you can't get rid of IE . i thought you could get rid of IE with Add/Remove Windows Components that came with SP1 it doesnt remove IE itself, it removes ACCESS to it, (shortcuts:pp, for the worst features, they are WFP and System Restore. they're using something like 600 megs! Edited January 29, 2003 by acbd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 stupid search dog (got mine turned off). yes! the dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted January 29, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 29, 2003 The fact you have to format your PC a lot :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joansfella Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 you dont like the search dog?? why not change it right click the dog and change i have got the wizard up. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!! :angry: :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caerma Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 mmm . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ring0 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 dunno if it's really a feature, per say... but i don't like that it loads a ton of drivers that most people never need. i'd prefer it if the installation went through, scanned all your hardware, and loaded just what it needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted January 29, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 29, 2003 well the dog was already voted in, so I'll thrown in the indexing service, and remote registry being turned on by defualt for all users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userguy Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 (edited) Open an Explorer window or Internet Explorer window in Windows XP. Maximize it. Now click and hold down on the close window button for three or four seconds. Watch carefully, and you will see the window flicker. Now move the mouse cursor away and let go of the button. Now click the restore button. Voila, the window is resized the JUST BARELY BELOW MAXIMIZED. Can anyone tell me how in the hell that is in any way a useful feature? That's one of the worst features I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing, and I can only hope that they fix it sometime soon. Speaking of things I hate, open IE6 SP1. Before it loads the homepage, quickly press CTRL-TAB and begin typing text. When the homepage does load, the cursor will jump from the end of the text you've been typing to the very first character. So instead of getting www.yahoo.com, you end up with oo.comwww.yah. Yet again something that Microsoft has broken with an upgrade. I swear, with thirty billion dollars and the best minds in the world that they can buy off, you'd think they could make a product that didn't have suck-ass bugs like this, or at the very least they could take the goddamn time to FIX their bugs. Edited January 29, 2003 by userguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Open an Explorer window or Internet Explorer window in Windows XP. Maximize it. Now click and hold down on the close window button for three or four seconds. Watch carefully, and you will see the window flicker. Now move the mouse cursor away and let go of the button. Now click the restore button. Voila, the window is resized the JUST BARELY BELOW MAXIMIZED.Can anyone tell me how in the hell that is in any way a useful feature? That's one of the worst features I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing, and I can only hope that they fix it sometime soon. that didn't work for me. however, i don't know how that's a feature anyway. who would use it if it was a feature....? :huh: holding for 3 seconds, waiting for the screen to flicker...we're just not that patient. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 you dont like the search dog?? why not change it right click the dog and change i have got the wizard up. :devil: Wow, didnt know you could do that! :D :woot: also, i find it annoying when i have hardware and windows automatically installs the wrongs drivers :angry: also the hardware digital signing thing, whenever i install some hardware for some1 every1 gets all worried etc. when that annoying window appears :angry: m0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_A_Virus Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 worst feature? the users that would rather whine about it instead of switching to one of the many alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOCa Cola Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 cd-recording feature and the product activation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkaneda Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 i say the most annoying thing about windows is most of its users. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr3w2k3 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 worst feature?the users that would rather whine about it instead of switching to one of the many alternatives. :yes: DEFINITELY! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 29, 2003 MVC Share Posted January 29, 2003 hiding file extensions - why?? This can make a file called image.jpg.vbs look like image.jpg - user clicks on it thinking its just a picture file, and runs a script and or exe, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_A_Virus Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 hiding file extensions - why?? This can make a file called image.jpg.vbs look like image.jpg - user clicks on it thinking its just a picture file, and runs a script and or exe, etc.. so instead you would have people renaming iexplore.exe to a file with no extension, then they'd cry Microsoft was to blame in that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darran Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 If you have Office 2000 you can have the ones that come with that, apart from the much missed paperclip. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excessdl Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 how bout the font installer hasn't changed since windows 3.1 ... could at least add a browse button.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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