newsgeek Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I am wondering what people think that shouldn't be in XP? I think this stupid search companion should go... Though, it is easy to switch to the classic search with Tweak UI. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted August 31, 2003 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2003 I agree.. to get a search going on XP is always a slow process, and its un-necessarily fussy. I also really hate it when the dog comes bouncing up and you have to disable it!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacce Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Activation? Not that I pirated, its just dumb I think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonaut Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Wizards (they are actually counter productive, they only contribute to people not learning how their tools work..... they should put the nergy in writing GOOD manuals or guidelines, or howtoos instead..... with wizards, the whole thing just becomes so "esoteric", a good wizard, IMHO should be one that guides you to achieve the things you wanna do... and then you can erase it, next time, you do it yourself. But how they stand now, they just add another layir of mystification and confusion between the user and hte machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmoove Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Shellstyles (common task pane), I think it is the most useless addition to XP actually. This is why: 1) The Rename shortcut.... I used F2 (or just clicking on the name) for like 8 years and now I get an extra useless shortcut 2) Delete shotcut.... rather use the del button on my keyboard. 3) 'Publish this folder to the web'... ehm yeah... who uses that. (get a decent FTP applicaiton to manage that stuff) 4) 'Move this folder'. CTRL+X and CTRL+V 5) It is damn buggy too. It makes Explorer crash if it can't create a preview of an AVI due do an incorrect header or something. 6) I can go on and on. The thing is that it takes up space and it does nothing really usefull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.weir Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I loathe file protection . . . I mean it's good in theory, but it's annoying when you just want to do something simple like patch your uxtheme.dll, and from then on it just randomly pops up a warning saying to put your cd in . . . hate, hate hate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urizen Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I don't like that when searching for files WindowsXP scans also the contents of ZIP archives. Wihle it could be useful sometimes it takes a lot of time (250GB of HDD space, almost entirely full) so I should be able to disable this feature when I'm sure the file I'm looking for is not compressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 i don't like most of the 'features' in windows xp. windows media player activation the fact that notepad and wordpad and paint haven't changed in ~10 years the fact that you can't use visual styles out of the box the default settings like: - auto reboot - system restore - auto updates etc etc. oh, and i don't like the system tray anymore. the icon hiding feature is a nice idea, but it collects every icon that has ever been in the tray (only if it was there one time) and i have a lan card, with no lan, so i have the little netowrk icon with a red 'x'... windows can never remember to 'always hide' that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I don't like that when searching for files WindowsXP scans also the contents of ZIP archives. Wihle it could be useful sometimes it takes a lot of time (250GB of HDD space, almost entirely full) so I should be able to disable this feature when I'm sure the file I'm looking for is not compressed. i thought you could turn that off under advanced options? *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowpie Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Windows Firewall...put in with good intentions, bad execution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 The Windows XP Style, all those big fat stupid rounded edges and ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative_zero Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 - automatic update - system restore - cd writer - movie maker - messenger service - windows media player ... and other proprietary crap that and of course product activation. -0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 the fact that you can't use visual styles out of the box You can, just not unsigned ones. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 - automatic update- system restore - cd writer - movie maker - messenger service - windows media player ... and other proprietary crap that and of course product activation. -0 What's wrong with automatic updates and system restore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 the little netowrk icon with a red 'x'... windows can never remember to 'always hide' that one. thats what makes me mad! :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 oh, and i don't like the system tray anymore. the icon hiding feature is a nice idea, but it collects every icon that has ever been in the tray (only if it was there one time) and i have a lan card, with no lan, so i have the little netowrk icon with a red 'x'... windows can never remember to 'always hide' that one. I had that for a while too, so I just went into Network Connections and disabled the icon in the system tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecander Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 definately the useless cd writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoGro123 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 The feature I hate most is the 'install' feature, I mean come on who want's to install it. The 'unistall' feature is great but I just feel the product would have been better if it couldn't be installed :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whipper25 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 i hate this!..i don't know what the f*ck happened and when it started, and i don't know how the f*ck to fix it..but its been like that for the longest time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsgeek Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 i hate this!..i don't know what the f*ck happened and when it started, and i don't know how the f*ck to fix it..but its been like that for the longest time... I don't think that is a Windows XP Feature... but, anyways, it looks wierd... :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstx Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 - system restore It saved my PC twice when TWEAKUI f*cked up windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 i hate this!..i don't know what the f*ck happened and when it started, and i don't know how the f*ck to fix it..but its been like that for the longest time... Just search through your registry until you find that key, I can't remember where it is but it's there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Indy-UK= Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I dislike not being able to properly uninstall the useless crap I dont want. Why cant there be an option on setup which lets YOU decide what features you want. Movie Maker, Media Player etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loc[a]lhost Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 - automatic update- system restore - cd writer - movie maker - messenger service - windows media player ... and other proprietary crap that and of course product activation. -0 What's wrong with automatic updates and system restore? they slow down the computer :crazy: i hate IE the most ;) even with the fact i think its the best browser for windows lol :laugh: i love Konqueror so much :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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