Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/27/07 15:14

Neredbojias wrote:

> ...Which, despite what Microsoft thinks, is actually the reason for the
> software.
>

Seems to be a trend, MS software that worked just fine that after
upgrade and "enhancement"...well Office and basic file management
Explorer come to mind.

> You sure they're mp3s, not wmas (-perhaps misidentified)? I didn't know
> one could "drm" an mp3. Furthermore, that digital rights management crap
> has made wma files, inferior anyway, the joke of the digital music age.

Nope, they're mp3s. Successfully transfered my media library from old
drive with Win2K profile to new with WinXP and worked until and my WMP
v9 was upgraded.

>
> When I first got wmp11, I was a bit surprised. It seemed to work pretty
> good (although what you say about the controls is true.) However, .aac
> (and .mp4) files were coming out about then, and _they_ are the latest
> word in superior digital music. Smaller size, better quality, and quite
> user-friendly. Does wmp11 support them? No, of course not. Why not?
> As I said before, because MS is just plain stupid. It's like Internet
> Explorer, but <grin> have no fear... In 5 or 6 years when ie8 comes out,
> it'll probably have most of the standards from 5 or 6 years back from
> today down pat. Had I been an MS decision-maker, I'd have busted my hump
> to support these new and desirable music formats, but they just go
> blithely along in their retrograde world asking where you want to go
> today for a good laugh or two before they dream up some new shit to
> alienate the end user. You gotta love it.

Had the "pleasure" to fix a Windows Vista machine lately. Firstly it is
amazing how much stuff (software and hardware) does *not* work on Vista.
Get places like network adapter setting and user profile can be an
exercise of real frustration. To transfer user profile data you need to
have access to hidden folder within a profile. For instance move a
Thunderbird mail account. Real easy, just move the contents "mail"
folder to the

[userProfile]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\[salt].default\Mail

Piece of cake! On Linux, Win9x-XP...just show hidden and system folders,
right? Probably on a Mac too. Not on Vista! Had to go hunting. The only
way to get there, even while administrator, is to put the env var
%AppData% in the Run Box!

I can understand protecting the OS, especially from idiots, but the
stuff in your profile folder is supposed to be, well YOURS!

<rant>
If I buy a CD it is mine! If I buy or build a PC, it's mine. If I buy
WindowsWZ and put it on my computer, it's mine. If not, and WindowsWZ
breaks or @#^%$-up my stuff, then MS should fix it on their dime if it
is not mine!
</rant>

Sorry... lost it there a moment...


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Take care,

Jonathan
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