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  • D DavidNohejl

    I can feel your pain. OTOH I wouldn't want my kid sister hear this rant ;)


    "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus

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    Eytukan
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    Little safer now


    Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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    • E Eytukan

      Would you like if a ___ application:mad:(Just like the idiot Yahoo msgr X|:mad: X| ) installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default? I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive, but bullshits like yahoo __s straight into the drive.:wtf: Why do they want to do it? Is that so difficult to make a product that lets the user choose the target directory?? I always love the atand-aloned products..to name a few like Foxit,Winamps,winzip,ACDSee,Snagit,PEC :rolleyes: *rant -- modified at 4:17 Monday 26th February, 2007


      Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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      Dario Solera
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      I agree with you, but look at this Fujifilm Crap[^].

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      • D Dario Solera

        I agree with you, but look at this Fujifilm Crap[^].

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        Eytukan
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        Page Blocked,is it literally a crap?:~ lol!


        Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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          Page Blocked,is it literally a crap?:~ lol!


          Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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          Dario Solera
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          Well, when you install the software for a Fujifilm camera, it install 17 (seventeen) packages and something like 10 items in the start menu.

          ________________________________________________ Personal Blog [ITA] - Tech Blog [ENG] - My Photos Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 2.0 (2.0 RC is out)

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          • D Dario Solera

            Well, when you install the software for a Fujifilm camera, it install 17 (seventeen) packages and something like 10 items in the start menu.

            ________________________________________________ Personal Blog [ITA] - Tech Blog [ENG] - My Photos Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 2.0 (2.0 RC is out)

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            Eytukan
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            :omg::wtf: X|


            Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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              Would you like if a ___ application:mad:(Just like the idiot Yahoo msgr X|:mad: X| ) installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default? I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive, but bullshits like yahoo __s straight into the drive.:wtf: Why do they want to do it? Is that so difficult to make a product that lets the user choose the target directory?? I always love the atand-aloned products..to name a few like Foxit,Winamps,winzip,ACDSee,Snagit,PEC :rolleyes: *rant -- modified at 4:17 Monday 26th February, 2007


              Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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              peterchen
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              VuNic wrote:

              installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default?

              you mean like Visual Studio Express stuff?


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                VuNic wrote:

                installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default?

                you mean like Visual Studio Express stuff?


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                Eytukan
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                :omg: another crap?


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                • N NormDroid

                  Are we playing hangman?, my letter guess is 'F'.

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                  Weiye Chen
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                  norm .net wrote:

                  Are we playing hangman?, my letter guess is 'F'.

                  Me! Me! Let me guess the 2nd letter. Hmm... is it 'U'? :rolleyes:

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                    Would you like if a ___ application:mad:(Just like the idiot Yahoo msgr X|:mad: X| ) installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default? I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive, but bullshits like yahoo __s straight into the drive.:wtf: Why do they want to do it? Is that so difficult to make a product that lets the user choose the target directory?? I always love the atand-aloned products..to name a few like Foxit,Winamps,winzip,ACDSee,Snagit,PEC :rolleyes: *rant -- modified at 4:17 Monday 26th February, 2007


                    Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                    VuNic wrote:

                    I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive

                    Why? Isn't that their natural place.

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                    • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                      VuNic wrote:

                      I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive

                      Why? Isn't that their natural place.

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                      Lost User
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                      He wants to install them on a different drive. Maybe, because the C drive does not have too much free space. Thomas

                      -------- Micrologic Networks, India

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                        Would you like if a ___ application:mad:(Just like the idiot Yahoo msgr X|:mad: X| ) installs a ___ hunk of its files in the program files directory by default? I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive, but bullshits like yahoo __s straight into the drive.:wtf: Why do they want to do it? Is that so difficult to make a product that lets the user choose the target directory?? I always love the atand-aloned products..to name a few like Foxit,Winamps,winzip,ACDSee,Snagit,PEC :rolleyes: *rant -- modified at 4:17 Monday 26th February, 2007


                        Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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                        Carlos Fonseca
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                        If you think that's bad, you're really going to love HP printers drivers. X|

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                        • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                          VuNic wrote:

                          I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive

                          Why? Isn't that their natural place.

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                          Eytukan
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                          If it's their natural place, then why would other "sane" applications give us a chance to select the target location? And dont you find it rude if it starts to run the progress bar without asking anything for a courtesy? :| .Btw,Yup I'm running out of space on that drive. :sigh:.


                          Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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                          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                            VuNic wrote:

                            I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive

                            Why? Isn't that their natural place.

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                            Vikram A Punathambekar
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                            Why shouldn't the user choose? Back when I had my PC, I used to keep only the OS and a few other stuff (AV, .NET framework, etc) on my C drive. D was for another OS. E was for data (pics, documents, etc). F was for applications. G was for music, H for CD dumps, and I for games (not that I played any, but my brother used to). That was just the Windows partitions. I also had Linux. ;P

                            Cheers, Vikram.


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                              norm .net wrote:

                              Are we playing hangman?, my letter guess is 'F'.

                              Me! Me! Let me guess the 2nd letter. Hmm... is it 'U'? :rolleyes:

                              Weiye Chen A self proclaimed hermit living in a cave, with his PC connected to the world.

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                              Eytukan
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                              :laugh::laugh:


                              Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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                              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                VuNic wrote:

                                I'm trying to keep off the applications from the windows drive

                                Why? Isn't that their natural place.

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                                Rage
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                                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                Isn't that their natural place.

                                You must be kidding. Never ever install anything in the windows directory, best way to loose everything if your setup crashes.

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                                  Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                  Isn't that their natural place.

                                  You must be kidding. Never ever install anything in the windows directory, best way to loose everything if your setup crashes.

                                  Company policy : no access to the internet but CP ~RaGE()

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                                  Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                  Rage wrote:

                                  best way to loose everything if your setup crashes.

                                  How do you recover stuff anyway without re-installing when windows crashes. I am all in favor of keeping data on a separate drive. But applications have to be re-installed anyways to function properly after Windows crash. Also most applications install some of their files in Program Files\Common Files and Windows\System32 directory. Even though you may be happy that you have installed an application on an another drive you still have these files on the system drive. My policy is simple, for applications that come with installer install them in the program files directory which is the default. Other downloaded applications like those in sysinternals suite, reflector etc. which can just be copied, put them in a separate drive. This way when I have to rebuild the apps, I don't loose the data as well as those applications. For apps like VS 2005 there is no way to make them run after an OS crash without re-installing. Also I set my profile directory (Documents ans settings\) to reside in the data directory. That way the data is safe to some extent during a system crash. In general I have found that not installing some application in Program Files directory lead to weird behaviors.

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                                  • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                    Why shouldn't the user choose? Back when I had my PC, I used to keep only the OS and a few other stuff (AV, .NET framework, etc) on my C drive. D was for another OS. E was for data (pics, documents, etc). F was for applications. G was for music, H for CD dumps, and I for games (not that I played any, but my brother used to). That was just the Windows partitions. I also had Linux. ;P

                                    Cheers, Vikram.


                                    "...we are disempowered to cultivate in their communities an inclination to assimilate to our culture." - Stan Shannon.

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                                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                                    Why shouldn't the user choose?

                                    I am not saying that the user should not choose. I was asking why he wanted to change the drive.

                                    Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                                    not that I played any, but my brother used to

                                    Don't worry! state the truth, no one will hold that against you.;)

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                                      If it's their natural place, then why would other "sane" applications give us a chance to select the target location? And dont you find it rude if it starts to run the progress bar without asking anything for a courtesy? :| .Btw,Yup I'm running out of space on that drive. :sigh:.


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                                      Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                      VuNic wrote:

                                      Yup I'm running out of space on that drive. .

                                      That's a nightmare. Once re-installed my OS just because I had the system partition set to 30 GB only and I was running out of space. These days I keep at least 40 GB for system drive: OS and "installable" applications.

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                                        VuNic wrote:

                                        Yup I'm running out of space on that drive. .

                                        That's a nightmare. Once re-installed my OS just because I had the system partition set to 30 GB only and I was running out of space. These days I keep at least 40 GB for system drive: OS and "installable" applications.

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                                        hmm and you know IMHO, I feel it's a sin to install junks like Ymsgr in the System drive. Few unavoidable things like the windows-patches,hotfixes are going to making things on their own. We cannot question them unfortunately. but things like messengers should ask for the option. :sigh:.

                                        Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                        These days I keep at least 40 GB for system drive: OS and "installable" applications

                                        Once I had a separate HDD for the OS. Actually separating the OS from the application would certainly improve the situation, since the track & head jumps would be minimal. But one of the HDD wasn't healthy enough to cope up with. It started crashing. I removed it later.:sigh:


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                                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                          Why shouldn't the user choose? Back when I had my PC, I used to keep only the OS and a few other stuff (AV, .NET framework, etc) on my C drive. D was for another OS. E was for data (pics, documents, etc). F was for applications. G was for music, H for CD dumps, and I for games (not that I played any, but my brother used to). That was just the Windows partitions. I also had Linux. ;P

                                          Cheers, Vikram.


                                          "...we are disempowered to cultivate in their communities an inclination to assimilate to our culture." - Stan Shannon.

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                                          Eytukan
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                                          Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                                          I for games

                                          This somehow reminds me of the sweet

                                          C:\
                                          C:\CD GAMES
                                          C:\GAMES\CD PRINCE || CD DAVE
                                          C:\GAMES\PRINCE\PRINCE.exe || Dave.exe

                                          old DOS age.:-O :-O


                                          Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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