SillyDog701

[NikoBellic]

I don't think Windows 7 should be completely free for all when it's released in October. But I think maybe Microsoft should follow Apple's example of offering it dirt cheap to all existing Vista users, much like OSX Snow Leopard will be only $29 to OSX Leopard users.

I've found a way around my previous grievance about Vista's over-protectiveness of files, and not allowing them to be deleted when they're no longer wanted. Windows 7 has to some extent carried over the same over-protectiveness. But a program I once used in XP seems to offer a workaround for this. It's a third party file manager program called ExplorerXP.

As long as it's set to run as XP compatible in the Compatibility option, it bypasses the unnecessary over-protectiveness and allows me to delete files I no longer want. Of course, general common sense applies here. This sort of thing should never be used for deleting any important files Windows be reliant upon.

I've not tried this app under Vista as I haven't had that installed since it was a preview release candidate version, but it works well enough in Windows 7.

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[jjssparkle]

Just a thought ... a cheap route to more revenue towards the next successful big thing, some exprimental eye candy; I'd heard that even Microsoft has had to cut back on some payroll.

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[jjssparkle]

Just a thought ... a cheap route to more revenue towards the next successful big thing, some exprimental eye candy; I'd heard that even Microsoft has had to cut back on some payroll.

Sorry, forgot I had already posted on this one - been in the hospital for a while, everything's still a little foggy.

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