DJ67

From reading through the pages in this thread and also the other 98 page thread (no i'm not quite finished on that one yet), i just wanted to add my 2 cents worth. It seems that in their haste to "fix Windows" that a lot of people are forgetting the golden rule when playing with the registry - ALWAYS backup the registry before tinkering. Very easy to do, and can save a lot of hassles should it not perform as you expect. Enough of that, i'll just go back to working on my bleeding eyes & LCD tan

Thanks prathapml, appreciate your comment. Just trying to show that not everything in life is as seen from 'our view', and a broader view sometimes helps to give a greater appreciation and understanding - be it good or bad Maybe it was just a long-winded way of saying that i don't have a clue and could certainly use the help Thanks again

I see your point of view Alanoll and Mockranger, but have to agree whole heartedly with Drewdatrip Probably not the place for this response, but what the hell Not everyone is taught to be a the full bottle on all things. Some have to be self taught, and most don't have the time to do everything else in life as well as learn software languages. I guess it's all about priorities and TIME. I'll use a 'friend' as an example here. Sure when I was single and didn't have kids it would have been a piece of p%#s to learn new things, i had the time and the mental / emotional ability to handle it all then. Now with 3 kids (and their sports, eduction life etc etc), working shiftwork, running a household, dealing with an ex wife etc etc it just seems impossible to be able to fit everything into life. Hell, i don't even have time to finish my Psychology degree As it is i live on 4 - 6 hours of broken sleep EVERY day. No exceptions. (I won't mention the disturbing effects of long term sleep deprivation). When i was single and childless, i could never have even dreamed (nightmare is more like it) about this type of situation. We aren't all 19 with nary a care in the world (unfortunately). I use this example merely to illustrate the differences in people, our lives and our ability to do or not do certain things (not to bag anyone, whinge or even to engender sympathy for this poor souls current life position). While this example might be a bit down the extreme path for most people, i think you'll find a lot of people are at least some what in this direction. It's not a matter of not WANTING to learn things, it's about having the time and the 'marbles' left to be able to do it. So unfortunately people in this situation lean on the goodwill and ability of others to help them (like the kind souls in MSFN) and the easier it is for us to follow the more we might be able to contribute in some way. Personally i'd rather see some open source project being contributed to by a group of people than have the fat cat companies get rich and have all the control. Having said all this i now await a decent flaming for disturbing the rhythm of the thread