This, this, 1000 times this! Connecting to another computer/printer on the network is just this simple on any version of Windows. Typically, if the printer install is difficult, it's due to a horrible installer made by the manufacturer (I'm looking at you, HP).

I've experienced this constant crashing too with my HTC phones (a few Moguls back in the day and a Touch Pro 2 now). I'd always written it off to the crappy OS's: Win Mobile 5.0, 6.0 and 6.5 ... could it be that the hardware is also crap?

>>1. Microsoft wants to ask a lot of obnoxious and hard to understand questions during installation and initialization of newer versions.

THIS.

This drives me crazy every time. You can't just upgrade to a new browser, you have to upgrade and shut off a bunch of "features" you don't want.

>>Giggling teenage girls post as ACs on /.?

I was expecting her to break out into Katy Perry lyrics...

>> 95% of the PC I fix / clean have AVG installed. I think it's the program I un-install the most frequently.

I was just going to make the same comment, but replace AVG with Norton and/or McAfee.

I've become less happy with AVG over the past two versions, because it seems to be heading down the road of doing too much and getting too bulky. But it hadn't proved itself worse than anything else I've come across... at least in the respect that it lets viruses through in some cases, just like every other AV software. All things considered, I'm typically going to go with what allows the computer to perform best and of course is free... so I'd still been sticking with AVG.

I am definitely intrigued by MSE and the postive press it's been getting lately. I think I'll toss it on a couple machines this weekend and see how it goes.

If there handn't been a direct link to the news story (and I then read it), I would have completely written this off as another completely made up, forwarded email story.

The state of our voting infrastructure in this country is ridiculous. I wish I had a great idea how to fix everything, but until then, I'll just be a disgusted whiner like the majority of the masses.

>> "The age of mass comsumption of music is coming to an end"

I'd have to disagree with this. With sites like Last.FM and Pandora getting more and more popular, not to mention how most radio stations are streaming their broadcasts on the web, I think the mass consumption has just changed. People are starting to tolerate ads (and even paying for premium subscriptions) more because the medium is convenient, even more convenient than popping in a CD.

**The solution is to allow texting, but increase severity of penalties when the driver is texting while **committing another offense.

EXACTLY THIS!

There will always be those that cannot handle the responsibility of multitasking, and they should be punished when they are proven incompetent. If they can't handle the car, they get it taken away: at first the license, if again, then the vehicle, if again, then jail.

This is why drunk driving laws are ineffective... first is a fine, then maybe another, then maybe a license suspension, then maybe another fine, then maybe a few days in jail.

Get SERIOUS with these offenders, and people will start to consider the consequences more seriously.

My fear is that if texting is outlawed, next comes cell phone usage (already in some locations) then eating while driving, then talking passengers, etc. Driving the long, open, boring roads of the Midwest, I depend on talking with others and snacking just to stay awake. But I'm smart enough to know that driving comes first... I set things aside when I'm in town, or if road conditions are tough... but by virtue of REALLY needing to concentrate on the road, I don't need those other things to keep me alert. And if I can't get my priorities straight when I'm driving and cause an accident because of it... I expect to get in REAL trouble.