Re: Windows: where everything is harder than it needs to be. And also broken.

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 08:29:52AM -0500, sabrina downard wrote:
> So, okay.  I give up.  Device Manager:  "This device is working
> properly."  Clearly!  "If you are having problems with this device,
> click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter."  Okay.

Show of hands, who has ever gotten something useful out of Device
Manager in terms of malfunctioning hardware?  Every time something is
clearly broken it claims "This device is working properly."

I _do_ remember back in the win95 ISA PNP days, when device manager
would show devices _not_ working correctly, but this was invariably
because it had detected the same device multiple times, decided it was
conflicting with itself, and shut "them both" down.  I don't think this
is really worth any praise.

-josh

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  • Windows: where everything is harder than it needs to be. And also broken. sabrina downard 14:29 on 22 Sep 2006
    • Re: Windows: where everything is harder than it needs to be. And also broken. Chris Devers 15:28 on 22 Sep 2006
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    • jrodman 15:55 on 22 Sep 2006
    • David Landgren 10:14 on 25 Oct 2006

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