david well i wish what you say here is true, after closeing the stuff on task
bar and installing win fax, i ended up with a corrupted version of win fax, 98
will not allow me to uninstall it because it is corrupted, and the whole thing
destroyed my uninstaller.
i discovered that after running file compare.
it also corrupted 4 other files.
now what i think you fail to realize is how many things are actually loaded in
background.
plus it is microsoft saying use end task before installing software, they are
not saying just what is on the task bar.
i have known to many bad installs and this is usually the reason.
in fact the editors of p c world had this problem with office 97, in fact so
many had this problem microsoft had to rush out service release 1 to fix it.
so if it happens with the most commonly used softwaare maid by major companies
i am certain it is going on with small software companies.
in fact many specify that the user use end task.
bill cameron
At 01:52 AM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I agree that the
>end task menu should be accessible, but let's keep things in
>perspective. Closing the apps on the task bar is sufficient to prevent
>damaging your system when installing software. The only time you're
>likely to use alt control delete is when the machine locks up or won't
>shut down properly. In short, in's nice to have but you won't use it
>every day. In theory you're right. The operating system should be
>fully accessible before working on individual applications. But in
>practice, this is not a good policy. People buy computers for the
>applications not the OS. Otherwise an inferior system like Windows
>wouldn't be so popular. I know, for example, that I got much more use
>and benefit from the IE4 scripts than I ever could have gotten out of
>being able to access the end task menu.
>By the way, access to the internet is much better with IE4 than with
>IE3 or Netscape. I know because i've used all 3 programs extensively.
>
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