================================================ Subject: Re: DER...XP Installed From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Sun 12 Aug 2001 23:32:05 -0700 ================================================ Not repro. No Hire. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Creed - 7M3 - Live > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:47 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: DER...XP Installed > > > List of bugs that i have encountered. > Problem: > Cutting information from an IE browser, then pasting the > information into a Word 2000 document. All of the links end > up loosing the // part in links. So a link like > file://directory/subdir/stuff.htm would crash the comnputer > upon expecting the information to be intact. > Effect: > The link would be file:directorysubdirstuff.htm .... This > would cause an MPREXE error to pop up on my computer screen. > Causing an unrecoverable error. Unless you ran msprexe from > the "start / run" . But, your system might lock up again. > OS: Win 95. --- Browser IE5.x --- Word 2000 > > I also have experienced the MSPREXE error using word 97 and > HTML documents. But this problem seemed to happen upon > secondary changes of documents converted from document to > HTML format. Upon second attempt of editing the now HTML document. > > About working for MS. I work right across the street from a > newly built MS building. My meaning to post the information > was not to start a panic and flight from MS. But for some > things that I seem to remember reading or hearing about. > > I might apply for a job there one day. Who knows!!! Since I > am not afraid to find possible bugs and bring them to notice. > > No offense taken .... but to put an example to you on a place > of work. A girl was in a store that had one of our products > (supermarket scale). She said to the customer. "We make that > scale" --- Anyway, the customer let her have it. They > expressed all of thier dissatisfaction. Needless to say. The > worker never said that to anyone else. > > The best thing to do is to try out the complaints yourself. > If they are legitimate, you have free information to improve > the product that earns you a living. > > Sorry for any misleading of anyone. But I'll still have to > check into the things that I believe are true. > > Again, I hope they were BS, but my intention was not to throw > out rumors. It just so happens that I have no proof. > > For the MS side, all that is needed is for them to come out > with NT4 service pack 7, still support ME, 98. Along with 2000 and XP. > > If they do that. You know that what I said is not true. > > Again, I'm looking forward to the continued support for NT4 > and the other OSes. > > Later, > > Jim > Debbi R wrote: > > > I wouldn't call myself fanatical. But it does concern me > that someone > > is so utterly misinformed about a company that signs my > paychecks and > > chooses to share the misinformation with 500 other people on an > > internet list to which we both subscribe. > > > > If you don't know bugs and features, why comment on them? > That makes > > no sense. Unless you just enjoy bashing blindly. In which > case call > > it what it is and carry on. > > > > DebbiR > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > > Behalf Of Creed - > 7M3 - Live > > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 6:56 PM > > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > > Subject: DER...XP Installed > > > > > > Actually, to rephrase the issue. Since I do not choose to run MS > > products. I really do not know all of the "Features", that > MS has to > > offer. features = unexpected bugs But as to MS, are they > going to keep > > the animated paperclip or not? I talked to someone that got > rid of the > > dll file for the paperclip and it doesn't seem to have impacted his > > other application significantly. Well, if I even had the > faintest idea > > that I was going to get into a discussion with MS fanatics. > I would of > > saved the articles. As for the rumor thing. I believe that > my postings > > aren't going to be redeeded. Unless I can find article > related to MS > > and subscription, obsoleting platforms and related issues. > > > > It looks like research time for me. Even in regards to a previous > > issue that all of us really don't care to know. But, links and full > > reading of the articles, on my part and posted excerpts > will be done. > > I hope that I learn from mistakes. which I feel that I do. > > > > But you never can tell for sure, > > > > Jim > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, > > visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > > > > -- > What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority. > -- Robert Altman > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp