Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows
Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows
1. The internet is the ultimate democracy, and with democracies you take the
bad with the good. Except in the most egregious cases, freedom for ALL is
the guiding principle. We protect the innocent as much as possible while
trying not to overly restrict the rights of the many.
2. Microsoft, at least with the consumer-level offerings, has thrived in
great part due to idiot-proofing. The great battle, not unlike the one
above, is to allow more competent users the ability to get around that
idiot-proofing, while still maintaining it for the vast majority who need
it. With your example, most people need the automatic handling of cookies.
They would quickly be irritated by constant prompts to allow or deny
cookies, and would probably refuse all of them out of habit. That will cause
a lot of problems when they refuse cookies for a site that needs them to get
the job done. By their nature, you have to be able to judge,
*ahead_of_time*, whether the cookies will be necessary for a given site. You
also have to know how to undo the blocking or allowing of cookies, which, if
not beyond their abilities, is beyond their patience. When I set up people
with the same cookie settings you and I use, I have to teach them how to
manage them properly. For those who seem not to be able to grasp the
concepts, I leave their cookie handling on autopilot.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:51B429FD-9C55-4D01-B5B2-6EEB06C09E53@microsoft.com...
> Gary, since the user seems to have solved the problem then I wanted to ask
> you a question. How come it has gotten so bad as far as Spyware, Adware,
> Unwanted Web-links tied to advertising even on the replacement cds from
> the
> hardware manufacturers now. It just makes our job that make harder when
> we
> have to deal with continual annoying and s_itty craplets. I would
> appreciate
> your feeback on this and why the industry is making our job that make
> tougher
> and really making it difficult for the end user who knows little about
> computers and will just use a default installation rather than a
> customized
> installation of programs. The examples are on the replacement Audigy cd
> the
> web links for Free AOL are installed all over the place and the Free AOL
> is
> placed into the trusted sites. It did not affect me however since I had
> placed the check mark for access in trusted sites to only https and also I
> am
> continually annoyed that in installations of XP Professional that I have
> to
> go back and adjust the settings in Internet Explorer especially under the
> Advanced tab and site adjustments and cookie handling to allow for at
> least a
> slightly more secure user experience. It would be really nice if
> Microsoft
> did these adjustments by default. A perfect example is cookie handling in
> Internet Explorer where I have to adjust the settings to just allow 1st
> party
> cookies and block 3rd party cookies. Thanks for your feedback in advance.
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the
>> Settings
>> tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution. If
>> it
>> won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video
>> drivers need to be reinstalled.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...
>> > My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons
>> > are
>> > very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.
>>
>>
>>