Windows 7 is bad because it has half the same old bugs that XP has. And because it has a folder that never gets used yet consumes 5-15GB... and you cant even move that folder. Who cares about accidental clicks? The more they try to code for it the more accidental clicks it would promote. at least this way it wont happen agian.
I ran into a lot of troubles...... because of this.
I remote in to a client's PC. it's Windows 7. I click Start on the taskbar. I meant to click something but it clicked "Shut down" button and the computer shut down. Client had no clue wtf is going on and left it turned off. An hour later eventually the client turned the computer on. My remote connection restored. I lost grand total of 2 hours for two clients!!! Bad bad feature! NAUGHTY!
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I would hope that if I was paying someone to do something for me and for whatever reason something went wrong that they would call me. You might not like calling but that's part of the job. It was obviously an innocent mistake, but not calling was a bigger one. How many hours would need to have passed before you actually would have called?
lol ok I'm done picking on you.
Please read carefully. There were two different clients, two different PC's. One of them clicked the shutdown herself and the PC shut down.
Thanks for agreeing...I agree
Oh it's just that I didn't provide all information in the first post. But you went on with wrong assumption.I did read carefully. You never mentioned more than I client until this post.
Why do I get the feeling this will morph into a rant about Windows Server 2003 and/or a $10,000 ethernet cable?
I ran into a lot of troubles...... because of this.
I remote in to a client's PC. it's Windows 7. I click Start on the taskbar. I meant to click something but it clicked "Shut down" button and the computer shut down. Client had no clue wtf is going on and left it turned off. An hour later eventually the client turned the computer on. My remote connection restored. I lost grand total of 2 hours for two clients!!! Bad bad feature! NAUGHTY!
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I remote into a Win7 Pro PC and the only options are log off, disconnect, or lock. Maybe Home doesn't do this?
Well far be it for me to spoil anyone's fun, but given some of cheez's prior multi-page troll threads, it seems only fitting to assume a 10k ethernet cable might be a good solution to this *ahem* current dire problem.now I'm curious, what kind of ethernet cable costs 10k? or even more than $100, 1000 ft cables aren't even $100...
please excuse my ignorance if this is obvious.
Windows 8 solves this problem by removing the start menu altogether.
It definitely seems odd they would put a shut down button in such a vulnerable area though with no confirmation. But with all the eye candy and mouse gesture stuff, clearly MS does not think about remote access situations when they design their operating systems now. I would imagine remoting to a 7 machine is much more choppy than XP, too. 8 is probably living hell, trying to get the mouse JUST on the edge of the VNC/RDP session to get the menus etc... I'm furious just thinking about it. :biggrin:
Windows 8 solves this problem by removing the start menu altogether.
ethernet cable can go up to $10k. Audio cable to around $58k. Power cords go up to $1 million each. I can't continue talk about cables as the mods/forum director/forum owner/forum landlord/school teachers/professors (anandtech staff) warned me not to talk about it or I will get into trouble.now I'm curious, what kind of ethernet cable costs 10k? or even more than $100, 1000 ft cables aren't even $100...
please excuse my ignorance if this is obvious.
I often remote into clients' machines and I need to logon as admin to do my work. To do that the user needs to log off. To do that, you gotta click a tinnie winnie little right arrow sign located RIGHT NEXT to SHUT DOWN button. It will give you the menu to select log off, restart, or whatever.. If you accidentally click shutdown button the whole PC will shut down, causing our productivity to go way down. This is actually still pretty hard task even if you are physically on the PC. Your hand must not shake. Your mouse has to be in fully working order, and no dirt, dust/ hair blocking the laser sensor. The traditional PS2 ball mouse would work but then the ball gets dirty quick and get sticky. This is like designing a handgun without the safety lock. Very dangerouzzzNot like you can change the default setting on that button either. Its so crowded too, down in the corner.
Sir, please read my message right above you. It explains things.You clicked the Shut Down button and the computer shut down?
That's a pretty bad operating system, alright.
Yes, command line would be better. What are the chance of getting the system shutdown because you mistakenly typed "shutdown -h" in the console? ha ha Zero.Typing 'shutdown -h now' into your linux shell doesn't give you a warning either (last time I checked).
ethernet cable can go up to $10k. Audio cable to around $58k. Power cords go up to $1 million each. I can't continue talk about cables as the mods/forum director/forum owner/forum landlord/school teachers/professors (anandtech staff) warned me not to talk about it or I will get into trouble.
If you buy a 10,000$ ethernet cable something is wrong with you.
Yes, command line would be better. What are the chance of getting the system shutdown because you mistakenly typed "shutdown -h" in the console? ha ha Zero.
In my experience, more than clicking the shutdown button in Win7 by accident...
You typed it in to explain the command/flag thing to somebody, then hit "enter" instead of "backspace?"
Because I've done that.
I often remote into clients' machines and I need to logon as admin to do my work. To do that the user needs to log off. To do that, you gotta click a tinnie winnie little right arrow sign located RIGHT NEXT to SHUT DOWN button. It will give you the menu to select log off, restart, or whatever.. If you accidentally ...blah, blah
Sir, please read my message right above you. It explains things.