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echo: aust_avtech
to: Paul Quinn
from: David Drummond
date: 2004-04-06 06:41:00
subject: Locking Windows

G'day Paul

05 Apr 04 20:05, Paul Quinn wrote to David Drummond:

 PQ>>> It's not enabled on the doo-hickey at work.  One wonders, why!
 PQ>>> Are you certain it's in XP?

 DD>> A security setting dispensed from on high? But why would they do
 DD>> that???

 PQ> Mmm, my thoughts exactly.  More likely, I think, is that MS has 
 PQ> fucked up on basic usability of the interface.  I don't know of or 
 PQ> care what else has been stuffed in XP, as I can't be bothered 
 PQ> 'pushing the envelope' with user access rights to find out.

I doubt that it's MS, I think big brother has turned it off.

We have that entire right click menu disabled at work.

 DD>> Stay tuned - there could be a short-cut key.....

 PQ> If it can't be done with a mouse forget it.  Why have a GUI in the 
 PQ> first place.  May as well just use the old DOS 4.01 Shell and be done 
 PQ> with it.

How many buttons on your mouse? How many on your keyboard?

The DOS 4.01 shell would have been much faster... if 4.01 wasn't such a pig.

Regards,
David

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