I am making sure that all my connections are lined up. If you are reading this then it was successful!

Windows XP is still the choice way to go by the way of Windows. I refuse
to change my users over to anything else just yet. I myself have loaded
up Vista on my machine to prepare myself for the change over if and when
needed. Although I have not had any issues that users complained about
regarding Vista (like Win ME). When dealing with friends and family, I
found myself (by request) changing their Vista installation to "Classic
Look" so they can feel comfortable using their systems.

Another point that was brought up by these users were the UAC settings.
Although helpful.... very annoying. I decided to venture outside the
Microsoft box and ran Ubuntu for a great deal of time until Windows 7
was released and I felt that it was time to go back and "experiment". I
was excited about the new features and I wanted to know if it will be
good for my XP users.

Once again... I like the OS (running 64 bit version right now) but I can
tell that I will be getting a lot of phone calls. Not because there is
an issue with the OS but because a user will be lost. After throwing the
users into a dark hole, Microsoft has made it simpler to do many things
within the OS but it still retains the Vista look and feel and then
some. If I consider Windows 7 eye candy, my eyes would be rotting out my
head with the highly customizable Aero themes and funky widgets.

Eventually users will have to come to grip with the changes and learn
that without change you cannot progress. Microsoft realized that they
jumped the gun with Vista and decided to make things right with this
over-hauled version they call Windows 7. If the time comes... when the
time comes, I will walk with my users hand in hand and will help them
make the transition

I have always felt that using IE was kind of like setting yourself up a
doorway to your system. Seeing that MS Windows is a popular OS, alot of
focus has been turn to how it works and how to exploit it's flaws. One
being IE. It is integrated and shares common "connections". Like a
driveway to your front door! Read this...
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6795&tag=nl.e539
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