I Hate Windows Xp!!!

Ok for for the record let's state that i am already really pissed.

First things first... I have to re check my auto login settings every time I make a change to the system.

When I hold down the shift key for 8 seconds, an accessability option called Filter keys comes on, that I can only remove if I reboot.

I tried to remove accessibilty options, but i can't seem to remove them with remove componenets.

XP doesn't boot faster than win 98 SE...

Why did I take win 98 SE off mymachine for XP proffesional?

XP is shitty...

Not to mention when I use MSCONFIG i have NO idea what all those "Services" running me. In 98 I knew that those startup itmes needed to go, but in XP... wtf is all theis ervices shit. and What exactly is it doing to my system resources?

Maybe it's just me... but my keyboard backspace key is slower on XP as well.

I have been a die hard 98 SE fan for years now... I switched because i thought XP might run my machine better... NO WAY!

I am sure all this can be fixed with all kinds of guru knowledge... but guess wht...

IN 98 I NEER HAD TO GO BACK AND CHANGE, FIX OR REMOVE ANYTHING!

Like the fade effects that eat up all your resources... WTF?


AGHHH!!!!





I want this to work damnit! Otherwise I woud have formatted and through 98 SE back on... I hte to give up. I am just super aggrivated at the OS.

I mean wtf... who designed this POs and WHY is it better than 98SE?

Well as for it loading slower than 98SE, I would have to diagree. I've ran 98SE for years and now been using XP for about a year and have to say that XP is much better and faster.
What are you running for a setup? (Motherboard, CPU, Memory)

I'll say this, XP is a memory and resource hog compared to 98SE.

Yeah that stupid shift key accessability crap pisses me off every time too Just been too lazy to figure it out.

EDIT: Just found this, I'm gonna try it tonight. Link

First off take a deep breath The link for the sticky key looks like a winner for starters. One of the easier programs to rid your startup from clutter is Startup Control Panel by Mike Lin http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml it easily removes anything you don't want to slow down your boot up. If you are experiencing mulitproblems with XP, your install may not have been error free. You could consider doing a repair installation off of your XP disk to fix any corruption you may have encountered.

Black Viper is a great resource for XP. Mainly for disabling services that you do not need or use.

Originally posted by Fuzzy Logik
Ok for for the record let's state that i am already really pissed.

First things first... I have to re check my auto login settings every time I make a change to the system.

When I hold down the shift key for 8 seconds, an accessability option called Filter keys comes on, that I can only remove if I reboot.

I tried to remove accessibilty options, but i can't seem to remove them with remove componenets.

XP doesn't boot faster than win 98 SE...

Why did I take win 98 SE off mymachine for XP proffesional?

XP is shitty...

Not to mention when I use MSCONFIG i have NO idea what all those "Services" running me. In 98 I knew that those startup itmes needed to go, but in XP... wtf is all theis ervices shit. and What exactly is it doing to my system resources?

Maybe it's just me... but my keyboard backspace key is slower on XP as well.

I have been a die hard 98 SE fan for years now... I switched because i thought XP might run my machine better... NO WAY!

I am sure all this can be fixed with all kinds of guru knowledge... but guess wht...

IN 98 I NEER HAD TO GO BACK AND CHANGE, FIX OR REMOVE ANYTHING!

Like the fade effects that eat up all your resources... WTF?


AGHHH!!!!





I want this to work damnit! Otherwise I woud have formatted and through 98 SE back on... I hte to give up. I am just super aggrivated at the OS.

I mean wtf... who designed this POs and WHY is it better than 98SE?

Rant, rant, rant, rant....rant some more. Yada yada yada. Oh I like what you've done here. Blah, blah, blah. Dude, 98SE sucked. Plain and simple, but I guess if you you like an OS that can't address more than 128megs of RAM and was extensibly crash prone, GO BACK. If you can't make XP work for you, it's your fault. It seems to work for me and alota other people, so I'm guessing the problem is PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair).

Oh and btw, what new OS isn't a resource hog? If you don't like the fruitiness, TURN IT OFF. XP is for powerful machines. If your machine doesn't run it well, what does that tell you?

Load times are proven to be shorter with XP than 98SE (pst, it's called defragging after you install). Games play better, things work better, etc. Plug n' Play is awesome in XP, I remember trying to use USB and other Plug n' Play devices in 98, what a piece of shit, it'd say it loaded and it either A)wouldn't work or B) crash promptly after it "loaded."

1st off, if you don't like it, switch back. Nobody's holding a gun to your head.

Secondly, XP may have it's faults, but don't confuse your ignorance of it's workings with legitimate OS issues. Do some research, it might do you good.

IMO XP is much better than 9x. It may take more resources, but it certainly manages them better. Plug & play actually works most of the time. I have yet to see a BSOD in the 3 yrs I've been running XP, if I went 3 mos in 9x I considered myself lucky. NTFS offers security and stability that FAT never could.

[edit] Too bad you've got so many posts, or you'd have cheeze with your whine.

did you upgrade or fresh install? system specs? there is a vast majority satisfied with xp

the fade effects can be disabled

BTW there's only like a frickin zillion web articles dealing with configuring and optimizing XP, might help if you learned how to Google.

[edit] Let me guess, your next question is when HL2 and D3 are coming out, and will they run on your rig

Here is another good resource site.
The Elder Geek
It shows all the services and which ones you can turn off.

Thank you to all who were mature enough to not immediately flame me for being annoyed with computers. Anyone who feels they have never been in the same boat of aggrivation with a computer, regardless of the circumstances and delimas is a lieing POS... or just an inexperienced child.

YEs , I mainly wanted to rant because I feel all these new fangled "pretty" things that XP is adorned with is just garbage.

I find that I had to completely customize it to run well... Which to me isn't a very nice way to get things started. The only thing giving me problems was my lack of understand with the key functioning things in the accesabiity.

It is quite vaque exactly what it does and how to disable it. This is true , otherwise not as many people would experience problems with it.

I am willing to give the OS a shot... I mainly just wanted to bitch because i thought how much time was wasted in a dev room for all the fade effect crap to capture the eye of some unkowledged user.

Well, sometimes the replies you may recieve are representative of the post you submit. If you've never been tempted to respond to a stupid post, then you're a lieing pos. Mature? Better re-read your original post before you comment on that.

Who made you the xp poster child? Should the os have been designed around your wants or needs? You could always develop your own personal os in your spare time that will suit your needs. A major os like XP has to accomodate millions of different desires. The features you claim are 'garbage' may be desired by others. One only needs to look at the popularity of sites like Wincustimize or any of the variety of themes and skins for a myriad of applications to see that features like the fade effect and other eye candy are welcomed by a large population. These things are all options. Learn about them. If you're confused, ask about them. But to claim it's all junk is foolish and non-productive.

The only thing giving me problems was my lack of understand with the key functioning things in the accesabiity.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

BTW, many of the accessibility options help a lot of people use a pc who may otherwise not be able to. Be glad that you don't need them. Although I've been caught offguard with the sticky keys option, I know enough to realise there's a reason that it's there.

Agent, that was a post only a man seasoned by life could have done.

I could not agree more. I often find I have the problem of not seeing the flaws within my own paradigm.

I suppose the aggrivation is due to my age as well... I'm only 24.

Fighting is still the first thing that springs to mind...

So stop bitching and switch back to 98 if XP is too much?

All that said, I would refrain from changing any of the services before you have an opportunity to thouroughly research the implications. Many services have far reaching effects and can cause more problems if disabled than any performance increases they can gain. There are several threads in this forum (search is fubared, but scan down a few pages) discussing this. Be wary of claims of increased performance by 'fly-by-night' websites. And realize that many of the 'tweaks' publicised are not based on any benchmarking, only on 'it seems faster', if even that.

The major resource hogs in XP are the display effects and the disk indexing service, which can be virtually disabled by right clicking on your drives in My Computer or such and unchecking the box for 'Allow indexing service to index this drive...', located in the drive properties. You can tackle the rest in time as you gain knowledge.

People like Fuzzy Logik piss me off. They get angry at something else when the REAL problem is their own ignorance. If you don't know what a service is, LEARN it damnit. Don't come here and bitch when you can very well fix the problem yourself by spending maybe 5-10 minutes max learning what most of the services in XP do.

Originally posted by Pixeleet
People like Fuzzy Logik piss me off. They get angry at something else when the REAL problem is their own ignorance. If you don't know what a service is, LEARN it damnit. Don't come here and bitch when you can very well fix the problem yourself by spending maybe 5-10 minutes max learning what most of the services in XP do.

Just like it took you 5-10 minutes to post your opinion which is ultimately meaningless

Originally posted by Fuzzy Logik
Just like it took you 5-10 minutes to post your opinion which is ultimately meaningless

Well if you believe in that philosophy then you saying "XP is shitty..." is completely meaningless also.

Originally posted by Phantum
Well if you believe in that philosophy then you saying "XP is shitty..." is completely meaningless also.

pwned.

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I enjoy how this thread has been hijacked into a personal flame on yours truly...

Even after a few futile attempts to redeem this thread by aplogising i see that it still fails to penetrate the skulls of everyone.

So if my saying "XP is shitty" is meaningless, then why continue making it apparent...? Why not get to the point of the thread to possibly discuss certain aspects of an operating system... unless you simply have no real knowledge to add and just want to add your own personal opinion... which is meaningless to me... and since I am the one who started this thread, what correlates as meaning to me is paramount to me... since I satrted it... woudn't you say?