Windows 7 Default Sevices

karlsnooks said:

Lately we have been plagued by the do-it-yourselfers, those who don't realize that Quack Viper never graduated to Win 7, those who use the super duper tools and so on forth.

I really don't think it is necessary to call anyone a Quack, There are always people who don't understand the technical details of what they are doing. Users who visit Charles site "blackviper.com" in most cases are pretty technical.

I personally have visited his site and found that the information was pretty valid for most things. Of course anyone who does not understand technical details can go wrong using sites that are pretty technical.

Just like Mark Minasi's site "minasi.com" for windows server experts, I have been on Mark's site for many years and occasionally see new people who don't even understand what a server is used for.

Rich
PS: google Mark Minasi and Charles Sparks to see who they are.

I believe people need to just start taking responsibility for their own actions. If they do not know what they are doing then they shouldn't be messing with these type of settings without getting detailed help with it first. If they decide to just jump in and make changes to these settings without knowing what they are doing or getting additional help first, then you really just cannot blame the person like blackviper that provides these guides.

There's only so much one can do to make a guide as easy to understand as possible for general use by everyone. In the end, it's the sole responsibility of the end user to know their limitations and seek additional help before going off and doing something they have know idea about and crashing their OS.

rant over...

Brink said:

I believe people need to just start taking responsibility for their own actions. If they do not know what they are doing then they shouldn't be messing with these type of settings without getting detailed help with it first. If they decide to just jump in and make changes to these settings without knowing what they are doing or getting additional help first, then you really just cannot blame the person like blackviper that provides these guides.

There's only so much one can do to make a guide as easy to understand as possible for general use by everyone. In the end, it's the sole responsibility of the end user to know their limitations and seek additional help before going off and doing something they have know idea about and crashing their OS.

rant over...

This is an excellent guideline for everything you do in life. Unfortunately many people act differently. Just think how some invest their money or the people that bought houses without knowing how to pay for them.

Hello Legacy,

I would also hope that was already understood by common sense.

I just don't think it would be practical though, and may cause people to get alarmed unnecessarily. Unfortunately, the damage is usually already done before they get here. About all we can do is to help them the best be can with clear details.

That might not be a bad idea, but it would most likely get a ton of complaints though.

This reminds me of the toaster, and computers in many cases are just like toasters, in that you can buy a computer at the local store. They also sell toasters and most don't have a label on the front to not put a metal knife into the toaster slots when it is energized. As John and others have said, there is such a thing as common sense which no one can print enough warnings about.. There will always be someone who defies logic and does the unthinkable.

rich

It will be forever. My computer doesn't XXXXXXX. We don't find out until page 37 that the OP has downloaded 13 programs that duck with the registry. Their are people that think if they can download it great things will happen. They do no research or ask any questions on sites like this before downloading and installing. They never will. I know of no cure for this type of thinking. It's kind of like, (Windows 7 doesn't work like XP) DA, no Windows 7 works better than XP.