I must be the only one out there that desires the address bar in the 
task bar. I've had this in my task bar since FREAKING WINDOWS 98 ffs! 
Now I install XP SP3 Which the MS update shoveler presented to me, and 
now (Guess what!?) MY F***ING ADDRESS BAR IS GONE. I can't get it to 
show up. A quick google indicates that it was removed because of (wait 
for it) a court settlement. FU COURTS! Thanks to you I'll be returning 
to SP2, never to install SP3 again. I suppose I could upgrade to Windows 
Vista on my work machine, which would give me my (precious) address bar 
back.

This is the single most convenient feature in the world for me. It 
drives me nuts when there isn't one. I miss my address bar..

Back to SP2 for me.

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> I suppose I could upgrade to Windows Vista

No one can do that, afaik.

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Rafal wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> I suppose I could upgrade to Windows Vista
> 
> No one can do that, afaik.
> 

Huh? Why?

I did an upgrade from XP to Vista on my home system ... Went flawlessly 
except for the lack of drivers for an ancient scanner, and some software 
which had drivers, but the companies rather than provide an update to an 
existing version with Vista compatible drivers forced you into buying a 
new version of their broken software ...

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Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I must be the only one out there that desires the address bar in the 
> task bar.

  What address bar?

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Yes, in theory - you can do this.

In practice - to say it with Dante - abandon every hope, ye who enter here.

I'd suggest you try to get hold of a test-version, try to install it, look 
at it, and then, in all probability, trash it.


"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Rafal wrote:
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
>>
>>> I suppose I could upgrade to Windows Vista
>>
>> No one can do that, afaik.
>>
>
> Huh? Why?
>
> I did an upgrade from XP to Vista on my home system ... Went flawlessly 
> except for the lack of drivers for an ancient scanner, and some software 
> which had drivers, but the companies rather than provide an update to an 
> existing version with Vista compatible drivers forced you into buying a 
> new version of their broken software ...

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Warp wrote:
> Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> I must be the only one out there that desires the address bar in the 
>> task bar.
> 
>   What address bar?
> 

The one in the attached image. Type in a folder name, you open the 
folder, type in a web address, you get a browser window with that 
address (in your default browser) type the name of an executable, run 
that program. I like it. It also has a nice history feature, so I can 
usually bring up what I ran or opened previously with a few keystrokes. :)

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Warp wrote:
>   What address bar?

I assume he means the one you get if you right-click in the task bar, 
and pick "tool bars->address". :-)

This was kind of like what I was saying elsewhere about why MS doesn't 
include their own versions of free GNU software with the OS. Because it 
gets you sued.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Ever notice how people in a zombie movie never already know how to
  kill zombies? Ask 100 random people in America how to kill someone
  who has reanimated from the dead in a secret viral weapons lab,
  and how many do you think already know you need a head-shot?

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> This was kind of like what I was saying elsewhere about why MS doesn't 
> include their own versions of free GNU software with the OS. Because it 
> gets you sued.

  Hmm, the GPL license doesn't prohibit distributing GPL software bundled
with a commercial system. (It only requires you to provide the source code
of the GPL software if requested.)

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                                                          - Warp

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Warp wrote:
>   Hmm, the GPL license doesn't prohibit distributing GPL software bundled
> with a commercial system.

Why would that stop you from suing Microsoft about it?

Heck, they made their own implementation of the desktop and got sued 
over that.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Ever notice how people in a zombie movie never already know how to
  kill zombies? Ask 100 random people in America how to kill someone
  who has reanimated from the dead in a secret viral weapons lab,
  and how many do you think already know you need a head-shot?

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Hmm, the GPL license doesn't prohibit distributing GPL software bundled
> > with a commercial system.

> Why would that stop you from suing Microsoft about it?

  On what grounds? Lawsuits don't even get through if they don't make
any sense.

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                                                          - Warp

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On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:12:41 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   On what grounds? Lawsuits don't even get through if they don't make
> any sense.

Maybe in Finland, but not in America.  There are plenty of frivolous 
lawsuits over here that get through even though they don't make sense.

Jim

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Warp wrote:
> 
>   On what grounds? Lawsuits don't even get through if they don't make
> any sense.
> 

You've read the other thread discussing tort lawsuits, right? Seems like 
if you hire the right lawyer, you can strike it rich in the U.S. legal 
system no matter how little sense the suit makes.

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   Hmm, the GPL license doesn't prohibit distributing GPL software bundled
>>> with a commercial system.
> 
>> Why would that stop you from suing Microsoft about it?
> 
>   On what grounds? Lawsuits don't even get through if they don't make
> any sense.

They still cost money, tho. At least in many countries. And what's the 
upside for Microsoft?  Now the people who think Microsoft is evil can 
use Windows more easily to stop buying Microsoft products?

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Ever notice how people in a zombie movie never already know how to
  kill zombies? Ask 100 random people in America how to kill someone
  who has reanimated from the dead in a secret viral weapons lab,
  and how many do you think already know you need a head-shot?

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"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Warp wrote:
>>
>>   On what grounds? Lawsuits don't even get through if they don't make
>> any sense.
>>
>
> You've read the other thread discussing tort lawsuits, right? Seems like 
> if you hire the right lawyer, you can strike it rich in the U.S. legal 
> system no matter how little sense the suit makes.


      I NEED one of those lawyers! Where can I find one?! I need to be rich 
to pay my present, (crap) lawyer!

      ;)

      ~Steve~

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Mike Raiford wrote:

>>> I suppose I could upgrade to Windows Vista
>> No one can do that, afaik.
> Huh? Why?

Well, one could /downgrade/ to VISTA.

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Rafal wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>>>> I suppose I could upgrade to Windows Vista
>>> No one can do that, afaik.
>> Huh? Why?
> 
> Well, one could /downgrade/ to VISTA.
> 

Ehh.. Vista's worked pretty well at home. I have to admit I do like some 
of the new features introduced to the shell. Though one thing that threw 
me off was the fact that any new game installed on Vista that has been 
written for Vista does not install in the start menu like everything 
else. It gets installed in a special "virtual folder" called Games. 
(Which is sort of neat, it gives ESRB ratings, your machine's rating 
alongside the game's minimum and recommended ratings.) But, for those of 
us who have gotten used to the mantra that all programs be installed 
under the start menu, including games, its really counterintuitive. I 
actually wound up making a direct shortcut to the exe of one game, 
before I realized it was probably under the games item.

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St. wrote:

> 
>       I NEED one of those lawyers! Where can I find one?! I need to be rich 
> to pay my present, (crap) lawyer!
> 

Well, that depends on how stupid you can be ;) It seems like the truly 
stupid have no trouble finding these lawyers... :D

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