"HK" wrote in message
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I agree with your point. Further, Microsoft provides lousy documentation
with VISTA, perhaps even worse than it provided with XP. That, sadly,
seems to be the trend these days. Even my "overpriced" MacBook came with
scanty documentation. Why computer manufacturers think their customers
know precisely what to do from the get-go is beyond my comprehension.



My 80 year old mother uses her computer everyday. It's an inexpensive, Dell
laptop (running XP) that is so slow in booting up that if she wants to show
me something on it, I tell her to turn it on and then go out and mow her
lawn while it boots up.

It's amazing however. She stays in touch with all her friends via email,
loves getting pictures sent to her of her great-grandkids and does most of
her shopping "on-line", including Pea-Pod, a food delivery service operated
by the Stop and Shop grocery store chain.

Every once in a while though she gets it all screwed up and either my
brother or me has to try to get it de-tangled.
Once, she was complaining about not being able to send or receive email.
Somehow she had managed to delete the user data, email address, etc. from
Outlook Express. Of course, she didn't own up to this until I was trying
to re-enter the data. Sitting with my fingers on the keyboard, going
through the process, I asked her, "What's your e-mail address?"

She answered in all seriousness, giving me her full name, street address,
state and zip code.

Eisboch