[Info-vax] WEENDOZE question

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Tuesday, 6 February 2018 04:38:50 UTC, Steven Schweda  wrote:
> > It has occurred to me that if Steven Schweda sees this
> > post, he's going to have a few things to say about not being
> > a mind reader, and such.  Could be entertaining. 
> 
>    Sorry.  Too busy trying to deal with:
> 
>       One of the installers for this device cannot perform
>       the installation at this time.
> 
> which stemmed from: VIDEO DXGKRNL FATAL ERROR
> 
> which stemmed from some kind of Windows Update problem which
> replaced the AMD (ATI) driver for my old Radeon HD 2400 XT
> card with a generic Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver,
> whose 60Hz refresh rate caused unpleasant flicker on my (old)
> CRT display.  I replaced the old card with a new card, but
> now Windows Update apparently can't install any device driver
> for any device.
> 
> 
>    As for Windows Explorer, this week it's called File
> Explorer, and if you can't find it (or "This PC", or "My
> Computer", ...) on your desktop, the I'd try Trapezoid (in
> the lower-left corner) > Windows System > File Explorer, and,
> when you get there, "This PC".
> 
>    It is pretty entertaining that anyone who does any
> significant computer work these days can stay so ignorant of
> the most commonly used OS on the planet.  It may be painful
> to use/maintain, but some knowledge of it can be useful from
> time to time.

Even to those who see MS as the enemy, it may not hurt to
have recent personal experience of the technical and 
operational reasons *why* they are the enemy (obviously 
there can be commercial reasons too).

Such experience could save time and money too - spending 3 
elapsed weeks getting some data off a random device is also
quite entertaining. Travel and time costs would probably 
have funded one or several of Bootcamp/Parallels (or some
Linux equivalent), or buying an old but maybe Win10-capable 
business-class laptop from a few years ago including a 
genuine authorised Windows installation, or other variants
on a similar theme. Win7 would still be a far better starting 
point for than Win10 for most people and organisations.

Has anyone so far suggested that the problematic file in
question (or even "a simple reproducer") could perhaps be 
uploaded to 'the cloud' and then downloaded to (or remotely 
accessed from) where VAXman is, thus avoiding this 
initial faffing around with USB slots that might or might 
not work as they are often expected to.

Still, each to their own.