Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 16:10 -0400, James Knott wrote:
It's not just that I dislike it. I have to deal with the problems it creates, every day at work. I have also supported OS/2 and it has nowhere near the problems Windows does. I'm the one who has to tell a user that the computer is so messed up, that it has to be reimaged. I'm the one who has to try and figure out why it's so slow lately. I'm the one who has to tell someone that he just lost a lot of his work, because when Windows crashed, it took out most of his documents etc. It's not just dislike. It's called "experience".
Give a clueless user a Linux desktop, and then let him work as root. He'll mess it up in no time. The vast majority of the day to day windows problems (I know, I do the same support you mention) would be avoided if users were not given full Administrator privileges.
Most users do not have admin privs. They have to show a business need to get admin rights. Also, admin rights don't cause BSOD that results in the loss of data.