My 3 'Favourite' Things About Windows

The pop-up message that says something like, "Then end of the world is upon us!".  
 
Then it only gives you one option:  "OK".

No 1 also happens on Mac. ;)
 
Cant say that the two others have happened here though.

1. is unsolvable, Windows has no clue when a download will complete in minutes since it is not in control of the download site, the numbers are estimates based on what it thinks the total file size is and how fast it is receiving data.
 
2. Is due the fact that Windows did not create the file. The program that you used to create the file did so, using calls to Windows file system as the intermediary. Windows cannot know in advance what type of file will be created by every possible computer program, and cannot know what the file type is except for the file name extension used ( .doc, .cwp, .jpg etc.). In fact if a program (or a user which is how Windows sees a program) decides to save files of different types with the same extension (you can rename a word document with a jpg extension for example) Windows has to allow it albeit with a warning that it may not work as expected. Windows can associate a unique file extension with a particular program, and can make guesses that you want the association of common file types with common programs only, which is what it is complaining about--you have to tell it what program you want to try to open by clicking the file.
 
3. Is related to the fact that accounts that are members of the administrator group do not have all of the privileges of the account which is named "Administrator." That is why members of the administrator group must use the right click menu option "Run as Administrator" (not run as an administrator/member of the administrators group) to get full privileges. The unnecessary confusion between Administrator and Administrators is just a stupid naming convention that Microsoft chose to adopt, that has caused no end of confusion among users. Incidentally, the actual account named Administrator is hidden from even user members of the Administrators Group and can only be logged on to under special circumstances.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/
Do not do that as a routine, it defeats malware defenses built into windows and is like running Linux as root.

Everything I know about windows I learned trying to make the danged thing work on my own machine. I would go mad working for Microsoft.
 
Windows will in fact offer the option to open say a .doc file with MS Word because it does know that common association, but the problem is that you could have two programs (or users) that both create files with the .doc extension (several do), even though they are totally different kinds of files. You would not want to be locked in to that association if you ran both programs. The file association is really just a convenience for the user. You can use the right click menu option "open with" to open any file if you know the associated program, and that dialogue usually will offer a commonly associated program or give you the option of creating a permanent association to a program by checking the "always use the selected program to open this file" check box in the window that opens when you click "choose default program." 

If it fails - reboot. Its Windows.

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Everything I know about windows I learned trying to make the danged thing work on my own machine. I would go mad working for Microsoft.
 
Windows will in fact offer the option to open say a .doc file with MS Word because it does know that common association, but the problem is that you could have two programs (or users) that both create files with the .doc extension (several do), even though they are totally different kinds of files. You would not want to be locked in to that association if you ran both programs. The file association is really just a convenience for the user. You can use the right click menu option "open with" to open any file if you know the associated program, and that dialogue usually will offer a commonly associated program or give you the option of creating a permanent association to a program by checking the "always use the selected program to open this file" check box in the window that opens when you click "choose default program." 

I always wondered why files were not standardized (somehow) to know the program that created it (file header record perhaps?).
 
Probably wWaaaaaaaaaaay tooooooooooo tuuuuuuuuuuffff for computer geeks.

Because many programs might be able to work with the file other than just the program that created it? 
 
If someone made a wave file using Logic or Pro Tools, you can still work with it in SONAR, ya?