Linked by Adam S on Tue 28th Sep 2004 22:29 UTC
I've been using Windows as a network administrator for just over 6 years now. I've used NT4 servers, 2000 servers, and Windows 2003, and there has been a tremendous improvement with each version. There are still some things that drive me nuts in my job, though, and this is a chronicle of the top five.
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So - they aren't used, but at the same they can't be removed? Something don't twist...
Sure they can, you just need to do a bit of (trivial) fiddling.
Actually, it means that Windows design is crappy. Why on earth a server should need a media player, internet browser, or graphics environment (yeah, I know win server can run in a headless mode) is beyond me.
What definition of "need" are you using here ?
It just means its design is crappy, and there're can be only two reasons why it isn't removed: 1) Microsoft wants to force everyone to run their products to guarantee their monopoly or 2) internet explorer/windows media player code is actually used somewhere because it's really part of the "core OS" and you can't remove it.
Or 3) it only really matters to vanishingly small number of people who aren't worth ramping up an entire distribution channel.