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To: mishedlo who wrote (267173)	11/13/2003 5:15:48 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius	Respond to of 436258

mishedlo, >>"substandard" Windows??? This would not be new - all OS from Microsoft since day one has been substandard. <g>

To: mishedlo who wrote (267173)	11/13/2003 5:21:26 PM
From: j-at-home	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

U.S. Expats in UK Hit by Wave of 'Anti-Bushism' Thu November 13, 2003 08:53 AM ET By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - The British abandoned their stiff upper lips and hugged Americans after 9/11. Now much of that goodwill has evaporated and the blame is being laid firmly at the door of George W. Bush. After the twin tower attacks, a military band broke with tradition and played the American national anthem at the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Less than 18 months later, one million people took to London's streets to protest against the forthcoming U.S.-led war in Iraq. Now with President Bush heading to these shores next week to see Tony Blair for what should have been a triumphal reunion with his closest ally, the 200,000 Americans living in London are reflecting on how times have changed. They recall with wonder how the British dropped their innate reserve after the attacks on September 11, 2001. But now, after wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where British and Americans fought side by side, they face a wave not of anti-Americanism but anti-Bushism. "It's tougher being an American in London than it used to be. Our President has made it so," said Newsweek Magazine's London correspondent Stryker McGuire. "Even among friendly Britons, there's a growing skepticism about the gun-toting, electric-chairing land that has let Dubya be Dubya for nigh on three years now. "Blair and Bush definitely are the odd couple," he added. "Take the issue of religion -- Blair doesn't wear his religion on his sleeve like Bush does." And Bush is accused of turning his back on Europe. "There is a sense in Europe that he hasn't paid enough attention to the French and Germans. A lot of people would argue the French and Germans were right on Iraq," he added. Christine Swanson, back home after taking the kids on the morning run to school, said: "I am frustrated. As horrible as September 11 was, it was a real opportunity to move forward in a positive way. "There was a lot of goodwill to tap into and it took the incredible talent of George Bush to piss it all away in two years." Almost 25 years after she first called London home, Pennsylvania-born Virginia Schultz vividly recalls the days after 9/11. "People were hugging me in the street. I thought the way they reacted then was wonderful." "Right now there is strong anti-Americanism and I compare it to the Vietnam War. Bush has been targeted as the villain in all of this. I think he is even more unpopular than Nixon was." The New York Times ' London correspondent Warren Hoge told Reuters: "America is now something of a rogue state, a pariah nation." "People repeatedly say it isn't Americans we don't like, it is just Bush. He pushes hot buttons. Bush has so much to do with this rather stupendous fall-off in American popularity. It is quite amazing to think where we were the day after September 11 and how much of that goodwill has been squandered." Film-maker Paul Berczeller, a New Yorker now living in London, agreed: "The groundswell of goodwill has definitely evaporated. It was a real missed opportunity. "As an American living in Europe, I have tried to explain back home how negatively Americans are viewed in Europe." Banker Eleanor Hope-Bell felt overt support had subsided. "The motivation to say something to someone in the street or the immediate need to act on your emotions isn't there." But Anglo-American ties, she argued, are deep-seated. "When you think about World War II, that will never go away, the brotherhood will never go away." reuters.com At least King George has even more to worry about traveling than the rest of us ... with that big ol bullseye on his back

To: mishedlo who wrote (267173)	11/13/2003 5:23:52 PM
From: Andrew	Respond to of 436258

Heck it might work better by a lot. There is so much extra crap in XP. I tried playing with win98 install a while back where I stopped the install after files copied to HD and deleted some stuff I though I could do without. Restarted comp and install went okay but with a couple of error messeges. After It booted twice as fast as a normal win98 install and ran far more stable never crashed. Cut about 30 or 40 megs off install. Never tried to do that with XP or 2000 wonder if it would work.