Article: The Top 10 - Worst Features Of Windows XP| {mosimage} | When Windows XP was first released, there were many new features that were introduced. Some of these features have been widely used and accepted, such as System Restore or Windows Messenger, these widely used and accepted features have become a staple within Windows. What I mean is, in future versions of Windows, we would expect to have System Restore and Windows Messenger. There are, however, some features that were introduced with Windows XP that did not take off as Microsoft had hoped. So, for this article I wanted to list out the Worst Features Of Windows XP.[!--[/td--]
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[h1]Automatic Search feature of the Hardware Update Wizard [/h1]
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What a great idea this was. The idea behind it was to try to simplify the process of updating drivers via your Device Manager using a Automatic Search to search your computer and Windows Update for the driver. The problem, is that it almost never works.
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[h1]Utility Manager [/h1]
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According to Microsoft, “ (the) Utility Manager enables users to check an accessibility program's status and start or stop an accessibility program. Users with administrator-level access can designate to have the program start when Utility Manager starts.”
Um…ok. The ability to start and stop an accessibility during start up is a good thing, I just don’t see how it needs it’s own “manager”. This option could have easily been rolled into a different control panel item. Another Useless Feature.
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While this feature technically is not a new Windows XP feature, the way that it is setup as compared to past versions of Windows is new. Active Desktop enables a user to use their desktop as a web page, enabling a user to get content from the Internet and display it on their desktop.
This feature is rarely used nowadays, thanks in part to the recent wave of Spyware, Viruses and other malware.
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[h1]The Bundled Games That Come With Windows XP[/h1]
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C’mon Microsoft, give us something new! While I love Minesweeper, Solitaire and Pinball, it gets old real quick. In my opinion, the Internet Games, although a cool feature, could have been scraped for a few more (New) games. Hopefully Vista will have something new.
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This feature was another bomb. Very primitive sounding and extremely ackward to use.
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[h1]The layout of the MMC (Microsoft Management Console) [/h1]
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First, I want to iterate that I am definitely not saying that the MMC is a bad feature, it is essential for administering various settings, permissions and properties of the system. With that said, the layout of the MMC is all over the place. This causes additional confusion which is completely unnecessary.
[h1]Add Hardware Wizard[/h1]
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I don’t think that I have ever used this. Windows XP is a plug and play operating system, so with most new hardware (like mice, keyboards, cameras etc) all you do is pop in the cd that came with the hardware (if there is one) and install the software, then plug in the device and that’s it.
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[h1]Add New Programs[/h1]
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For the same reasons as #7, the “Add New Programs” is another Useless feature.
[h1]The Messenger Service[/h1]
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This service is not related whatsoever to Windows Messenger. In my experience, all this service does is serve pop up type ads to you. Very useless (not to mention annoying).
[h1]Security Flaws in IE6[/h1]
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IE6 was a disaster, plain and simple. Granted, back when XP came out, there was not nearly the amount of concern as there is now about Security. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that IE6 was poorly designed. Microsoft realized this, and for the first time ever, a new version of Internet Explorer (IE7) is to be released separately from a new version of Windows (in the past the only time we got a new version of IE was when there was a new version of Windows). The good news, is that it looks like Microsoft has learned from it’s mistakes of IE6. IE7 fixes a lot of the IE6 security and feature flaws.
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And there you have it. As with any of these types of ‘lists’, there is always some debate and disagreement.
Do you agree with my top 10 of the worst Windows XP features? Feel free to share your comments or thoughts below.
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