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Ah, thanks, finally a kind soul that is actually helpful to a new user instead of being a nasty. :)

Me troll? Never. :confused:

So I am supposed to read the whole thread and then remember all the multiple posts I wanted to reply to? I will try to remember that pro-tip but don't count on it. :D

Anyone who bought it before it was released on Steam also got a free Steam key so there was nothing to pay. That way I can use Desura version for latest beta version and Steam version for latest stable version.

I started PC gaming with flight simulations so out "hardcore" all of you. Go try DCS Blachshark or A10 then we can talk hardcore.

Next gen won't be so different from the PC so how are they going to maintain that performance benefit when PC hardware has already far surpassed what they will have? I didn't read the article wrong and have seen many people say the same thing besides that article.

In case you haven't noticed PC gaming is where its at and consoles is mostly for the kiddy gamers. I bought both Xbox360 and PS3, returned 360 due to no BD and was also noisy compared to PS3. I rarely use it and 99% of gaming is done on my PC. PS3 serves more as a BD player than a gaming machine.

I read an article few months back that claimed otherwise. They actually said consoles do more on less due to less overhead of the OS and talking more directly to hardware. You don't have to use Dos but expect it all in Assembler language and no C++.

I said "advanced" version of Dos. I want the leanest and meanest possible OS for PC gamers. Now, go make it! Oh wait, that is what Valve are working on and using Linux. Gabe is our savior and soon we can kiss Microsoft bloatware good-bye for good.

I don't know anything about Xboxone but there is an article explaining why consoles can do more on less hardware and it says it is because of less OS overhead and talking more directly to the hardware so that article doesn't jive with what you are saying. Also, I said PC gaming and not Xbox, I...

Where did I say "developed" or "invented"?

What argument? google>> Microosft. I don't see any argument.

I never said any such thing. I said I would prefer Dos over Windows for gaming because of less OS overhead so would get better performance in games.

Perhaps you are correct and i would actually like that setup but I only use one monitor. I do have another monitor I could hook up but my main monitor is 27" and I have Paradigm Titan speakers as my computer speakers so am too limited on desk space to hook up the second monitor. The second...

Looks like google should get more credit than Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) "Google made a wide deployment of standards-compliant, cross browser Ajax with Gmail (2004) and Google Maps (2005).[6] The term Ajax was coined on 18 February 2005 by Jesse James Garrett...

Consoles get better performance due to less abstraction layers in the OS software so Microsoft could do a lot better for us PC gamers than making us use an every man's OS.

Disingenuous, the StartMenu in Win7 is on the desktop already so there is no switching between two different GUI environments.

Then Microsoft should have advanced Dos further and I actually just made a post in another thread saying I would rather use advanced version of Dos for gaming than Windows due to talking closer to the hardware and less OS overhead.

You don't think switching back and forth between Metreo and Desktop mode is a time waster and an annoyance? Try removing the horse blinders first! :rolleyes:

When you click to launch a prog from Metro that runs on the desktop and then close the prog it doesn't go back to Metro, it leaves you in Desktop mode and you have to manually press WinKey to go back Metro. Out of the box Win8 has multiple personality disorder and I don't like it. Am I clear yet?

I don't know version number and I am just talking about sites that use basic HTML code and no javascript, activeX and other plugin crapware like Flash. Yes, there are still some sites designed like that and follow the KISS principle. Even for gaming I would prefer an advanced version of Dos...

8.1 might get me to use Win8 on my main rig but will still install a 3rd party Startmenu and never boot to Metro so for me Microsoft failed with this *forced* Metro GUI "experiment" on a desktop PC and needs to go back to the drawing board.

Or you can just use Guest account to use the internet and standard account for other things. I used to do that but got fed up with having to switch accounts all the time. Guest account is most secure mode though.

Nope, and the IE Tracking protection that uses easylist doesn't even have a manual update function. I am assuming it auto-updates otherwise it is lame.

Thanks, by modern you mean IE10 or IE in Metro? I can't use IE10 on Win7 because there is some bug in the update I need to run IE10 that is incompatible with Nvidia driver in BF3 which causes yellow roads, yes, I am serious.

OSX and Linux are not completely impervious to malware, that is why you can dload Clamfree for Linux. I use MSSE on both Win7 and Win8. Microsft has an offline version of Defender too now so you can do boot time scans...

I enabled it and my BF3 plugin stopped working. Opera is my browser so if I don't know the nitty gritty details of IE please forgive me. I am a man and not an animal!

If that is true then why is there an option for ActiveX filtering under tools menu in IE and if i enable it my BF3 plugin does not work? I never opted into anything.

Can't drive by install malware when there are no scripts on the web site. With HTML 1.0 sites I can use OB1 browser perfectly functional which has no scripting service installed even. Yes, the whizbang sites with scripts all over the place are prettier and more advanced features but they are...

That is not the same as 'paste and go'. Chrome has same option too. IE should add this option. I'm talking about if you copy an url to clipboard and then paste into the address bar in your browser. IE does not have 'paste and go", just paste.

Yes, it can do that but it is a very lightweight registry cleaner. There are a couple of other reg cleaners that will find a ton more invalid entries than CCleaner does but they are not free and can screw up your system if you are not careful with them. I used to be active on Microsoft Usenet...

No, I prefer HTML 1.0, more secure, no malware due to no scripting service. Microsft says we need Win7 or Win8 because it is more secure but it is their software that has created security risk vectors. .NET ActiveX, etc.

Yea, then you just phone them up and say you had to buy a new mb because the old one failed. ;)

OK, now I remember, that is what that utility I was talking about is for editing. Thanks for clarification.

That is the fault of the lazy website developers and not the browser. Microsoft broke standards to try and monopolize the browser market. You might support bad business ethics but I don't.

IE can't even paste and go an url, you have to paste it then hit enter or the arrow, lame. In Opera I just select paste and go with right mouse button, so much quicker.

Dude, the user base for Win7 vs Win8 is like 100,000:1 ratio so that comment is declared invalid.

As we used to say on Usenet, only cowards use a kill file.

I'm curious, how did you play the game if they say you never bought it? I never paid full price, bought on Desura for $19.99 and now have Steam version for free too.

Bollocks.