DOS prompt

[N. Miller]

Rubbish.

What he wanted to know was how to use the xcopy command.

What the OP said:

| How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt?

How do you "leave" Windows without "exiting"? Basic English. You are
interpolating what you think he wanted with what he actually said. You may
be right, in the end, but it is he who used ambiguous English. Let him
return to the thread to disambiguate his statement; don't be putting words
in his mouth that you think he may have meant, unless you are privy to
knowledge that the rest of us mortals have not.

 

[Steve Hayes]

What the OP said:

| How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt?

How do you "leave" Windows without "exiting"? Basic English. You are
interpolating what you think he wanted with what he actually said. You may
be right, in the end, but it is he who used ambiguous English. Let him
return to the thread to disambiguate his statement; don't be putting words
in his mouth that you think he may have meant, unless you are privy to
knowledge that the rest of us mortals have not.

It's a metaphor, my china, and Windows uses lots of metaphors, in order to
make it "user friendly" and enable the user to avoid having to know all about
the underlying intricacies of the operating system.

Windows uses paper file folders as a metaphor for directories, which is a bit
like early cars having reins coming through the dashboard and a socket for a
whip.

The letter kills, but the spirit gives life, and Windows uses too many
metaphors as it is, but it's in the spirit of Windows to do so, and so if the
user wants to leave the GUI in order to give commands to the operating system,
so be it. He doesn't necessarily want to close Windows, just not work through
it for the moment. Originally the GUI ran on top of the operating system, now
it is more integrated, but for the purpose of what the user wants to do, it
doesn't matter. The spirit of Windows is to try to be user friendly. It
doesn't always succeed, but it doesn't need people deliberately trying to make
it user hostile.

 

[N. Miller]

It's a metaphor, my china ...

Your Chinese sucks!

... and Windows uses lots of metaphors, in order to make it "user friendly"
and enable the user to avoid having to know all about the underlying intricacies
of the operating system.

'Twas the OP's words, not Windows. I don't know the OP well enough to know
that he speaks in metaphors. Do you?

Windows uses paper file folders as a metaphor for directories, which is a bit
like early cars having reins coming through the dashboard and a socket for a
whip.

Not really. And I really do hate car analogies; they are usually strained
beyond any utility.

The letter kills, but the spirit gives life, and Windows uses too many
metaphors as it is, but it's in the spirit of Windows to do so, and so if the
user wants to leave the GUI in order to give commands to the operating system,
so be it.

But you don't "leave the GUI" when you invoke a command prompt. The GUI is
right their under the command prompt window.

He doesn't necessarily want to close Windows, just not work through
it for the moment.

Or so you assume.

Originally the GUI ran on top of the operating system, now it is more integrated,
but for the purpose of what the user wants to do, it doesn't matter. The spirit
of Windows is to try to be user friendly. It doesn't always succeed, but it
doesn't need people deliberately trying to make it user hostile.

None of which disambiguates the OP's ambiguous statement.

 

[Twayne]

Your Chinese sucks!


'Twas the OP's words, not Windows. I don't know the OP well enough to
know that he speaks in metaphors. Do you?


Not really. And I really do hate car analogies; they are usually
strained beyond any utility.


But you don't "leave the GUI" when you invoke a command prompt. The
GUI is right their under the command prompt window.


Or so you assume.


None of which disambiguates the OP's ambiguous statement.

See; that kind of reasoning is exactly why you are unqualified to
participate in threads such as the one the OP started here. You're all
about ego with no substance. You need to find a way to be right without
a hint of having anything the wrong way or with wrong information.
You're a real wart on the ass of progress, IMO. if all this hoopla
bothers you so much, go elsewhere until you can grow a thicker skin and
learn how to live amongst the "regular" people of the world. You do not
command the authority to cause everyone to think the way you do. Thanks
to the heavens.

 

[Hodges]

Once again, another post with totally moot points.  If you have no room
in your life for newbies who haven't yet gotten hold of the lingo, then
you should go elsewhere to show off your ego.  If you aren't going to
address the OP's question somehow, then you have/had no business posting
anything here.
Windows95 is windows.
windows is not necessarily win9x or winXP or ... .
   Therefore I could easily say "windows" and mean XP. And since thisis
an XP group ...
This post is of no use to anyone.

I did address the op's question in my first post. It's text, go read
it again.

 

[Hodges]

See; that kind of reasoning is exactly why you are unqualified to
participate in threads such as the one the OP started here.  You're all
about ego with no substance.  You need to find a way to be right without
a hint of having anything the wrong way or with wrong information.
You're a real wart on the ass of progress, IMO.  if all this hoopla
bothers you so much, go elsewhere until you can grow a thicker skin and
learn how to live amongst the "regular" people of the world.  You do not
command the authority to cause everyone to think the way you do.  Thanks
to the heavens.

And how are your posts useful to anyone, "twayne"? Spreading
misinformation isn't very helpful, "twayne". Those of us who know
what we're talking about actually have to deal with the users that
you've misinformed and try to decipher what they're talking about.
It's usually easier to educate them when they'll admit they know
nothing than after they think they learn something from you which
turns out to be wrong.

There's a reason we need details. If somebody comes in and states "my
computer isn't working at all" and really means "Internet Explorer is
having problems", those two statements are contradictory.

Your way of thinking seems to be to just tell them to do something
even if it has nothing to do with what they were asking and probably
isn't even correct. Chances are, you're hurting more people than
you're helping.

 

[Twayne]

And how are your posts useful to anyone, "twayne"? Spreading
misinformation isn't very helpful, "twayne". Those of us who know
what we're talking about actually have to deal with the users that
you've misinformed and try to decipher what they're talking about.
It's usually easier to educate them when they'll admit they know
nothing than after they think they learn something from you which
turns out to be wrong.

There's a reason we need details. If somebody comes in and states "my
computer isn't working at all" and really means "Internet Explorer is
having problems", those two statements are contradictory.

Your way of thinking seems to be to just tell them to do something
even if it has nothing to do with what they were asking and probably
isn't even correct. Chances are, you're hurting more people than
you're helping.

Your rhetoric only shows your lack of reading comprehension and tendency
to trolling.

 

[N. Miller]

Your rhetoric only shows your lack of reading comprehension and tendency
to trolling.

Your ignorance, and arrogance know no bounds.

 

[Twayne]

Your ignorance, and arrogance know no bounds.

There's that projection again.

 

[N. Miller]

There's that projection again.

Eh? I wonder ... it seems to be you with the Trollish behavior!

 

[Twayne]

Eh? I wonder ... it seems to be you with the Trollish behavior!

And there's the reading comprehension again too.

 

[Hodges]

And there's the reading comprehension again too.

Go back under your bridge.

 

[N. Miller]

And there's the reading comprehension again too.

I can read just fine, and with some comprehension in three languages other
than English, as well. What is your problem? Jealousy?