Malke, You can't blame Ron for his assumption that 'perhaps' the two folders
are not needed (and they are probably not or at least could be better
defined) - Microsoft are famous for their inability to compact software in
favour of producing bloat-ware
Paul
"Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Ron O'Brien wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> "Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eSUJHZw8IHA.1196@xxxxxx
>> . Quote:
>>>
>>> Instead of assuming that what you see is a "crazy method", it would
>>> better serve you to do some reading about 64-bit operating systems.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for your patronising comment - but it still seems a crazy waste
>> of space :-) >
> Sorry you took it as patronizing. Actually, I was trying to be nice since
> my
> first impulse was to comment on your assumption that this behavior was
> caused by Microsoft in conspiracy with hard drive mftrs. That comment
> would
> not have been as polite as merely telling you that reading up on what a
> 64-bit operating system is would be a good step for you.
>
> I stand by my advice. If you're going to use a 64-bit operating system,
> you
> should understand what it is, what it does, and what it doesn't do.
>
> End of story for me.
>
> Malke
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