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"...the company is reworking the operating system so that various settings can be altered while running as a standard user.

However, by this summer's beta, only the clock settings are likely to reflect the change, said Will Poole, the head of the Windows Client business. The ability to alter things such as power management and firewall settings won't come in until Beta 2, he said. "

They're not locking the system down, they're opening it up! Users should NOT be able to change firewall settings (why even have one?), or power management, or any other system-wide change. By 'clock settings', I hope he means 12 or 24 hour display format, because users should NOT be allowed to alter the date/time of the system clock.

While they're at it, why not let users create and delete users, format volumes, manage services, install system-wide software, delete/overwrite system files, change other user's passwords, read/write/delete other users' files, etc.? That would make the system really easy to use.
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512K???  mabricen | 04/25/05
Does it do anything else except search?  Jomo_z | 04/26/05
Searching..  Patrick Jones | 04/26/05
Search is nice, but...  Jomo_z | 04/26/05
desktop search... Google and XP or M$ and Longhorn  john.gruber@... | 04/26/05
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Vapor  Techscan | 04/25/05
XP SE  Arm A. Geddon | 04/25/05
MS: Compressed and hot air as usual  michael-t | 04/25/05
Bet the company? And lose....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/25/05
Don't worry, it's just their favorite marketing phrase  tic swayback | 04/25/05
Examples  tic swayback | 04/25/05
awesome Tic---smack those suckas down!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/26/05
How many people actually upgraded  Hugh Jass | 04/25/05
You can't compare ME to XP, not even close.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/25/05
I know that - I'm not comparing ME to XP  Hugh Jass | 04/25/05
Wow - a most telling post!  BanjoPaterson | 04/26/05
Apparently your already dosed up!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/26/05
Yes, it's almost inevitably an operating system...  Anton Philidor | 04/26/05
More Longhorn details will be announced Friday...  tic swayback | 04/25/05
Bwahahaha!!! YES!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/26/05
Actually not...  joshdcohen@... | 04/26/05
Wanna bet?  tic swayback | 04/26/05
Copying Tiger  A.Sinic | 04/27/05
Longhorn security  pinpintalk@... | 04/25/05
But they just don't get it....  Hugh Jass | 04/25/05
Can't wait to upgrade to longhorn !  Prognosticator | 04/25/05
hahahaha  Reverend MacFellow | 04/26/05
tic, it's not what MS is saying, it's reality.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/25/05
if the OS runs on a PC, it is a commodity item.  B.O.F.H. | 04/25/05
And we agree  Richard Flude | 04/25/05
Producing nothing?  tic swayback | 04/26/05
My mistake  Richard Flude | 04/26/05
They don't have to find the rabbit, ...  Anton Philidor | 04/27/05
Tsk tsk tsk...  In_the_end_I_Win | 04/27/05
... the penguin sleeps tonight.  Anton Philidor | 04/27/05
Still on that line of thinking?  Linux User 147560 | 04/27/05
Forgot  Linux User 147560 | 04/27/05
Linux at $100 is more expensive than OEM Windows at $50.  Anton Philidor | 04/27/05
Is it really?  Linux User 147560 | 04/27/05
What would you say..  Patrick Jones | 04/26/05
No Ax, I don't think it's that extreme  tic swayback | 04/26/05
Did MS get served with an injunction??  wackoae | 04/25/05
RE:Did MS get served with an injunction??  dotcom_z | 04/27/05
Look the emperor has no clothes  Richard Flude | 04/25/05
Ouch  CobraA1 | 04/25/05
So its really only XP service pack 3  DarthRidiculous | 04/25/05
More like: Promise the World, deliver crud, and break laws.(NT)  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/26/05
Another HW upgrade  crocd | 04/26/05
So, summary of Bill's presentation: Check is in the mail?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/26/05
and M$ ignores the antitrust settlement again and again!  wessonjoe | 04/26/05
Gates is a Con Man!  Reverend MacFellow | 04/26/05
it's not a matter of stupidity. it's a matter of faith.  wessonjoe | 04/26/05
I believe! I believe!  Anton Philidor | 04/27/05
Gates Owns APPLES  dotcom_z | 04/27/05
What a load....  Rick_K | 09/05/05
kool!!  gamerzworld | 06/02/05

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