Internet philosophy

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What is this obsession of operating systems and applications with getting
you onto the internet? Documentation, help files, trouble shooting
guides, you name it, you have to go online to get them.

Are the computer hard drives of today so microscopic there is no room for
a local context oriented help file or user's manual?


JimL
 
What is this obsession of operating systems and applications with getting
you onto the internet? Documentation, help files, trouble shooting
guides, you name it, you have to go online to get them.

Are the computer hard drives of today so microscopic there is no room for
a local context oriented help file or user's manual?
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I imagine (speculation) that it's easier to keep the information current by only having to update it in one place.
 
What is this obsession of operating systems and applications with getting
you onto the internet? Documentation, help files, trouble shooting
guides, you name it, you have to go online to get them.

Are the computer hard drives of today so microscopic there is no room for
a local context oriented help file or user's manual?


JimL
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I miss hard copy manuals and the old VW beetles. Times change? :)

I agree that at least a local copy of help is a welcome sight. I find
that "Online help" is usually very fractured and brief. It's often
difficult to find in depth information via "online help" when tackling a
more complex problem.
 
In <[email protected]>, on 03/07/07
at 09:14 AM, Sharon Fink <[email protected]> said:


I miss hard copy manuals and the old VW beetles. Times change? :)

I agree that at least a local copy of help is a welcome sight. I find
that "Online help" is usually very fractured and brief. It's often
difficult to find in depth information via "online help" when tackling a
more complex problem.
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And the process you have to go through with some companies to get online
help is ridiculous. I've been trying for 2 or 3 weeks to get a simple
answer from Acronis. Their help system requires registration to use it
and registration hasn't worked for me. Email requests get me
auto-responder warnings not to email them. One address got me
auto-responder warnings saying not to RE-email them.

JimL
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In <[email protected]>, on 03/07/07
at 09:14 AM, Sharon Fink <[email protected]> said:


And the process you have to go through with some companies to get online
help is ridiculous. I've been trying for 2 or 3 weeks to get a simple
answer from Acronis. Their help system requires registration to use it
and registration hasn't worked for me. Email requests get me
auto-responder warnings not to email them. One address got me
auto-responder warnings saying not to RE-email them.

JimL
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Not an expert on the Acronis help system but I think I downloaded their
PDF help file when I had it installed for WinXP. It had most everything
in it that I needed.

For the online registration problem... maybe clear Temporary Internet
Files and check that "accept cookies" is enabled. Try registration
again.

(Sorry that I can't be more exact. I used Acronis religiously when
running XP but I've switched to Vista and have not installed Acronis yet)
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