I usually don't have my speakers on, so when I do I often forget to turn them off. Sooooo, the freaking windows chime thing when you shut down!
Well,I searched through a few Microsoft sites & filled out a suggestion form for feedback on Microsoft products.
I got a reply.
The return address said,"Microsoft Contact Us".
The email address is
They said they take suggestions seriously & if I had more suggestions, to send them.
I think everybody should start sending suggestions.
Lots of suggestions...
Update:
I did a Google search for nwwia and it seems as if some people got rid of the xerox folder using Sysinternals Process Explorer.
So is it safe to delete, or does it actually serve some purpose?
And I just thought of a Windows bug that annoys me almost as much as the Recycle Bin thing:
Sometimes after you run Disk Defragmenter, you get a message saying that Windows could not defrag some files, and it asks you to view the list of files that didn't defragment for more info. And then, when you press OK and the list appears, NO FILES ARE LISTED!!!
At first I thought it was just my computer, but that is something that I have had happen on multiple rigs as well. Although it might only happen on XP, but I'm not sure.
Whatever the case, that just bugs the crap out of me. Stupid Windows. I think this thread has helped lower my blood pressure about a dozen points or so.
So is it safe to delete, or does it actually serve some purpose?
I don't know. If the xerox folder is deleted it will just re-appear therefore I opt to just ignore it. Those xerox searches done by RegSeeker actually have the xerox reference embedded (the only word I can think of) in those registry locations therefore removing them would most likely be unwise.
Sometimes after you run Disk Defragmenter, you get a message saying that Windows could not defrag some files, and it asks you to view the list of files that didn't defragment for more info.
Try Sysinternals Contig. If you need a right click shell add-on for it I can send it to you.
I found this info about the xerox folder:
"The Xerox WIA driver for Microsoft? Windows XP? provides users with a method to
quickly scan jobs at their Xerox multifunction devices and retrieve the images at their PC
desktop. The WIA driver enables scanning without the use of a scan server. For system
administrators familiar with the creation of scan templates via CentreWare Internet
Services, the WIA driver automatically creates a scan template on the Xerox device that
points to a folder on the Windows XP workstation.
Note: Use the WIA driver for basic scan to file only. To perform more advanced scanning
functions, use other Xerox scanning solutions, such as CentreWare Network Scanning
Services, Flowport, and CentreWare Internet Services."
The PDF document is here. It also explains the drivers related to it.
My biggest gripe is when you click on the more info link in an Events Viewer error message the Help and Support page says we cuurently have no information regarding this error or something to that effect. I figure this really means:
We forgot we created both the problem and the error message.
We're lying.
We don't like you and we don't have to.
That's for us to know and you to find out (which you never will).
This error message refers to a problem that is really, really bad so we don't people knowing what it is.
(bad Jack Nicholson impersonation) The error? You can't handle the error!
We're ignoring you. Go away.
My biggest gripe is when you click on the more info link in an Events Viewer error message the Help and Support page says we cuurently have no information regarding this error or something to that effect. I figure this really means:
We forgot we created both the problem and the error message.
We're lying.
We don't like you and we don't have to.
That's for us to know and you to find out (which you never will).
This error message refers to a problem that is really, really bad so we don't people knowing what it is.
(bad Jack Nicholson impersonation) The error? You can't handle the error!
We're ignoring you. Go away.
All of the above!
You know, Mike, you really ought to consider writing an OS yourself. Even if it did f*** up all the time, nobody would be able to complain about it, because they would be too preoccupied with dying from heart attacks caused by fits of fierce chortling and guffawing due to reading your error descriptions.
And I hope you haven't forgotten that you owe me an animated gif! Snap to it, lest I smite you with numerous italicized ASCII characters!!
Agreed! What would Mike's OS be called though?
Funny OS 2006, ROFL OS 2006.
I suggest all of you who's annoyances are software, i suggest you get nlite, some of the more well known items i have removed include outlook, MSN Explorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player 6.4, Help, Tour, Command-Line tools, Movie Maker, Luna Theme, Windows Sounds and every single non English language and keyboard layout.
I have attached my current nlite config file which is a full list of everything i choose to remove via nlite. While you have to copy the contents of your xp disc to you machine, choose what you want to remove with nlite. Then let if create a iso of which you burn, then reinstall windows it is definitely worth it. I am forever ticking a few more things for removal.
i dont like the clock thing in the notification area...
i prefer it is able to show both time and date...
Its just such a shame to have all this stuff. Ideally, I would like to properly get rid of these programs:
Outlook
MovieMaker
Windows Messenger
And all these empty folders:
microsoft frontpage
msn gaming zone
xerox
Any help?
Oh, and with nlite, can you just use it as an uninstaller, just select the programs you don't want, and it uninstalls them for you?
Windows Messenger is easy to remove, however it just requires a bit of manual removal steps as well.
Oh, and with nlite, can you just use it as an uninstaller, just select the programs you don't want, and it uninstalls them for you?
No, you have to copy the contents of a xp disc to your computer you then within nlite select what you want to remove it then recompiles the iso of which you burn, then just reinstall windows. If you are going to give it a go i suggest you also get vmware player so you can make sure that the basics work in your customized xp i.e. it boots.
nlite is a great program. Have you ever tired this site http://ryanvm.msfn.org/ where you can download all the accumulated MS patches and Hotfixes and incorporate it into the CD with nlite.
Yep i have been using that package for as long i have been using nlite, i tend to create a new nlite disc every few months and use that package to incorporate windows hot-fixes. I cant remember the last time i download a hot-fix from microsoft/auto-update it bust be over a year at least now.
I see, will use it in the future....
Don't know why, but every computer I have owned has that zerox file. If you delete it, it will clone. It is built into windows for some reason. Probably copywrite issues in the dim past.
Another annoyance:
I'm on dial-up and for some reason from time to time Windows will forget my logon password.
I'm not sure if this is off topic or not. But this stupid NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager. I can't remove it. I broke it so that it wasn't annoying me anymore, but now I'm annoyed because I can't remove it.
I can't remove it. I broke it so that it wasn't annoying me anymore, but now I'm annoyed because I can't remove it.
Try Unlocker to delete it.
Try Unlocker to delete it.
That's how I intentionally broke it, but it still is in my control panel. Now it just doesn't work, which is better...but somehow it still exists. grrr