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> laptops that randomly won't reauthenticate after wake, network drives that fail to map, other transient network problems, you name it. Sounds like a problem

> laptops that randomly won't reauthenticate after wake, network drives that fail to map, other transient network problems, you name it. Sounds like a problem with the System Administrators at your workplace. For example who is still using mapped network drives? Group Policy is the modern way to do it and has been for over ten years. As to the two network issues, I'd have to dive into the event log to see why. I've seen WiFi drivers cause this, specifically a HP driver that took almost a year to get fixed. Poor technical support and setup will hamper your work on any operating system.

kasey_junk 9y ago
Not for nothing but I haven't needed tech support on the job in 7 years. That's precisely the last time I used Windows professionally. Prior to that I'd spent a decade running Windows at work, across multiple organizations and had similar experiences as described. I completely buy that a competent IT dept can make windows painless, but I haven't needed any support competent or not on Mac or Linux.
- zamalek 9y ago
  > I haven't needed any support competent or not on Mac or Linux An overreaching admin could be precisely why Windows was such a pain for you (or the poster, who mentioned GPO). That is one of the downfalls of Windows - it's enterprise ready, which means that your experience is at the whim of another person or policy.
reaperducer 9y ago
Typical Microsoft apologist "No, it can't be Windows' design - Look over there! Kill that witch!" His point is that the OS should be designed properly so that even if there are glitches in drivers or external factors, the entire OS shouldn't become unusable, only the portion with the problem. Every OS since the 68000 chip came out has done this (AmigaDOS, BeOS, Sun, MacOSX, even OS/2), but Windows is so fundamentally flawed that any small flaw in any other component can bring it to its knees.
- detaro 9y ago
  > His point is that the OS should be designed properly so that even if there are glitches in drivers Funny you say that, Windows is the only desktop OS I've seen calmly inform me that sorry, my GPU driver just crashed and had to be restarted, instead of freezing or throwing a kernel panic. The kernel really isn't Windows' problem
na85 9y ago
Maybe they're using group policy, I don't know. All I know is that I routinely cannot do my job because of windows.
erikpukinskis 9y ago
> Sounds like a problem with the System Administrators at your workplace So you're saying Windows isn't fundamentally unreliable, it's just fragile. You need to know how to treat it gently for it to work reliably. It's not robust under common misuses.

kasey_junk 9y ago

Not for nothing but I haven't needed tech support on the job in 7 years. That's precisely the last time I used Windows professionally. Prior to that I'd spent a decade running Windows at work, across multiple organizations and had similar experiences as described. I completely buy that a competent IT dept can make windows painless, but I haven't needed any support competent or not on Mac or Linux.

zamalek 9y ago
> I haven't needed any support competent or not on Mac or Linux An overreaching admin could be precisely why Windows was such a pain for you (or the poster, who mentioned GPO). That is one of the downfalls of Windows - it's enterprise ready, which means that your experience is at the whim of another person or policy.

reaperducer 9y ago

Typical Microsoft apologist "No, it can't be Windows' design - Look over there! Kill that witch!" His point is that the OS should be designed properly so that even if there are glitches in drivers or external factors, the entire OS shouldn't become unusable, only the portion with the problem. Every OS since the 68000 chip came out has done this (AmigaDOS, BeOS, Sun, MacOSX, even OS/2), but Windows is so fundamentally flawed that any small flaw in any other component can bring it to its knees.

detaro 9y ago
> His point is that the OS should be designed properly so that even if there are glitches in drivers Funny you say that, Windows is the only desktop OS I've seen calmly inform me that sorry, my GPU driver just crashed and had to be restarted, instead of freezing or throwing a kernel panic. The kernel really isn't Windows' problem

na85 9y ago

Maybe they're using group policy, I don't know. All I know is that I routinely cannot do my job because of windows.

erikpukinskis 9y ago

> Sounds like a problem with the System Administrators at your workplace So you're saying Windows isn't fundamentally unreliable, it's just fragile. You need to know how to treat it gently for it to work reliably. It's not robust under common misuses.