What happened to the thread below??? I can find it in a search but if I follow the link I get a message "You are not authorized to perform this action". The thread contained a plea to allow more options to configure the User Interface (to make it more like XP) and as such was critical of Microsoft. Oh well, good luck MS... glacia- When I read posts like yours, I'm often reminded what a lazy lot our society's become. We simply want everything handed to us on a platter without having to raise a finger ... http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/e6370fbf-5481-4a53-9612-6e41b003815d/ Related To: Forums(x)

Alan - It would seem to have been removed. It wasn't so much that it was critical of Microsoft, it was more a question of the thread itself degenerating into chaos. You know a thread is in trouble when many of the posts - including the original postin the thread are "red boxed" - i.e. reported as abuse...

Alan, don't take that message personally. It needs to be worded better, but it is just this forum'sway of saying the thread was taken offline. There was a lot of trolling going on, and I probably fanned the largest flame of all. So, blame it on me. Sorry.edit: wolfie - please get rid ofthat remark about the OP being red-boxed, else you'll get me started. I was trying to be nice here.

As I recall, the interchange was somewhat combative but no more so than is frequently found on internet forums. Perhaps it degenerated after I last read it? There ought to be a mechanism for marking threads as removed.

What happened to the thread below??? I can find it in a search but if I follow the link I get a message "You are not authorized to perform this action". The thread contained a plea to allow more options to configure the User Interface (to make it more like XP) and as such was critical of Microsoft. Oh well, good luck MS... glacia- When I read posts like yours, I'm often reminded what a lazy lot our society's become. We simply want everything handed to us on a platter without having to raise a finger ... http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/e6370fbf-5481-4a53-9612-6e41b003815d/ Related To: Forums(x) Hi AlanThat thread was removed because of the reasons already stated here. We try to provide a positive environment in these moderatedforums where members can feel comfortable and get the help they came looking for, without being subjected to abuse, ridicule, or other off topic comments.Unfortunately when some members consistentlyviolate our Community Code of Conduct and/or Terms Of Usethen action is taken to remove the abusive or off topicposts. We do not remove posts or threads simply because theyare criticalof Microsoft or any other entity. Any member can report a specific post as abusive and we take it seriously when this is done.Hope this helps. Ronnie Vernon MVPForum Moderator