thirty two jiggabit touchee pods ([info]phasmaphobic) wrote in [info]damnportlanders,
@ 2008-01-11 11:45:00
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Windows Lesson of the Day
No, you do not have to click the "Apply" button before you click the "Okay" button. Clicking "Okay" automatically applies all the changes you have made.

Tha more you know!

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[info]luvsammy
2008-01-11 07:52 pm UTC (link)
then...why is it there??

ow my head.

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[info]phasmaphobic
2008-01-11 07:54 pm UTC (link)
I believe it is there to make changes as you go. In many programs, you can alter some settings and click apply, and often see those settings take effect. But if you're done, just click Okay.

In tech support, so many people ask "should I click apply first?" The answer is no, you don't need to. Just click Okay, and you're all set.

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[info]a_rockett
2008-01-11 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, its like if you right click on the desktop and then select properties, you can alter your desktop theme AND your screensaver AND your background, just click "apply" for each setting and then "ok" on the last one, cuz yer done.

...then there are people like me who compulsively click "apply" even if I know I'm done. haha..

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[info]nibo
2008-01-11 07:55 pm UTC (link)
For people who would like to more than just window shop their changes, but aren't really ready for the full commitment it takes to close the window that will let them change back when they realise it's a horrible mistake and nobody should buy pink balaclavas!

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[info]phasmaphobic
2008-01-11 07:57 pm UTC (link)
Everyone should buy pink balaclavas!

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[info]nibo
2008-01-11 08:03 pm UTC (link)
Only if it's pink argyle print. Otherwise, you'll look like you just stepped off of Sarah Michelle Gellar's bike.

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[info]_dilate_
2008-01-11 10:11 pm UTC (link)
Biking in spike heels is smart.

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[info]nibo
2008-01-11 08:04 pm UTC (link)
Wait, wrong bike. She actually rides the one with Hello kitty.

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[info]nibo
2008-01-11 08:07 pm UTC (link)
or something like it. *is made of massive GoogleFu fail today at being able to find just the actual bike, but there's the idea.. and at hitting POST before finishing post to say it's not Sarah's actual bike, but at least it sports Hello Kitty*

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[info]baisez_moi_svp
2008-01-11 07:59 pm UTC (link)

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[info]luminais
2008-01-11 08:11 pm UTC (link)

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[info]baisez_moi_svp
2008-01-11 08:14 pm UTC (link)

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[info]luminais
2008-01-11 08:09 pm UTC (link)
this news is at least 15 years old.

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[info]phasmaphobic
2008-01-11 08:11 pm UTC (link)
...and yet so many people who were around then still don't know it.

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[info]luminais
2008-01-11 08:13 pm UTC (link)
like my gramma?

when i first got a computer i experimented with all kinds of things... i spent hours in the system files, program files, and settings. this kinda stuff became apparent pretty quick.

but there was the unfortunate side effect of accidentally deleting/altering a vital file, and having to reboot my computer. yeah, once every few months, without fail.

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[info]pundigrion
2008-01-11 08:21 pm UTC (link)
I switched my computer at work to the Windows Classic theme since XP's annoys me. You wouldn't believe how much this stymies people. The people in question are all old enough to be my mother at least and have therefore theoretically been around long enough that it to look familiar to them...

Then again I also set my mouse to redicu-fast sensitive setting to keep people from wanting to ask me to let them hop on my computer for "just one second"

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[info]tertyl
2008-01-11 08:28 pm UTC (link)
I can't find the Okay button. Is it similar to the Any key? Do I need to buy me a new 'puter?

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[info]bellybalt
2008-01-11 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Its near the coffee cup holder.

Edited at 2008-01-11 08:31 pm UTC

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[info]phasmaphobic
2008-01-11 08:31 pm UTC (link)
And the foot pedal.

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[info]bellybalt
2008-01-11 08:32 pm UTC (link)
OMG I JUST DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL!

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[info]leroy_brown242
2008-01-12 06:43 am UTC (link)
Welcome to the 90's.

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[info]13skeletoras
2008-01-12 08:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm with you - I learned this not too long ago myself.

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