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hyrulian

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Anyone notice that Microsoft enjoys excessive use of the word "My" in Windows? They really have to emphasize that stuff on the computer is yours, like

My Computer
My Network Places
My Documents
My Pictures
My Music
My Videos
My Webs
My this
My that

Is it just me or is this really silly and excessive? People running non-English versions of Windows, does this happen there too?
 

O.S.T

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on all non english version its "my ...",it wouldn't be much diffrent if not...

Mein Computer
Mein Netzwerk Platz
Mein Dokument
Meine Bilder
Meine Musik
Meine Videos
 

MattMacD

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Does it matter that they do that? They're just appealing to people's obsession with self. They probably don't even realise they're doing it.
 

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My Computer
My Network Places
My Documents
My Pictures
My Music
My Videos
My Webs
My this
My that
Mi PC
Mis sitios de red
Mis documentos
Mis imágenes
Mi música
Mis videos
Mis páginas web
"Mi esto"
"Mi aquello" :D
so yes, Windows allways says "My computer"
MS says it ;)
 
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Yep.
Hyrulian Hero said:
My Computer
My Network Places
My Documents
My Pictures
My Music
My Videos
My Webs
My this
My that
Mijn Computer
Mijn Netwerklocaties
Mijn Documenten
Mijn Afbeeldingen
Mijn Muziek
...
 

Hadmar

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O.S.T said:
on all non english version its "my ...",it wouldn't be much diffrent if not...

Mein Computer
Mein Netzwerk Platz
Mein Dokument
Meine Bilder
Meine Musik
Meine Videos
That sounds like the german version... but it isn't.

My Computer = Arbeitsplatz (Working space)
My Network Places = Netzwerkumgebung (Network enviroment)
The My stuff kinda starts with My Documents = Eigene Dateien (Own files) and it continues with Eigene Bilder, Eigene Musik, etc
 

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What do you want it to say? Microsoft's Computer? Wait for Longhorn or Palladium or Cerebellumed! or whatever the next one's called ;)
 

Sam_The_Man

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Arbeitsplatz = Arr - Bites - Plats

Netzwerkumgebung = Nets - verk - umm - gay - bueng (there's no real equivalent sound in English for the German 'ung')
 

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On my system,
My Computer is labeled "Kyoto", the same as the network name for the computer.
My Documents is simply "Stuff".
Recycle Bin is "Junk".
As for the other things, they are now "Pictures", "Music", "Videos", "Webpages".
 

GeneticFreak

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my what? all i have is
Sonic Reactor (the computer)
The Hive (nethood)
GF (documents)
Wasteland (the trash)

I changed that with some tool i forgot was it TweakUI or WinBoss or TuneUp

And btw, even if it was still the "My" thing, no, its not silly, its called brand imaging. And honestly it simplifies alot of things. "Where is it?" "In my documents". "Explore your computer" "Ok I'm now exploring my computer".

Hooray for MS
 

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I hope I'm just looking at it wrong.
Why, sure. You are looking at it in the wrong language, for starters. Of course "Netzwerk" means "network" but there is no "gay" in "umgebung" :eek:


namu said:
My Crosoft.
lol