On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard AT eircom DOT net> 
wrote:
>> Many were basically useless, but I have to believe the post-XP ones
>> may be a bit better.
>
> I actually said that there did not seem to be a standard Microsoft
> backup program that did incremental backups.
> I notice that nobody has actually told me there is one.

And what's your point? It's not appropriate for you to expect to get
an answer to that question here. Please ask it somewhere else. In my
experience, no one one with decent computer knowledge would have
bothered wasting their time even looking at a Microsoft-authored
backup program, when the third-party alternatives are so widely
acknowledged to be superior. The exception would be people whose
career is wedded to Redmond and are seeking to establish themselves as
MS experts in MS-centric work environments. But they're not hanging
out here. . .

Since you're got such strong reasons to stay with MS-only solutions,
why haven't you spent a bit of time and energy investigating and
experimenting with the backup programs that come with your MS OS, and
answer your own question?

>> It's like saying you would only put a Ford stereo in your car - or
>> rather you want to buy a Michelin car so it'll be compatible with your
>> tires, or - OK I'll shut up, be speechless. . .
>
> That seems a bizarre analogy.
> Most people buy a car with tyres already on it, I think.

My point is that I consider the OS and its built-in tools to be so
fundamental, almost a background part of my total computer
environment. MS itself has proven again and again over the decades to
barely be competent even in its core business (OSs), and flagrantly
inept in other areas its tried to compete in. Note I'm talking about
their technical competence, I have nothing but awe for their business
acumen, at least in past decades. Therefore making decisions based on
*that* brand is like (another out there analogy!) selecting your
stockbroker based on the fact that he works for the bank where you
opened your first savings account as a child.

> I do actually install the tyres recommended by Mitsubishi
> in my Mitsubishi car.
> Don't people usually do that?

No, most people realize that the car manufacturer's main motivation
behind its recommendations is their profitability, not the welfare of
its customers. Either the named tire manufacturer is financially tied
in with Mitsubishi, or they may even have paid a fee for the
recommendation (product placement). If tires were important to me, I'd
pay attention to more objective, knowledgeable sources, review
research reports etc.

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