I like the Linux way where each step is printed to a terminal window,(reply>), @ggzh a Argue With Everyone they report when they're asked to, or can show a progress bar, depends how you set them up. Everything can be set up like you want.,(reply>), @Henry Fleischer I like the old Windows installers from Win98 and Win2000.... <br><br>Copying files... (shows everything being copied in the right corner of the screen)<br>Setting up device drivers...<br>Setting up configuration files...<br>Reboot machine...<br><br>Creating program groups...<br><br>Ready to go.<br><br>Straightforward.,(reply>), It’s called verbose mode.,(reply>), Only it doesn't.<br>It only shows major steps and not all the tiny steps because printing on screen is a relatively expensive operation.,(reply>), @penumbra01 huh that's interesting