Micro$oft fun!

1) Internet Explorer hangs- it does that sometimes, and I forgive it.

2) I decide to send in the technical report as it may make the world just a bit more of a better place, and am given a link to follow

3) Said link recommends I download the IE6 service pack

4) The same person, me, downloads the installer and chooses the 'Windows 2000/Windows XP install' and lets it download away

5) Said installer, after downloading roughly 10mb of files, tells me "The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify it's compatibility with Windows XP. This software will not be installed."

6) The installation then finishes, and I am forced to restart my PC (of course, the installer says to close all open programs and doesn't mention it's going to restart)

7) WinXP boots up again, and I'm faced with a new prompt asking me if I want to continue with a failed installation. I click yes.

8) The re-installer-thingy decides I'm not connected to the internet, even though it's a pseudo-always-on broadband connection, and decides to restart my PC, this time without a prompt. Even though it hasn't done anything.

9) Google saves me and tells me what to do. Although now pop-up windows don't work anymore (they stay blank)

This is the funniest thing that's ever happened to me PC-wise since I got one of those 'this page cannot be trusted' messages on the MS Support website... anyone got any similar tales?

Use Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird, problem solved :biggrin:

And my friend just had a rather interesting experience with a Maxtor Harddrive. He's been getting some really bad vibes from his windows install, so he's decided finally make Linux his main OS (He's a huge linux guy, but just never really saw a need for going mainly linux). Anyways, he pops in this harddrive and pops in a linux loader CD, they do the voodoo that they do, until it gets to the bit where he needs to format the drive to a linux compatable format. It starts going through the process when all of a sudden a message pops up saying that the drive requires a win98 boot-disk in the primary floppy-drive before it can be reformatted.

He's a bit chuffed, and comes around my room asking if I have a 98 boot disk. I don't, since the only 98 box I have doesn't have a floppy drive.

Long story short, we made a disk, popped it in, and it magically worked.

I've just never seen an OS specific HD before- it was kinda trippy.

this is really no significance to anything... but find it funny.

you know those annoying little win xp error report things? (when a program crashes it gives you the option to send microsoft a report of the problem and its cause...)

well the only one of them i have ever sent is when a was using a key-gen for office xp, it crashed...

now microsoft can help improve the stability of office xp key-gens :biggrin:

sounds like win xp is really fun...lol ill stick wit my 2000 thank you very much.

well this isnt windows related, but its one of the most funniest plays on the "404 cannot display page" error ever.

Click Here

I'm planning on partitioning a little space for a Red Hat install today, but I'm backing up my files before hand just in case.

oh win XP is the absolute greatest.  It takes ages to boot, even more so to get into and out of Half-Life.  Likes to auto update itself even when that option is disabled.  And it comes in funky blue and green instead of grey.  And did I mention its the "OS for dummies"?

Sinner_D that page is awesome.

psst...wildcard, you can have XP running in classic windows style. So if you really wanted to you could have it with the old grey. I personally use a skin program and have a really nice looking XP CGI. But, whatever floats your boat.

WinXP + (GF4 MX440) + HL = Free pass to a 'Build your own disco' Club.

And yes, I do mean the flickering coloured lights.

whaaaaaaat... my friend has xp, he has no problems, it boots up in literally 17 seconds, we timed it, and that includes loading all the desktop stuff.. his hl works fine, he gets flat 100 fps.. my computer is better, yet because i'm running windows 98 i get an average 80 fps....curses

Wild Card said:
Sinner_D that page is awesome.

thnx, i believe i found it using googles "im feelin lucky" search when i entered "weapons of mass destruction" laughed my ass off for ages on that one.