I hate it when software.... - DPChallenge Forums

04/08/2005 02:55:14 PM · #29

...says your trial has expired.

04/08/2005 03:00:53 PM · #30

Originally posted by xion:

...says your trial has expired.

Hehehe - I like that!

I would add a different twist - I am on the computer for 12-15 hours a day, usually 7 days a week. Working with software has become so integrated with my thought process, that I frequently - and this is no joke - I frequently search for the UNDO button in non-computer-related daily activities. i.e. I was weed-whacking the yard and hit some rocks that shot into the greenhouse and shattered a large glass pane - UNDO, UNDO! Nothing. Smashed thumb with hammer once - UNDO, UNDO! Didn't work there either.

Invent an UNDO button for life and the world will beat a path to your door.

w24x192

Canon PowerShot S50

04/08/2005 03:12:00 PM · #31

...thinks it knows what you want, and acts accordingly.

(basically, this is a microsoft thing...word and excel trying to autocorrect or adjust or whatever is the most confounding thing I can think of)

...screws you over.

(have you ever played Snood? If so, then you know what I mean...that's not what I aimed at! I don't need 8 blue ones in a row, damnit!)

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/08/2005 03:23:20 PM · #32

Never heard of Snood, but for entertainment once, I took the entire company employee list at a place I used to work and ran Word spell-checker on the names and let it change them to the "Suggestion" offered. I remember some Hi-Larious results.

David.C

04/08/2005 04:27:25 PM · #33

Originally posted by kpriest:

Never heard of Snood ...

Snood -- an adictive little game.

David

phreakon

Olympus C-740UZ

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/08/2005 04:37:29 PM · #34

...sends any of my personal information over the web without my expressed permission.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

04/08/2005 04:40:01 PM · #35

I hate it when software/upgrades makes you buy new hardware to use it.
$$

I'm gonna' go and listen to Beaches soundtrack now and mellow out...

Message edited by author 2005-04-08 16:42:49.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/08/2005 04:43:10 PM · #36

...is not cross-platform.

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

04/08/2005 04:46:29 PM · #37

tells me things I don't want to here.

phreakon

Olympus C-740UZ

04/08/2005 04:50:48 PM · #38

...comes in a box (retail), but needs to be downloaded before use.

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

04/08/2005 04:51:04 PM · #39

.... does everything well except for the one feature you bought it for.

phreakon

Olympus C-740UZ

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/08/2005 04:53:10 PM · #40

...costs more than the [k] kracked version.

he he

srdanz

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

04/08/2005 05:05:16 PM · #41

A little off topic, but (hopefully) a useful advice for all Win32 users:
Reason for this is: software developers realize how long it takes for the application they have created to launch, so they try to 'fake' it by preloading most of their code at the system startup time. QuickTime viewer is one example of this. They figure, startup takes soo long so a couple of seconds on top won't hurt anyone.

The problem happens when more than one installed application uses the same judgement.

If you are willing to live with slightly longer launch times for your app, you can remove those startup apps from your system startup.

Go to registry (run regedit.exe or regedt32.exe from a commmand prompt or Start>>Run - admin privileges needed on winnt-based systems such as WinNT, 2000 and XP), and remove the entries from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
that you don't want to run at startup.

Standard disclaimers related to editing your registry apply: do it at your own risk; however, the only thing you really need to start at system startup is your virus-scanning software, although even this one should start as a service, not as an application.

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

...unknowingly loads itself and 10 other memory hogs/cpu cycle eaters at startup and causes your startup time to quadruple.

chuck

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/08/2005 06:45:45 PM · #42

...reboots the computer for no apparent reason just as you are trying to save whatever it is you are working on.

04/08/2005 06:51:49 PM · #43

...is not the latest version.

04/08/2005 07:40:28 PM · #44

...tells you to edit the registry, but then gives you a paragraph of warnings that sound like the side effects list on advertised prescription drugs.

04/08/2005 07:41:00 PM · #45

Originally posted by Britannica:

Originally posted by kpriest:
Never heard of Snood ...

Snood -- an adictive little game.

David

Just what I don't need - another addiction. :)

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/08/2005 07:43:00 PM · #46

...is just imaginary.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

04/08/2005 07:52:40 PM · #47

...gets pirated

TooCool

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/08/2005 08:10:41 PM · #48

...Puts AOL icons all over your desktop after you just deleted all the AOL icons. (AOL can be spelled NetZero, Netscape, ETC.) Oh, And when it puts it's own icons on the desktop, the sytem tray, the start button and the tool bar. How many ways do you need to start one program?