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microsoft funnies
« on: July 03, 2004, 11:48:18 am »
well, ive finally reformatted my hard drive. waited a month for the os (post office had it for 3 weeks but didnt bother telling me). for the last three months my computer has been switching itself off and on whenever it feels. i was so sure i had some sort of virus or os problem so i got a genuine os to fix it. a tech guy told me today that my prob was more than likely caused by a faulty internal modem. so ive binned the useless piece of crap and all seems to be well. it really sucks that machines dont even last 4 months before something goes wrong with it. im just thankful hp dont make aircraft. i dont think ive wasted money though because its nice to be able to reformat when you want.
 so whats the point of my story? well, for so long i wanted to blame microsoft for my problems and now its turned out not to be the case. but i still love to hate them! more fun than hating hp. its like when i learnt that dubya really DID learn to fly (and f104 jets at that) i still prefered to think of him as a moron  :D . so heres a pic i found a while ago. feel free to contribute something in the same vein!


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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2004, 11:50:32 am »
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2004, 11:57:24 am »
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2004, 02:14:45 pm »
I agree on hating M$ and HP...

I've got 3 HP's that run on Win 98 and one on XP. One Win 98 system is currently an active MAME with the other 2 as future projects.. The XP system is my current internet PC, but once I get my custom PC built (next year most likely), then this one's going into the MAME system I currently have (since it plays NBA JAM better than the others).

With the majority of the problems I've had with HP, I'm never buying another of their systems....  Besides, I have SO much fun building my own  ;D


As for Micro$tiff, until Linux becomes a bit easier to use, I guess I'm stuck using Winblows....
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2004, 01:56:21 am »

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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2004, 01:41:06 pm »
Sorry about my rant..... had a bad day with the wife's PC (HP Pavillion w/ Win98).....
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2004, 04:46:41 pm »
I hate my HP Pavillion, over priced piece of poo.

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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2004, 11:28:44 pm »
during the Honeymoon night, Wife tells Bill "Now I know why you call your company MicroSoft"  :o
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2004, 11:57:45 pm »
sounds like hp pavillions are not the bees knees! mine keeps shutting down whenever, a tech guy told me that sometimes the internal modem dies and causes the problem. so i took it out and the pc worked fine for a day. then it started shutting down ever more than before, sometimes after only a second after its turned on  >:( . so for now ive found that each time it plays up, i reverse the action. ie: it starts shutting down on its own, pull out the modem. it starts doing it again, put the modem back in! i tell ya, five years from now you'll need a degree in psychology to work on computers, not a degree in computing!


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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2004, 12:59:40 am »
http://rita.thegourmet.com/computers.html
There are a few good ones on there...
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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2004, 06:26:22 pm »
Here are some funnies posted by Microsoft in their knowledge database:
http://jill.jazzkeyboard.com/qarticles.html

Some of my favorites:

Q261186: Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

Q131109: Earth Rotates in Wrong Direction

Q174630: Windows Restarts Continuously with Blue Screen

Q150779: Arcade for Macintosh: Cannot Start Games, No Full-Screen Mode, Strange Mouse Behavior "When you play Missile Command in a window, missiles may fly out of the window and across the desktop."

Q253912: Out of Memory Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed "WORKAROUND: Reduce the amount of memory that is installed in your computer to 512 MB or less."

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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2004, 03:19:39 am »
sounds like hp pavillions are not the bees knees! mine keeps shutting down whenever, a tech guy told me that sometimes the internal modem dies and causes the problem. so i took it out and the pc worked fine for a day. then it started shutting down ever more than before, sometimes after only a second after its turned on  >:( . so for now ive found that each time it plays up, i reverse the action. ie: it starts shutting down on its own, pull out the modem. it starts doing it again, put the modem back in! i tell ya, five years from now you'll need a degree in psychology to work on computers, not a degree in computing!

Shuts down as in goes off or windows states "Shutting Down"?  It could be a faulty power source.  This computer I'm using had that happen where it would start and shut off in 1 second.  New PS fixed that.  BTW, my roommate's dad's HP has strange problems where "Out of Sync" would appear and then shuts down.  My advice: drag and drop your HP into the trash then build your own, it's surprisingly easy!

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Re:microsoft funnies
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2004, 05:53:58 am »
yeah, it was the power supply! got it fixed under warranty. bit scarey because i put in a second hard drive and wasnt sure if they would honour the warranty or not even though THEIR instruction book shows you how to do it!
 and yes, i have built a pc before and this time i thought 'lets treat ourselves to something new'. when i got the new computer home, the book noted that the pc may be comprised of new and remanufactured parts!! so much for new!! and i bet the power supply was one of the second hand parts...
next computer i will again build myself so i know what goes in it...


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