On 19/04/07, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly: > On 19/04/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> No cancel button. I even have a screenshot of it doing that to _me_ >> once: about a week before I moved over to Linux for good. I'll gladly >> send you the screenshot. It's in Hebrew, but you can clearly see there >> is no Cancel button. And I find it hard to believe that Windows in >> English has a cancel button when Hebrew does not. >> > > Here is one: > http://dotancohen.com/windowssucks.png > translation: Your computer update is almost finished. In order to > activate this update your computer must be restarted. Windows will > automatically restart your computer in 3:56 minutes. > Note that the "Restart Later" button is greyed out and unclickable. > > And another: > http://dotancohen.com/ihatewindows.png > translation: Windows downloaded and installed an important security > update that will help protect your computer. This update requires an > automatic restart of your computer. > > About a week after these, I was already using Fedora for everything > but photo organizing. It took me another year to discover F-Spot and > recycle the Windows partition. OK, you weren't running as a user with administrative privs
Oh, I didn't realize that I was supposed to be an admin in regular use. Apparently my professor didn't realize that either. How dumb we are. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/57/barenaked_ladies.html http://network-cartoon.com
