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[Nitestick]

i created this thread to discuss the idiosynchrosies of computers. i was just wondering what the most annoying random occurences people have had while working with a pc...in particular while fixing a pc.

mine is recently while performing a backup and clean install for a friend (his pc couldn't even format for some reason so i had to format in my rig) my computer decided to reject win xp. after exhausting almost every possibility (fortunately i had just managed to get my friends pc working again) i decided to just slave my drive in to his pc, restore his files and while i was at it leave a backup of my important files on his pc and run a clean install on my computer. after all this had been done and i had made a few final preparations i was about to format when i forgot to put in my bootdisk and miraculously my pc worked!!! im happy i didnt have to go through with it but still annoyed as hell

 

[Calzinger]

My biggest issue basically is Windows. I thought building this new pc would fix many of the problems I have had with my old computer only to find out that constant crashing (that error report trash) continues because of the OS.

Even with a very powerful PC, you can still run into huge problems and crashing because of the simple workflow of Windows.

Why do I use it? Well, why do you use it?

 

[Nitestick]

hehe lol. that is so true. thats why i multi-boot. its harder for m$ to drag me under when i run on three different os's depending on how i feel. plus there is always my live-cd distro of linux just in case it all goes pear shaped i got that to fall back on

 

[Trotter]

I can understand why you posted this in Hardware, but it really belongs in Off Topic.

Thread moved.

 

[dario03]

The position of jumpers and front panel connectors on my motherboard sit right next to the case and is such a pain to get everything in the right spot. Especially since whoever labeled my connectors at the factory switched half of them around

 

[diabloII]

people who have sh-t load of dust in their computer case and expect me to clean it out for them before i try to fix it

annd..crappy ram that gets 1000000000's of errors

 

[Tboltness]

The porn I wanted to download kept saying "File is corrupt."

 

[GameGURU]

Windows Media Player sucks royal ****.

 

[joshd]

smelly "please insert the correct colume" dialog that does not go away, however many times you click ok, forcing you to restart.

 

[Apokalipse]

the constant restarting.
"you have moved your mouse, please restart for the changes to take effect"