WORST PC Software Ever Made *Nominations*

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Posted by sand her k on Jan-12-2003 19:52:

i never had problems with windows xp.. i mean how the fuck can you?

are you using software from afghanistan or something.. wtf..

xp is the most compatible os i have seen up to date.. out of 95, 98, ME,

Posted by k.k.d. on Jan-12-2003 23:23:

quote:
There's a blue screen on Windows XP? LMAO, I can't believe this but I have never seen it.

Cause.. umm.. Microsoft disables it (instead the OS is set up to auto-reboot if a fatal error occurs)... You can reenable it in System advanced options though...

Also, I disagree (hehe) with some of the nominations here, including edonkey (godliest p2p alive!), real (which was always a good player except in its 6th incarnation), Quicktime (limited on Windows machine, though does get a thumb down for lack of *nix version)...

My nominations for this year are:

1) Rational Rose 2002.. <- Worst software engeneering case I've seen..
2) Sicstus (Linux version) <- don't you hate when you can't access previous commands?
3) Windows Telnet <- ditto...
4) MS Office <- bloatware... though not quite this year's ;(

Posted by Blue. on Jan-13-2003 01:04:

quote:
Originally posted by k.k.d.
Cause.. umm.. Microsoft disables it (instead the OS is set up to auto-reboot if a fatal error occurs)... You can reenable it in System advanced options though...

Then why was I getting them before on my dads computer? No settings were changed because my dad knows fuck-all about computers.

Posted by k.k.d. on Jan-13-2003 01:52:

Sorry, but it is impossible to get a Blue Screen Of Death on a standartly configured ("stock") Windows XP... Either your dad uses another version of Windows, or he IMPLICITLY enabled fatal errors reports...

Posted by Blue. on Jan-13-2003 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by k.k.d.
Sorry, but it is impossible to get a Blue Screen Of Death on a standartly configured ("stock") Windows XP... Either your dad uses another version of Windows, or he IMPLICITLY enabled fatal errors reports...

He had just bought the computer and I installed XP Pro on it. There was some hardware conflicitons and I'd get a blue screen with white words on the top left hand corner of it.

Posted by DJ Chrono on Jan-13-2003 04:00:

If there was as a BEST PC softwear Ever Made *Nominations* thread, the programs below would win just for keeping everything in order.

You just gotta keep your computer in good condition:

Run a good defrager like O&O Defrag Server Edition. Trust me if I dont defrag atleast once every 2 months my computer peaks around 75% fragmented.

Run Norton Utils regularly. Always new problems popping up to be fixed. You run that prog once a week and your windows will run soo smoothly (xp especially. it's not bad for 98.. but it can't fix all it's problems lol).

Have a good firewall up. I use zonealarm pro. I've blocked 327 intrutions with zonealarm, and kept my computer a secure environment.

And have a good antivirus. Norton 2003 is a beauty. I've identified and isolated 4 or 5 virus with norton. Detects them immediately and alerts me right away.

Posted by capricorn15 on Jan-13-2003 04:23:

spyware - slows your computer down like a bitch
gator - sucks
commonname - sucks
real player - sucks
quick time - hate it
winrar - wtf, just zip it up

Posted by Coup on Jan-13-2003 08:19:

quote:
Originally posted by liquidxxd
winrar - wtf, just zip it up

haha nice one, i never saw a point to this program. atleast if youre gona make a program, have a purpose, the purpose of real player was streaming audio, zips already exist so wtf the point of .rar was i have no clue.

Posted by AussieTrance on Jan-13-2003 09:59:

Worst -

Kazaa - millions of users and bugger all returns, always
Quicktime and Real Player - Hate them both, should just sell their technology to winamp or WMP
Bryce 5 - awesome program but the GUI is the worst ever.
Spyware/addware - work of the Bill Gates IMO - shitfull stuff

Best -

Norton Antivirus - Saved my butt plenty of times over the years

quote:
winrar - wtf, just zip it up

I thought WinRAR had better compression than winzip

Posted by ExOn on Jan-13-2003 11:03:

Gator
Bonzi Buddy
Win 98
Realplayer
AOL

Posted by Rhythm on Jan-13-2003 14:18:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
Winamp 3

no doubt

Posted by Rhythm on Jan-13-2003 14:21:

windows me!!!

Posted by mr_smidge on Jan-13-2003 14:21:

quote:
Originally posted by liquidxxd
winrar - wtf, just zip it up

It wouldn't exist without a purpose. RAR (which stands for the Russian ARchiver) achieves somewhat better compression than ZIP in somewhat worse time. Anyway, I tend to use WinRAR because I like the way it works, and it can handle pretty much any compressed format thrown at it. And as far as I remember, it always used to be better for multi-disk spanning archives too... Oh and it's self-extraction facility was always better than WinZIP's too.

Most people who aren't fully savvy with using computers never bother to look past the software they already use (or gets there first) to see if there are better alternatives. ZIP is obviously more widespread than RAR, but doesn't mean it's the best technology.. Same applies with other technologies, i.e. MP3 vs OGG, Win vs. *nix, Mozilla vs. IE etc. etc. etc.

Posted by Martin McG on Jan-13-2003 14:22:

any software with eJay at the end of it

Posted by TranceSeeker on Jan-13-2003 14:49:

Real Player!

Posted by malek on Jan-13-2003 20:03:

quote:
Originally posted by k.k.d.
Sorry, but it is impossible to get a Blue Screen Of Death on a standartly configured ("stock") Windows XP... Either your dad uses another version of Windows, or he IMPLICITLY enabled fatal errors reports...

yes you can get them

and rational rose is huge for a purpose... kiddies don't touch it j/k

Posted by Coup on Jan-14-2003 03:21:

Real Player is the winner, lol, no need for even the poll

Posted by tc-fan on Jan-14-2003 06:04:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
There's a blue screen on Windows XP? LMAO, I can't believe this but I have never seen it. Windows 98...yes that OS sucked so bad...I lost so many hard drives due to that OS it was getting out of hand.

I have no problems with XP, I can leave my computer running 24/7 and it's still stable...if I tried doing that on 98...well let's just say I don't think I could make 12 hours.

totally agree XP rocks..had my PC on for 2 weeks straigt..

Posted by Furel on Jan-14-2003 13:48:

Windows Media Player: Crashes like fuck.
Yahoo! Messenger: Useless!!!
Microsoft Binder: Does anyone use that shit?
Winamp3: Looks good, sounds horrible.
Gator stuff...

etc etc

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-14-2003 18:16:

Novell NetWare

So... fucking... bad...

Posted by ShadoWolf on Aug-16-2004 20:41:

ADOBE ACROBAT IS THE WORST PROGRAM EVER!!!!!!1111111oneoneoneeineineinunounounoununun

Posted by loconet on Aug-16-2004 20:56:

For those of you who don't like Real Player but still need to play .ram/rm files, get Media Player classic.

http://sourceforge.net/project/show...ackage_id=84358

Open Source imitation of the old Windows Media Player but with a solid list of supported media formats , compact, stable and fast.

Posted by Coup on Aug-16-2004 21:15:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
ADOBE ACROBAT IS THE WORST PROGRAM EVER!!!!!!1111111oneoneoneeineineinunounounoununun

u rebirthed this thread to slag off acrobat? acrobats mint.

Posted by ricky on Aug-16-2004 21:19:

anything made from the GAIN corporation.... If I knew how to hack into in a website and destroy a server, they would be my first target.

Posted by Orbital32 on Aug-16-2004 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Guys, RealOne Player only takes over the media types that you specify - if you're too lazy to read the prompts upon installation then that is not the programmers fault.

So far it's the only player out there that can be embedded in a webpage and can interact both ways with a java applet via javascript - and stream MP3 streams as well. (aka unknowntracks.com)

that's true. i never had a problem with real player. Of course i read through the installation

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