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WORST PC Software Ever Made *Nominations* (pg. 5)
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| joeh152 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
Well as TOTY is happening, i thought of this idea. many, prolly 9/10 get fuming with the pc atleast once a month and normally its the same stuff that strikes u down.
My nominations are:
RealOne Player (aka Real Player) - You have no choice, no other proggie supports .ram files (internet streaming) so without it u cant stream. This program takes over the computer, making it play everything u have on it, its prolly tried to load word files in the past! and even when u remove all them, it likes to pop up in the corner "realone messsage center", pure class :rolleyes:
Direct Connection Software: Both versions of this are the biggest pieces of ing ive ever seen, its stupid, its like theyve been designed by a 5 year old.
Theres my two, if enough complain (come on!!!!) we'll have heats and see what sucks :D |
I have Real Player 8 Plus & Real Jukebox 2 Plus, and now real put loads of real one adverts in them, telling me to upgrade.
If I had actually paid for them, rather than just use a keygen i would be pretty pissed. |
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| undertensecond |
real player for sure!
i never use it! |
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| sand her k |
i never had problems with windows xp.. i mean how the 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, |
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| k.k.d. |
| 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 ;( |
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| Blue. |
| 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...
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Then why was I getting them before on my dads computer? No settings were changed because my dad knows -all about computers. |
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| 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... |
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| Blue. |
| 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. |
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| DJ Chrono |
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. |
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| liquidxxd |
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 |
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| Coup |
| 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. |
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| AussieTrance |
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 - full stuff
Best -
Norton Antivirus - Saved my butt plenty of times over the years :D
| quote: | | winrar - wtf, just zip it up |
I thought WinRAR had better compression than winzip :confused: |
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| Dj_ExOn |
Gator
Bonzi Buddy
Win 98
Realplayer
AOL |
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