Seriously messed up Computer message screens

[XRaiderV1]

http://forums.blitwise.com/forums/showthread.php?p=37535#post37535
find post 1601, read, read the rants by yours truly, and then come back, and post screenshots of any seriously messed up computer message screens here, please.

[Pyrobellum]

Very much agreed. One of my friends had a really bad time attempting to uninstall norton. His internet provider included their own antivirus/firewall with their service, but because Norton wasn't in total control of the computer's internet connection, it decided to shut it off in 10-minute intervals. Let me find that thread, and then I'll post it.

[Pyrobellum]

Alright, I was going to transcribe it by hand, but it's too long. I'll be posting .pdf files of that thread.

GRAH! What kind of attachment limit is 19.5 kb!? *shakes fist*
Fine, hosting stuff on filefront.
Hosted on Filefront. (http://files.filefront.com/Norton+Threadzip/;8812641;/fileinfo.html)
The file is 500 kb, and it's a .zip with 3 .pdf documents inside.

[blue_moon]

My favorite error was a computer from 2000 with Win XP installed on it. It is crap at this day and age, plus its been abused by all the Business Shop students. Most of the same kind run fine in that class, and they are all the same. However, I booted up, logged on and it was going painfully slow. After fifteen minutes, I was almost logged on. After 30, I was logged on. I then got an error message saying "explorer.exe is corrupted." Sorry, don't have a screen.

[Rex Nex]

We will continue the Norton talk in here, I just now relized you were all talking to me

http://i24.tinypic.com/29xjic4.png








Now, please dont say this is edited. I didnt do anything to it, MSPAINT is open to save it as a png file for uploading.

[ekoz]

...:D

[Pyrobellum]

No worries, I know you have to open image editing to save screen shots for windows. I think this is a rather humorous screenshot...
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9370/iemayhemnz3.jpg
Nothing to do with norton, but still... a tribute to how you can mess up your web browsing capabilities.

[ekoz]

why do you have a monkey juggling coconuts? is it insane, or are you?

[blue_moon]

Thats basically one of those virus ridden pieces of crap that say what you type. I know about that one, someone installed it one a computer in fourth grade at school.

[XRaiderV1]

No worries, I know you have to open image editing to save screen shots for windows. I think this is a rather humorous screenshot...
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9370/iemayhemnz3.jpg
Nothing to do with norton, but still... a tribute to how you can mess up your web browsing capabilities.

what the fezz???

real convoluted screen there.

on the subject of norton, friend of mine with an XP pro equipped laptop tried to uninstall Norton, and it took his windows installation down with it, took him the better part of 3 weeks to hunt down drivers and whatnot, and he still has the occasional odd glitch, i think he somedays, honestly wants to take the laptop and the box with the norton crap down to the army target range, and well, you get the general idea here, I presume?

[ekoz]

and why, oh why, do you want to meet sexy singles? oh wait. THAAATTTSS why...your a pimp, dude...

[Rex Nex]

MSN homepage, wimp!

god I cant find any more...

[XRaiderV1]

seriously bent.........................

[ekoz]

????

[XRaiderV1]

means angry beyond words

[Pyrobellum]

That's not actually a screenshot from my computer, it was taken from this article (http://www.windows-noob.com/review/ie7/) where a guy tried to crash ie7 by packing it full of toolbars, spyware, etc, etc.

[Skix]

I Have a screen shot of my computer saying there was 400 Quadrillion or so minutes left for copying...

I'll see if I can find it...

[Everlast]

and why, oh why, do you want to meet sexy singles? oh wait. THAAATTTSS why...your a pimp, dude...

That reminded me of something funny last week. My family and I were coming back from a restaraunt and we drove by a cheap motel, and guess what kind of person was standing next to the building! A pimp! And I don't mean like "that guy is so pimpin", I mean, he was a real pimp. He had the coat, the hat with the feather, about the only thing he didn't have was a pimpmobile. I think he was waiting on his girls because he kept looking around the corner at the motel rooms. But yeah that was wierd, never thought I would ever see a real pimp.

[XRaiderV1]

lol

off topic a bit, but funny

[blue_moon]

That's not actually a screenshot from my computer, it was taken from this article (http://www.windows-noob.com/review/ie7/) where a guy tried to crash ie7 by packing it full of toolbars, spyware, etc, etc.
I could do worse, but that does say IE 7 is very secure. For idiots.

[Rex Nex]

:/ IE is acctually very good... maybe not as good as Mozilla, but it packs a punch.

[blue_moon]

Its just I don't like having more than one internet window up at the same time. Firefox does that for me. Tabs. Its genius. Everything opens in a tab. Sure, IE7 has tabs but you have to middle click all the time. You can click on an external link in IE7 and it will open in a new window.

[Rex Nex]

Its that inconviniant to middle click? Takes what, .3 of a second?

[blue_moon]

No, its just I don't know what links open up in new windows and which don't. So middle clicking everything would make me have thousands of tabs. Plus, you can't middle click links in flash.

[Rex Nex]

Ok I get your point.


Since you hate IE, Ill just set you uo on netscape!

[blue_moon]

No thank you. Firefox pwns. End of story.
That reminds of one week ago. I just got the mod tools for an online game called slime online. Everything on the internet was slow. When I tried to upon Firefox again, it would take forever. Turned out a file was corrupted. I uninstalled FF and went back to IE. I couldn't take the punishment, and I installed FF again.

[Rex Nex]

Wish I had FF....

[Pyrobellum]

Firefox is easy to get. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Download links are there. Customization is through the roof for this thing.

[TurtleTuck]

Firefox IS the Shiz, roughly speaking.

[XRaiderV1]

customization is seriously outta hand in firefox, exerything from skins, themes, add-ons, and plug-ins, and a thousand times more secure than even IE7, which, far as I can tell, still has enough security holes in it to drive a dump truck through, several, actually, side by side, no less.

fire fox indeed does pwn, in the world of the internet browser, Firefox is king.

________________________________________________
shishino -Red vs. Blue, that -insert name here- computer.

[XRaiderV1]

My favorite error was a computer from 2000 with Win XP installed on it. It is crap at this day and age, plus its been abused by all the Business Shop students. Most of the same kind run fine in that class, and they are all the same. However, I booted up, logged on and it was going painfully slow. After fifteen minutes, I was almost logged on. After 30, I was logged on. I then got an error message saying "explorer.exe is corrupted." Sorry, don't have a screen.

blue moon, anyone at that school of yours ever hear of this fine and dandy for speeding up slow computers called windows DEFRAG?!?

cause, something tells me the answer to that is no.

[blue_moon]

Yes, but keep in mind that the users of these 60 or so computers are girls with no knowledge of the computer set aside the Microsoft office suite. The kids who can defrag a computer correctly are in CS/IT (computer science/internet tech.).
far as I can tell, still has enough security holes in it to drive a dump truck through, several, actually, side by side, no less.
Oh... Please elaborate. Aside from the security being set to off after downloading a tool bar, I see none. I am defending IE because it is very decent, I just hate when something is said with no fact behind it (like a Mac ad saying Windows can't make movies, and when it does, they look ugly). I'm not saying your are making stuff up, but I just want to make sure you aren't

[Rex Nex]

I cant get firefox, cuz my parents say that have a lot of stuff that only works on IE7... but..

*Downloads, sets in my folder*
I can just use it anyway!



IE is teh1337pwnage, FF is Teh1337pwnageownage.

[XRaiderV1]

simply by installing a couple plug-ins, one can get just about all the functionality of IE, but without the security holes.

and the vast majority of software I use, and most of the sites I visit load just fine in firefox.

whoever says differently either is ignorant of change, or just plain hasnt even tried firefox.

have them at least try it, post their opinions here, and, if they still dont like it, its simple enough to go back to IE.

[Rex Nex]

Ya Im using IE again... :/

But it aint FF's fault, its just I have been using IE for years..

[XRaiderV1]

loose IE's short cuts, pretend it doesnt even exist, IE is the spawn of the devil himself!

[Pyrobellum]

Oh come on. Firefox is great because of how you can customize it and its reputation for security, but the internet is still the internet. For the most part, firefox and internet explorer handle web pages exactly the same. I have never found a page that won't load in IE (Before I went to Mac that is). Can't speak for security because I'm not much in the way of web development or security.

[XRaiderV1]

I cant get firefox, cuz my parents say that have a lot of stuff that only works on IE7... but..

*Downloads, sets in my folder*
I can just use it anyway!



IE is teh1337pwnage, FF is Teh1337pwnageownage.

rex nex, bring me an example of something that your folks say will only function on IE, I will either find a way to make it work in fire fox, find something just as effective, if not better, or say i cant, and you can call me a brainless noob if i fail.

[XRaiderV1]

Yes, but keep in mind that the users of these 60 or so computers are girls with no knowledge of the computer set aside the Microsoft office suite. The kids who can defrag a computer correctly are in CS/IT (computer science/internet tech.).

Oh... Please elaborate. Aside from the security being set to off after downloading a tool bar, I see none. I am defending IE because it is very decent, I just hate when something is said with no fact behind it (like a Mac ad saying Windows can't make movies, and when it does, they look ugly). I'm not saying your are making stuff up, but I just want to make sure you aren't

try how at one point, not even 15 minutes after a fresh windows install, while trying to get firefox, i kpet getting pop up after pop up, and then avg started screaming its fool head off, and I had the security settings at their highest.

this was 1 year ago, while I still had dialup, no less.

obviously, I havent touched internet explorer since.

[Pyrobellum]

Rex Nex, it's true: I have encountered exactly 2 pages in about 2 years of web browsing that firefox will not load, and those were both flash-packed pages from starcraft2.com. If you parents think it won't work on firefox, they don't know much about the internet.

[XRaiderV1]

no offense rex nex, but I agree with my esteemed colleague on this one

[blue_moon]

Um... What security holes does IE 7 have? I have not noticed one. In fact, IE does have the bar that says when something is trying to download or when there's a pop-up. All the pop-ups I get actually are with fire fox. I still like FF better by the tabbing.

[XRaiderV1]

try simply by browsing, all kinds of things slip in past the safety systems, or lack there of with regards to IE.

also, ever see IE get corrupted? almost impossible to fix, short of a full reinstall, Fire fox does not suffer from this, because its not ntegrated into windows the way IE is, simple uninstall/reinstall usually fixes any problems associated with doing something dumb in firefox.

at least in my experience, anyway.

[blue_moon]

Thats my only other complaint about IE. Once, it got corrupted and the computer would freeze randomly. We reinstalled IE 7, and the computer was fine. I admit, there were some pop ups with IE, but not much. Exactly what slips by in IE7?

[???revived]

Firefox goes too slowly on my computer when compared to IE7.

[blue_moon]

Here's one thing bad about FF, it loads png's slowly. And, it loads them every time it needs to, unlike IE which saves them to a temp folder.

[Pyrobellum]

Ugh, lost my post when I closed my computer. Curses on protected college networks! >.<
Anyways, I'm not willing to collect links again, but a quick google search seems to think there's a lot of security holes (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=IE7+Security+holes&btnG=Google+Search).
Speaking of security, it would really be a good idea to download NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722) if you have firefox. It blocks scripts by default until you whitelist the domain site. Most sites have exactly zero problem running without their scripts. To quote one guy, "It makes you wonder what those scripts were doing if they weren't integral to the functioning of the website." For the most part, it's stuff like googleanalytics.com, but it never hurts.

[blue_moon]

The only two security holes are drive by viruses, which I believe can be received by FF too, and some mhtml which isn't that much of a security hole.

[XRaiderV1]

Thats my only other complaint about IE. Once, it got corrupted and the computer would freeze randomly. We reinstalled IE 7, and the computer was fine. I admit, there were some pop ups with IE, but not much. Exactly what slips by in IE7?

trojans, spyware, fezzing adware, no content filters period, I mean, who wants to see smut(polite way of saying it) when they're searching, for, say, battlestar galactica pics?

better yet, who wants a xxx-insert name here- popup tracker coming up when trying to post to gamefaqs, for example?

not to mention that it takes very little for IE to randomly change its start page, unless locked down through spybot.

just one IE session on my stepsister's old tower was enough to yeild over 2000 pieces of a mix of adware, spyware, and a few malware entries thrown in for good measure.

[blue_moon]

Dude, I've been using IE for about 2 years, and NEVER experienced any of that. I mean, some pop-ups do get through, but not many. Just as many as FF. Try going to imageshack and refreshing the page a few times :). They fixed all that stuff in IE7.

[XRaiderV1]

image shack has pop-ups up the yin yang, at least it did until I installed the ad-block plus plug in for fire fox, not quite sure how that fixed things, but it did.

[Rex Nex]

I have had IE for 13 years. Never a problem, and only had 1 virus, as I have known atleast.

[Pyrobellum]

You can also block imageshack pop-ups with noscript. Adblock totally screws up Starcraft2.com.

[XRaiderV1]

not on my system

[XRaiderV1]

3 new ones to ponder.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/internet_by_HERETICTS.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/Random_Error_by_HERETICTS.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/error_message_by_HERETICTS.png

end of daily allotment of strangeness..........................

[blue_moon]

I can make windows pop up messages on Game Maker.
WARNING: Your computer is on.
Yes No Ignore

[AJ9879872]

snap I wish i was ubber at Game Maker... oh well we can't all be talented

[Zwaken]

I wish I would have taken a screen shot of when I had a virus that made pop-ups come up like crazy, with nothing open, and I left the computer on for about 3 days without using it. I had about 150 IE windows open because all of those pop-ups. I tried closing them all, but it was taking too long, so I just turned off my computer and reformated my HD.

[AJ9879872]

one time i got a virus and...... oh wait i have a mac and they don't get virus's OWNED

[Rex Nex]

MACs have crap software and are no near as popular as windows systems.

[Everlast]

I got a virus that said "Warning you have a virus!". :anirolleyes:

[XRaiderV1]

seen it, wasnt impressed......................................... ............... still aren't....

[Pyrobellum]

Aj, down. People don't like mac users saying that. I don't like people saying that either. We all have computers, and they're not trying to sell us windows. We don't need to repeat the Mac ads. Also note that there are nolarge scale mac viruses (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/18/new-os-x-vulnerability-found-worm-released-in-lab/)

Rex, I will respectfully disagree with you on that. Although it is a response to a "Macs rule" comment, there is quality software for Macs for every possible reason you would want a computer. Yes, games are rather limited on Macintosh. Beyond that, name one genre of software that does not exist for Mac. I challenge you.

[Rex Nex]

The windows only genre...

[Skix]

Windows can totaly Pwn mac in spreadsheets...

[Pyrobellum]

There's dedicated Mac spreadsheet software (http://www.pure-mac.com/spreadsheet.html) (free) as well as a port of Microsoft Office (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=blended&field-keywords=microsoft%20office%20for%20mac&results-process=default&dispatch=search/ref=pd_sl_aw_tops-1_blended_14338096_2&results-process=default). Mac does spreadsheets.

As far as I can tell, the windows-only genre really doesn't extend beyond games.

[AJ9879872]

Windows can totaly Pwn mac in spreadsheets...
only *** ***** need speed sheets skixs, everyone knows that.

[blue_moon]

one time i got a virus and...... oh wait i have a mac and they don't get virus's OWNED
Actually, the first Mac virus was made in December, and was disguised as a jpeg.
MACs have crap software and are no near as popular as windows systems.
Kind of... They have great editing software and tons of crap like that, buit yes, they do have a gaming deficiency.
I got a virus that said "Warning you have a virus!". :anirolleyes:
That's nothing. Once I got a virus (by browsing a web page in Firefox by the way) that didn't do anything. Just sat there.
Aj, down. People don't like mac users saying that. I don't like people saying that either. We all have computers, and they're not trying to sell us windows. We don't need to repeat the Mac ads. Also note that there are nolarge scale mac viruses (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/18/new-os-x-vulnerability-found-worm-released-in-lab/)

Rex, I will respectfully disagree with you on that. Although it is a response to a "Macs rule" comment, there is quality software for Macs for every possible reason you would want a computer. Yes, games are rather limited on Macintosh. Beyond that, name one genre of software that does not exist for Mac. I challenge you.
Yes, there are many Mac viruses. However, most viruses are downloaded from game websites that offer ROMs, ROM hacking tools, free games, torrents or keygens. Then, those would be transfered by spreading the file, by email, and IM. Oh, and find a good GBA Emulator for the Mac.
only *** ***** need speed sheets skixs, everyone knows that.
Yes, a tax payer would need a spreadsheet. Good find!

[Rex Nex]

Most of us here have their computer rigged for gaming or buisness, and Windows does great in both :)

[Was It Me?]

I was a PC only user for a long time (a decent bit longer than you have been alive Rex :P ) and I recently got a Mac (a little over a year ago). I have (and use) both, although mostly my Mac if I can help it. I pretty much use my PC just for games nowadays.

I like my Mac far far better than my PC. Someone else may like PCs just as much as I like Macs. It's all preference. It's just my opinion that I like Macs, and I'm not trying to persuade (or dissuade) anyone in either direction. There are valid reasons for preferring either one.

The only Mac software deficiency I've found is games and there's definitely a lack of those (although I'm starting to see that change a little bit, I think).

"That's all I have to say about that." ;)

[Rex Nex]

Oh shush. I feel horrible enough being the youngest (active and reported) member of blitwise... Atleast I have better grammar then most kids my age..

[Skix]

and I bet Mac doesnt forget thaat it's boot drive exists like vista somtimes does does it?

[XRaiderV1]

I wouldnt know, born XP user through and through, wont catch me upgrading to Vista if I can possibly avoid it.

[Was It Me?]

... born XP user through and through...

So that makes you like what... six years old? :P

[Pyrobellum]

Gameboy emulator?

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/7239/vbazy8.png

Visualboy Advance has a great Mac OS X port. Sorry if I borked anybody's margins. Runs the same files as windows emulators. Bwahaha. I ace your challenge!

[XRaiderV1]

So that makes you like what... six years old? :P

think and say what you will, it doesnt matter to me at all, cause in the end, we are all entitled to an opinion, now, I'm going back to my more or less one sided slaughter of a brainless level 7 cpu, lol.

have a pleasant evening. :cool:

[blue_moon]

@ pyro:
Since when did they make a VBA for the Mac? Ok... Find a Gamecube emulator then.

[Pyrobellum]

On it. Although this does fall under the realm of gaming, where we have already acknowledged Macs are limited. Although I suppose a windows dual-boot is the ultimate trump card O.o

[Pyrobellum]

Task finished (http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Games/gcube.shtml)

[blue_moon]

Whoa... Thanks. You convinced me that once Game Maker is made for the Mac, I'm buying it. There are no GCube emulators that will work with almost every game on the PC. There is also Unity3D, and Adobe Aftereffects and tons of software.
Just as a note... I haven't gotten any real weird computer screens.

[Everlast]

I am not surprised about the Mac emulator stuff, mainly because of this...

Emulators ON the Xbox (http://www.xbox-scene.com/software/software.php?page=emulators)

[Was It Me?]

think and say what you will, it doesnt matter to me at all, cause in the end, we are all entitled to an opinion, now, I'm going back to my more or less one sided slaughter of a brainless level 7 cpu, lol.

have a pleasant evening. :cool:

I think you did not understand me. I was saying that you must be six or less years old if you were a "born XP user", because XP was released Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001. :D

Not insulting you. Just a joke. :P

[blue_moon]

It could have also meant that when he was born, he innately was deft at using Windows XP, even though it didn't exist yet.

[Rex Nex]

Or, that his mom is a XP...

[XRaiderV1]

easy, I can hear you, you know, words can be as sharp as a blade.

[Pyrobellum]

Rawr (http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/mark2/Accord-Final.gif). I did not know that Gamemaker was for Mac.

[blue_moon]

Rawr (http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/mark2/Accord-Final.gif). I did not know that Gamemaker was for Mac.
Its coming out for Mac.

[XRaiderV1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/Emoticons/Anim_ufpspin.gif
NECRO POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/Emoticons/th1dad769a.gif
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee316/usbaums/data.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ace1701e/Emoticons/th1dad769a.gif

(seriously overloaded on the animated pics, lol)

[Red_Cracker]

Youve posted that simly on loads of theard.

[Samail]

That was awesome. :D
(The larger GIF)

Youve posted that simly on loads of theard.

I'm assuming that's bad.

[Red_Cracker]

I meant thread.

[Samail]

I meant thread.So he puts smilies into piles of string?

[XRaiderV1]

it fit, and that gif was soo funny