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Reply 41 of 258, by bjwil1991

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"That must be uh... That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet." - Bill Gates when Windows 98 crashed during a presentation on the news

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1PwrHVOYCQ

"Remember: Turn your computer off before midnight on 12/31/99" - BestBuy sticker

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Reply 45 of 258, by bjwil1991

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"Jim shakes his head and says..." - Police Quest II: The Vengeance (when you done messed up, A-A-ron!)

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Reply 49 of 258, by bjwil1991

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"Dell PCs use Intel Pentium 4 Processors" - Dell TV adverts

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Reply 51 of 258, by bjwil1991

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"Computing without limits" - Kingston Technology Corporation

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Reply 52 of 258, by Jo22

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"Never touch a running system." (aka "Never change a running system.")

"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 53 of 258, by Intel486dx33

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"It is Safe to turn off your computer"

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Reply 55 of 258, by Kerr Avon

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"Keyboard not found, press F1 to continue".

and the evergreen classic:

"Error".

Two Windows error messages (the first one did sort of make sense, if you took it to be asking you to plug in a keyboard, and then press F1 to continue booting Windows), but the second message, which could apply to various programs, wasn't exactly useful, since "Error" was the entire text of the error box. Yes, really easy to diagnose what caused that error, thanks Microsoft.

It's like when you try to delete a file, and Windows tells you that it can't delete the file as it's currently in use, and advises you to close down any program that might be using that file and try (to delete the file) again. You know, when it would be fifteen thousand times more useful if Windows told you what program was using the file, but given that Microsoft don't even like adding in stuff that users have wanted for years, like a Windows function for printing a folder's contents (with user defined specifications), or being able to copy and paste the text from an error box, perhaps it's not surprising that Windows is unwilling to share any information with you that might help you solve the problem.

Reply 56 of 258, by doaks80

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"John Romero's about to make you his bitch. Suck it down."

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Reply 57 of 258, by SW-SSG

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Kerr Avon wrote:

... but the second message, which could apply to various programs, wasn't exactly useful, since "Error" was the entire text of the error box. Yes, really easy to diagnose what caused that error, thanks Microsoft.

True to form, Win10's setup routine can sometimes show a very similar message.

Reply 58 of 258, by Intel486dx33

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Kerr Avon wrote:

"Keyboard not found, press F1 to continue".

and the evergreen classic:

"Error".

Yeah, How are you suppose to press F1 if keyboard is not connected ?