Your computer will restart several times during installation

by Andy Polaine on February 8, 2009

Why? Surely once is enough, if at all?

Tagged as: fail, windows

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1 Daniel February 8, 2009 at 5:45 pm: Ruddy Microsoft. I hate the warning that comes up on my XBox during its ever-so-frequent software updates – the machine may restart. May? Surely they know whether or not it’s going to do that?

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2 Andy Polaine February 8, 2009 at 9:31 pm: Yeah, the experience of installing Windoze hasn’t improved much. It still offers a million useless questions and warnings about securing your computer. Whoever came up with the name of “accelerators” for browser preferences and plug-ins in Explorer too?
3 Christian February 9, 2009 at 10:24 am: Hi Andy, I hope to read soon a Windows 7 review from you.
4 Andy Polaine February 9, 2009 at 11:03 am: That’s easy: “Could try harder”.

The impression I always get with Windows is that it desperately needs a change of corporate cultural thinking. However much polish they try to put into it, the mindset bleeds through every time and it is just an awful, awful experience.