most annoying computer program

[theculturewarrior]

I'm going to have to say mine is Adobe Acrobat!

[philothea]

Oh, good call!

Adobe must have the suckiest programmers in the world.

Hm.

Acrobat is the lamest, most annoying program on the Linux machine, definitely. I want to calculate someday how many BILLIONS of instructions it takes to render a dang box.

On the iBook? Hmmmmmmm. Probably the terminal program which I screwed the settings up on, and now cannot figure out how to undo. It's a very low-annoyance computer in general. And I have no real reason to use the terminal progam, except to run occasional Unix builtin so I can feel geeky.

[theculturewarrior]

Actually, there are two programs I hate. Adobe Acrobat and Deep Freeze. Deep Freeze is a security program that resets the computer to the way the techie guys want it to be every day. So everything you save, and every update you put on it is erased at the end of the day.

And since Adobe is updated every five seconds .pdf's always freeze.

[Era Might]

Music Match Jukebox. The stupid thing always prevents me from shutting down. I have to manually shut it down in Task Manager, or else I get a box saying "Could not close MMJB".

[theculturewarrior]

I just use Windows Media Player, or Real Player if I have to, but WMP is my default.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='philothea' date='Nov 10 2005, 05:00 PM']Acrobat is the lamest, most annoying program on the Linux machine, definitely.  I want to calculate someday how many BILLIONS of instructions it takes to render a dang box. 
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I agree... my Linux computer HATES pdf files. I'm not a big fan of OpenOffice.org, since it takes forever to load on my computer...

On Windows computers, I don't like RealPlayer because it's always giving me silly messages and even though I tell it I don't want to run in the taskbar it still does it anyway. I don't like MSN Messenger, but it's almost impossible to uninstall.

[Laudate_Dominum]

The most annoying program on this particular computer is Windows XP.

[philothea]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Nov 10 2005, 07:06 PM']The most annoying program on this particular computer is Windows XP.
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Have you considered Linux?

[Totus Tuus]

MICROSOFT PUBLISHER!!!!!!!!!!


wow I'm starting to feel better already....

[philothea]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' date='Nov 10 2005, 07:26 PM']MICROSOFT PUBLISHER!!!!!!!!!!
wow I'm starting to feel better already....
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Oh you poor thing!

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' date='Nov 10 2005, 07:26 PM']MICROSOFT PUBLISHER!!!!!!!!!!
wow I'm starting to feel better already....
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Publisher IS awful. I love Quark best when it comes to publishing programs. Although even Pagemaker is a vast improvement over Publisher.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Nov 10 2005, 07:06 PM']The most annoying program on this particular computer is Windows XP.
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[Dreamweaver]

I gotta say the GIMP... For some "smart" reason I decided to set it as the default image/photo program. If I'm lucky, I'm able to get it to run, after 5 minutes of loading stuff. If I'm unlucky, the whole thing freezes up. CTRL+ALT+DEL, how I love you.

[philothea]

[quote name='Dreamweaver' date='Nov 10 2005, 09:37 PM']I gotta say the GIMP... For some "smart" reason I decided to set it as the default image/photo program. If I'm lucky, I'm able to get it to run, after 5 minutes of loading stuff. If I'm unlucky, the whole thing freezes up. CTRL+ALT+DEL, how I love you. 
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GIMP for Windows was a bad idea. Isn't there some way you can change the default?

(I can't remember anything about Windows.)

[Proud2BCatholic139]

Stupid computer programs my sister downloads.

[geo]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 10 2005, 08:32 PM']On Windows computers, I don't like RealPlayer because it's always giving me silly messages and even though I tell it I don't want to run in the taskbar it still does it anyway. 
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Good call, I hate RealPlayer. I was a fan when they first started, but they have become the kings of nasty programs.

[scardella]

On computers that I work on:
Meditech, virii/malware/evilware/spyware/junkware/trojans

On my computer:
Work (Win XP): Remedy Ticket System, IE, command prompt, the OS....
Home (Mac OS X): Umm.... Browser irregularities??
Linux: Anything not installable as a package.

[philothea]

[quote name='scardella' date='Nov 10 2005, 10:42 PM']Linux: Anything not installable as a package.
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Wuss. :

What's wrong with broken dependencies, searching endlessly for the right versions, downloading libraries, and trying to figure out where to put all the dratted parts?

Some people have no sense of adventure...

[kaidoh]

idk i dont use my computer alot

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='philothea' date='Nov 11 2005, 01:21 AM']Wuss.  :

What's wrong with broken dependencies, searching endlessly for the right versions, downloading libraries, and trying to figure out where to put all the dratted parts? 

Some people have no sense of adventure...

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I have literally spent entire days trying to install ONE piece of software on Linux.