| Another Strike Against Vista... (Snerk) |
by shadowsystems |
2007-07-25 22:34:35 |
My friend's mom decided she wanted to run Vista, so asked her son to put it on her computer.
She goes to all the trouble of buying Vista Home Ultra Premium Super Deluxe Mega Uber edition (what-ever the $500 edition is for Home), he spends a day backing up all her old data, making sure they can restore to a known-good-image of her XP system, then installs Vista.
The first thing he tries to set up for her is email, and her $500 copy of Windows Vista Mail...
...won't check her free Hotmail account.
XD BAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahaha....
OMG, the curses coming out of the livingroom when he came to that lovely "error message" made me glad I was out in the garage.
I go in to find out what all the screaming is about, notice the message on the screen, and had to turn right back around to leave the room.
My lower lip may be bleeding from the effort it took not to start laughing right there.
(That would NOT have been good for my health... hehehe)
Hotmail email account you've had since before MS bought the service ... $0
Windows Vista Ultimate ... $500
Not being able to use one with the other ... PRICELESS!
(Falls over, clutching my sides, laughing so hard it hurts.)
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So what was the error message? (n/t) | by AlanTwo | 2007-07-25 22:36:32 |
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Hold on, lemme go check... | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 22:52:40 |
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Yep, that's Vista for you. | by AlanTwo | 2007-07-25 22:56:07 |
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They lie... =J | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 22:56:48 |
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*snicker* | by AlanTwo | 2007-07-25 22:57:45 |
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Gmail offers POP3, so does Yahoo, and probably | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 22:58:33 |
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I know they do, but MS is aritificially | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 23:06:22 |
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And why should MS support non-standard ways of | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 23:09:44 |
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New? Non-standard? | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 23:28:27 |
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I said "new to me". | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 23:39:54 |
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It's not an artificial limitation | by Arachnid | 2007-07-25 23:23:55 |
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Yes it is. OE has been able to do it since 1996. | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 23:35:48 |
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Reality check: | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 23:44:35 |
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And here's a workaround | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 23:00:16 |
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Yup yup yup! HotPop FTW! =D | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 23:11:35 |
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Strange. Windows Mail could handle my Gmail | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-25 22:36:41 |
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Confirmed. =) | by shadowsystems | 2007-07-25 22:55:26 |
