UK rail lines blocked by unexpected Windows dialog box (MS-Office uninstall nukes display)

The Register ^ | Nov 8, 2018 | Richard Speed

[dayglored]

Ummm, oopsie!

[dayglored]

Windows as a service, sort of ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[dayglored]

It's been a while since we poked fun at Windows for its propensity for inappropriate messaging dialogs. This one is pretty funny, although tame compared to the occasional 30-foot-wide BSODs on downtown advertising displays.

[grey_whiskers]

I found one on the display for a gas pump in town over the summer...

[mass55th]

LOL!! Sent the link to my oldest son. He used to be a Conrail dispatcher.

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

Windows has always been perfect for me, in all versions.

/s

[mabarker1]

You have reached the end of the Internet and Broken IT (That’s I.T.) and now You must Relo...

SYSTEM HAS AN UNRECOVERABLE FAT ON: HDD001,002,003,004.

Now is a good time for You to have Tea, Crumpets and Orange Marmalade.

[RebelTex]

Pray that our Minuteman missiles are not controlled by computers running Windows 10. Would not appreciate a nuke war started by MS forced updates.

(Shirley our more modern missiles and nukes are not on win-doze)

/s

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

A fun addition to the morning news, amidst all the reports of cheatin’ Democrats.

DANG!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yah, I picked a bad time to stop smokin’ crack.

[Hazwaste]

I feel bad for the IT guy who did the task deployment. He’s got to be catching all kinds of flak.

[Chode]

Win-10 update, right?

[cymbeline]

Someone that did software that controlled the routing of London buses said a bug once caused all buses to converge on the train station. Caused a huge jam-up.

[Jimmy The Snake]

Having had a 35 year IT Career and being a part of innovation and worked with some bright people that created some things you use every day, I am so disappointed in Windows as it set the expectation with users that problems and crashes are expected and normal. Back in our day we made things dependable.

[mabarker1]

I have no idea.

[rockrr]

My shop decided to “upgrade” everything from Office 2010 Standard to Office 2010 Pro Plus. Mind you, they’re hard into the migration process to Win-10 but due to so many software incompatibility issues that ain’t going so well.

So they scripted a deployment of Pro Plus - and managed to break 30% of existing installs in the process. Workers are left with email clients that won’t connect, missing programs, or the entire Office suite gone.

It’s been a laff riot.

[miliantnutcase]

As an IT person I’ve had this happen when sending out a mass install/uninstall in which I thought was silent... because I tested it 10 times previously.

[dayglored]

> Someone that did software that controlled the routing of London buses said a bug once caused all buses to converge on the train station. Caused a huge jam-up.

Awesome! /s

One almost might think it wasn't actually a bug...

[Still Thinking]

WAAD - Windows As A Disservice

[Still Thinking]

Would you like....to play...a game?