On Dec 16, 1:12 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > A triple today... > > 1) Found at MS's support website. This was accessed with Safari, unmodified. > [Read it in your best Darth Vader impression]: > > "I find your lack of competence...disturbing" > <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/competence_not.png> > > 2) Why is the Office updater so amazingly stupid? You run it, it finds a big > office update, installs it and then tells you there are no more updates. So > you reboot and run it again and magically it finds one newer update. Rinse > and Repeat. > > 2a) And hasn't Microsoft ever heard of 'combo updates'? > > 3) Who in their right mind uses such a gargantuan kludge like Outlook anyway? > > (As you may have guessed, someone came in today "Outlook just crashes > whenever I try to start it. All my email, addresses, calendar and todo lists > are in that app!" > > [headdesk] "See, here's all your eggs. Now I take this rickety basket with > holes in the bottom and put them all in it. Now I dangle it thirty feet above > above a busy freeway...." > > Amazingly this time it wasn't a database gone foo...it was the whole thing. > And since you cannot re-apply Office updates, you have to delete all of > office...by hand because $@#!$%@ Microsoft got rid of the 'get rid of Office' > tool..and re-install from the ground up.)
Contrary to popular belief, Windows users are usually more computer clueless than Mac users. FWIW, everything I know about computers and software (including PCs and Windows) I learned AFTER I switched to Macs, not too many years ago. So now, even though what I know is not really much, I'm my friends' IT guy --they ALL live in the Castle Arrrrrgggghhhh... HTH, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
