Journal richie2000's Journal: LATER! 1
Windows' new background update service is really getting on my nerves. I. Want. To. Restart. LATER! I DON'T want to have my computer asking me every five fucking minutes if it's OK to restart. What, my computer's got Alzheimer's now? Can't remember what I answered when it asked me the same stupid question just now? I'll restart Windows when I'm fucking good and ready to restart Windows. Get it? Stop stealing focus when I'm writing!
I'll be coming over to Redmond soon, asking around for the idiot that came up with this "feature". I'll be packing a friend. It will be listed as an "enforced Darwin award" on the autopsy. The jury will want my autograph. There will be websites singing my praise. (There's a bit of video. Watch it. It's disturbing as all hell and still oddly satisfying.)
Oh god... (Score:2)
Fucking MusicMatch Jukebox...updating that thing is an awful, awful pain in the ass, and EVERY SINGLE FREAKING TIME I launch it now it asks if I want to update to a new version. Hmm... here's a clue: NO! Last time I did that I had to spend 15 or 20 minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't launch any of the online content like the radio.
It's just an IE shell running a lot of scripting.. I'm going to have to dig through the code eventually and see if I can figure out how to disable it. I was watching it