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Things that annoy me when installing software

Here’s area a few things that really annoy me when installing new software on Windows. Applications that: Add their icons to the QuickLaunch toolbar in Windows. Yes! I’m looking at you iTunes and QuickTime. Fill up my My Documents folder … Continue reading

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Secret

I’m going to let you into a wee secret: when installing new software I normally don’t read the end-user licence agreement; I normally just click OK or Next.

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Like an explosion at PC World

I’ve just spent an evening of migrating the last few grains of data from old PC to new, unplugging everything under the desk and removing the old PC, attacking the dusty space with a Dyson, then rebuilding the new machine … Continue reading

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Why did my webcam have to install its software twice?!

I just installed the drivers and software for my new webcam, the infeasibly long-titled Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro. Here’s what happened: I inserted the CD-ROM Ran the installation application Selected to install everything Waited while everything installed – … Continue reading

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