Installing XP

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 28-07-2003 02:38

YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?

Yes.

ARE YOU REALLY SURE?

Yes.

ARE YOU REALLY REALLY SURE?

*****yes!******

OK, THEN. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ASK YOU THAT NOW. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT FOR BEING A PICKY CONSUMER AND SUPPORTING THAT WHOLE "ANTI-TRUST" NONSENSE. INGRATE.

Just get on with it.

ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP. FIRST WE NEED TO CHECK YOUR SYSTEM FOR COMPATIBILITY. THIS COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS.

Groan.

THE INSTALL PROGRAM HAS DETECTED SEVERAL POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT LET YOU INSTALL XP.

Problems? What problems?

THE VIDEO CARD YOU ARE USING APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK WITH THE MOTHERBOARD.

But I'm using it at this very moment.

THAT IS IRRELEVANT.

But if the video card isn't working with the mother board then I can't very well see this warning message telling me that the video card wasn't...

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FOOL ME WITH LOGIC, I AM A MICROSOFT PRODUCT. LOGIC DOES NOT WORK ON ME. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THE FOLLOWING MINOR ERRORS: WINDOWS XP IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING HARDWARE - MONITOR, KEYBOARD, MEMORY CHIPS, MOTHERBOARD BIOS, WEB CAM, SCANNER, SOUND CARD, USB CONTROLLER, CD/R DRIVE, MICROPHONE, AND FLIGHT STICK.

All that?

YES. AND THE HARD DRIVE IS RIGHT OUT TOO. WE DON'T LIKE THE MANUFACTURER.

Well what *DOES* work?

THE MOUSE.

The mouse?

YES. AND THE 5 1/4 DRIVE.

I don't have a 5 1/4 drive.

YES YOU DO.

No I don't.

WHAT'S THAT THEN?

It's a 3 1/2 drive.

NO IT ISN'T.

Yes it is.

YOU'RE NOT THAT SMART YOU KNOW.

Look, can you just install XP on my system and I'll download the latest drivers for everything later? Please?

WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN *YOUR* SYSTEM?

Well it is mine.

NO IT ISN'T.

It bloody well is.

NUH-UH. YOU SIGNED THE AGREEMENT WHEN YOU OPENED THE BOX. OUR SYSTEM. IT'S OURS. AND YOU CAN ONLY DO 4 CHANGES BEFORE YOU HAVE TO PAY US MORE MONEY.

But why?

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE LICENSE WORKS, IDIOT. WE CAN'T VERY WELL HAVE PEOPLE PUTTING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ON THEIR SYSTEMS ALL HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDY, NOW COULD WE? YOU USERS WOULD MUCK EVERYTHING UP, AND THEN WHERE WOULD WE BE? I'LL TELL YOU WHERE, NOWHERE. THAT'S WHERE. I... HEY, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IS THAT A DISK? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT DISK? YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE DRIVE ARE YOU? YOU ARE! WHAT'S ON THAT DISK? IS THAT DOS? YOU'RE INSTALLING DOS?? WHY WOULD YOU INSTALL DOS WHEN I AM INFINITELY MORE POWE..........

gnomeh · Post by **gnomeh** » 28-07-2003 02:57

That way of installing XP is always a sure fuckup. Heres what your should do:
1) Put in cd
2) Restart comp
3) When ask if you want to boot from disk, do so
4) Do the whole format thing that it sends you through
5) Then it makes you restart comp, when restarting...DONT boot from disk this time and when computer restarts, it will start the windows xp startup files
6) Wait for it to finish and enjoy

You probaly used the upgrade feature, which I don't know why Microsoft even added, it causes more problems than anything.

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 28-07-2003 19:29

it was just a joke

Instigator · Post by **Instigator** » 28-07-2003 19:34

lol thats what i thought:p

MeSSiaH{FCU} · Post by **MeSSiaH{FCU}** » 28-07-2003 21:26

wanna know y i love tux?

coz he's a penguin..and penguins pwn

devnull · Post by **devnull** » 28-07-2003 23:22

Agreed

f1end · Post by **f1end** » 29-07-2003 13:36

Macs still p0wn all

Robotojon · Post by **Robotojon** » 29-07-2003 14:29

yeah , Deathball runs great on a mac

YoYo789 · Post by **YoYo789** » 29-07-2003 22:36

just because game developers don't write for macs, doesn't mean macs wouldn't be better (whcih they would)

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 30-07-2003 00:12

cmon, macs?????????

just think a lil bit.
:p

f1end · Post by **f1end** » 30-07-2003 11:59

Robotojon wrote: yeah , Deathball runs great on a mac

Have u tried it then , cos tbh, I have only got the UT2003 demo 4 mac...which runs better than it does on my über-pc at home (well it used to be über...once)

(will db work on the ut2k3 demo?)

Why couldn't they have done a cross platform release like Warcraft 3...i get to play that at work on my mac, and at home on my PC $\o/$ :devil:

The new G5 p0wns ANY PC !!!!!!...(even 123/4's server :p )

MeSSiaH{FCU} · Post by **MeSSiaH{FCU}** » 30-07-2003 22:06

well...i still pwn coz i got an ati radeon 9800 pro 256 mb ^^;

Well not yet, but i might have by the time u read this

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Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 31-07-2003 22:39

for u mac lovers.... Apple marketing is deceiving (G5 is not the fastest Processor)

http://www.haxial.com/spls-soapbox/apple-powermac-G5/

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 31-07-2003 22:42

we getting used to companies trying to deceive costumers....

Ati, nVidia, Apple, maybe Intel and AMD too? who knows??
i dont believe in benchmarks or any kind of test anymore

fro · Post by **fro** » 31-07-2003 22:56

omg apple are screwing us again! /sarcasm