Comments | venta: Now pass the blame, and don't blame me

venta

Now pass the blame, and don't blame me

Apr 24, 2013 11:48

Aaaargh! How hard can it be to get a new computer to shut up ( Read more... )

Comments 9

shrydar April 24 2013, 13:17:03 UTC

Wait, what? You shut down your computer when you're not using it?

(to be fair, I have similar issues getting my iPhone to leave me in peace)

venta April 24 2013, 13:47:58 UTC

Of course not! I just have to reboot it every so often to get it to recognise the headphone socket, or indeed to desist with any of the other obscure behaviours it favours.

The broken window, TV set undyingking April 24 2013, 13:19:54 UTC

Mm, the file-renaming behaviour is a real improvement. Wonder why it's taken them 30 years to think of it!

venta April 24 2013, 13:48:35 UTC

That was also a lyric contender for my subject line :) One kudo to you.

undyingking April 24 2013, 15:11:26 UTC

Could also have been: the longer the daylight, the less I do wrong? :-)

venta April 24 2013, 15:25:01 UTC

Nah, I'm perfectly capable of being mischievous regardless of light levels :p

uitlander April 24 2013, 15:46:12 UTC

Madness I tell you!

shermarama April 24 2013, 18:47:04 UTC

Windows is supposed to be moving in the direction of being more like a mobile phone these days, isn't it? I'm being reminded of a previous phone I had where the only way to get rid of most of the idiotic noises it made was to put it in silent mode, and then give silent mode a ringtone. And even then there were still one or two functions that made gratuitous noise.

venta April 25 2013, 09:04:37 UTC

I think Windows 8 is more mobile-y (on account of crazy touch-screen interface), although rumour has it that 8.1 is veering sharply away from that again.

I've never really had a problem with getting phones to shut up. I'm kind of due a new one, though, so am now fearing The Beeping!