Good news: I got a laptop.
Bad news: It has Windows Vista on it.
Good news: I have now accepted Windows Vista as a little piece of Evil in my life.
Bad news: There's a stupid application that starts up every time I start the laptop.
And I can't figure out how to make it stop starting.
It puts an icon in the System Tray.
Ooh, I hate that!
That's MY system tray! Don't put things there without my permission, dammit!
The only way I can turn it off is to manually exit the app every time the laptop starts.
This irritates the Hell out of me.
If you've read my previous posts about efficiency in computer operations
(Don't lie. You know you haven't)
Then you know
I absolutely
Unequivically (is that spelled right? look it up. learn somethin')
Hate
Inefficient computer ops.
So to have to go thru these steps EVERY TIME THE COMPUTER STARTS:
1. Right-click on icon in system tray
2. Select Exit
Is for me, like fingernails on a chalkboard.
(Remember that scene in Jaws? THAT was a scene I will never forget!)
I've provided graphics to illustrate my annoyance.
Can you see it there in the system tray?
Mocking me? Scoffing at everything I believe in?
It annoys me.
Can't see it?
Here, I've marked it for you.
Now prepare yourself.
I've enlarged it
So you can see it
In all its Evil Glory.
I warn you. This may be too intense for younger blog readers.
Parents, send you kids from the room now.
Ok. Here it is:
It's the icon for the built-in webcam.
It teases me at startup
Knowing that if I want it to go away
I must manually make it do so.
It also knows that I hate
Redundancy
And
Repeating myself (hee hee hee).
I SHOULD be able to program its non-existence
By checking a box somewhere
So that it never appears again.
But as God is my witness
I can't find that box
Anywhere.
Thus, I decree this application
"Gateway Web Camera Assistant Software UVC 1.7.068.0729"
To be Evil
With a capital "E"
Thus denoting that is worse than regular evil things
Like brocolli
And decaf coffee.
(ed note: it wasn't spelled correctly. Correct spelling is "unequivocally". Did you learn something?)
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Bad news: It has Windows Vista on it.
Good news: I have now accepted Windows Vista as a little piece of Evil in my life.
Bad news: There's a stupid application that starts up every time I start the laptop.
And I can't figure out how to make it stop starting.
It puts an icon in the System Tray.
Ooh, I hate that!
That's MY system tray! Don't put things there without my permission, dammit!
The only way I can turn it off is to manually exit the app every time the laptop starts.
This irritates the Hell out of me.
If you've read my previous posts about efficiency in computer operations
(Don't lie. You know you haven't)
Then you know
I absolutely
Unequivically (is that spelled right? look it up. learn somethin')
Hate
Inefficient computer ops.
So to have to go thru these steps EVERY TIME THE COMPUTER STARTS:
1. Right-click on icon in system tray
2. Select Exit
Is for me, like fingernails on a chalkboard.
(Remember that scene in Jaws? THAT was a scene I will never forget!)
I've provided graphics to illustrate my annoyance.
Can you see it there in the system tray?
Mocking me? Scoffing at everything I believe in?
It annoys me.
Can't see it?
Here, I've marked it for you.
Now prepare yourself.I've enlarged it
So you can see it
In all its Evil Glory.
I warn you. This may be too intense for younger blog readers.
Parents, send you kids from the room now.
Ok. Here it is:
It's the icon for the built-in webcam.
It teases me at startup
Knowing that if I want it to go away
I must manually make it do so.
It also knows that I hate
Redundancy
And
Repeating myself (hee hee hee).
I SHOULD be able to program its non-existence
By checking a box somewhere
So that it never appears again.
But as God is my witness
I can't find that box
Anywhere.
Thus, I decree this application
"Gateway Web Camera Assistant Software UVC 1.7.068.0729"
To be Evil
With a capital "E"
Thus denoting that is worse than regular evil things
Like brocolli
And decaf coffee.
(ed note: it wasn't spelled correctly. Correct spelling is "unequivocally". Did you learn something?)
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
posted by JimBob at 6/28/2009 11:24:00 AM
5 Comments:
Damn, Vista eh? The Ball N Chain™ has a Desktop with Vista and it runs ok..I went in and fucked with all the safety features that are extremely retarded.
But he doesn't have a web cam..so I can't help ya on how to get rid of the icon you damn weirdo. ;p
JB get thee to a nerd and have them install whatever came before Vista.
I promise you years of Vista Hell if you keep it.
I can't complain about the Vista. It's working with no issues yet. It's just that stupid webcam. Pisses me off.
Vista is just over-protective is all. Once you figure out how to close all those little loopholes it ain't bad according to the BnC who has been running it for almost a year now.
Bear in mind however..he can't even friggin cut and paste..so his use of the 'puter is basic as hell.
And the good news is that I saw an even better laptop advertised just today...for a lower price than I paid for this one.
DAMMIT!
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