Today I reinstalled Windows

[David Gerard]

MY FUCKING GOD I HATE WINDOWS AAAAAAAAGGGGHHH FUCK.

I'm sorry, I just had to say that.

I’m currently demonstrating the definition of “true love” by
reinstalling XP on the PC belonging to my loved one’s daughter. This
is because Windows 7 RC mostly worked straight off the DVD, except
sound.

I have found the use case where Windows 7 clearly beats XP! It’s when
you’re reinstalling a supar-l33t gaming rig with rare and custom
drivers galore.

It turns out this is because it’s her dad’s old gaming rig, which has
ridiculously custom hardware that was l33t of the l33t four years ago
and is now in the “legacy” section on the nVidia website. I think I’ve
found the use case where Win7 clearly beats XP – because XP can’t find
the drivers either, and at least Win7 mostly works instead of mostly
not working.

Oh, and frequent MACHINE_CHECK_ERROR bluescreens, even with the CPU
and memory clocked at half speed. That's an error message that means
"stop overclocking so much you smelly nerd" or "your l33t hardware is
wearing out from heat stress". In this case it'll be the latter. Said
loved one can reseat all the cards and RAM, I've done my day on this
thing.


- d.