Saturday 9 June 2007

Software installation

Why is it that when installing new software you are never asked all the tricky questions on one screen at the start. So you have to stay marooned in front of the telly waiting for the next question to pop up.

§ Do you accept our appalling licence terms

§ Do you want this rubbish installed to xx directory

§ Compact installation or everything

§ What if we encounter pre-existing files from an earlier installation

§ If we hit a read-only file do we……

§ Do you want us to automatically register this software on our webserver

§ Please enter your details here so we can do it when the tyme comes

§ The installation key code is……..

§ At the end of the installation please review the log file called abc.rtf where everything done is listed, but all the secret coblas u really need to read is at the beginning of the file called “IMPORTANT”. This file will be saved on your desktop so you can find it


Next time you install something think about how many of the stupid questions could have been asked when you started instead peppered across 30 mins. erratically.


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