error messages that make you go Huh?

mejinks · 19-09-2007, 10:01

Like this one:

I didn't realise my sound card was a printer

Daz · 19-09-2007, 10:03

That's where it is in the new fangled control panel

Which I turn off by policy, because it's pants

Mark · 19-09-2007, 10:07

It does say 'Printers and Other Devices', though I admit I had to do a double take to spot that. I alao can't identify an operating system that has that option.

One of many pet peeves - telling you to do stuff that's OS-specific (OK in docs when you can say which OS it's for, but not in error messages).

Edit - ah, XP classic view. I, like Daz, 'turn that bloody thing off'.

19-09-2007, 10:03	#2
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	That's where it is in the new fangled control panel Which I turn off by policy, because it's pants __________________ apt-get moo

19-09-2007, 10:07	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	It does say 'Printers and Other Devices', though I admit I had to do a double take to spot that. I alao can't identify an operating system that has that option. One of many pet peeves - telling you to do stuff that's OS-specific (OK in docs when you can say which OS it's for, but not in error messages). Edit - ah, XP classic view. I, like Daz, 'turn that bloody thing off'.