# New pet peeve - "You must press 'ok' for \[stupid unwanted crap\] to work"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 9, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320 "2004-05-09T19:02:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/1 "2004-05-09T19:02:30Z")
Lately I’ve been getting messages to install some shite that I did not want that is required for part of the opened page to work (it’s often some stupid game or gimick) I click ‘no’ or close the program and then get a message saying “You must press ‘ok’ for [name of program] to work”. I close this message using the x and the original installer comes back. This is neverending until I ctrl-alt-delete the thing, causing all my other explorer windows to close.
I don’t _FUCKING_ want this crap! That’s why I pressed _FUCKING_ ‘NO’!
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### Author:  [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/2 "2004-05-09T19:04:27Z")
If you hit NO several times, it will eventually let you in.
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### Author:  [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/3 "2004-05-09T19:08:00Z")
I think usually (with games, anyway) it is often Japanese fonts. I just hit the “x” and then it loaded. Never saw one that was… militant.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/4 "2004-05-09T19:11:25Z")
Here’s something that bugs me: whenever I get one of these installation warnings, there’s always a place I can check “Always trust software from this company”. Why can’t I check “_Never_ trust software from this company”? Wouldn’t that make my life easier?
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/5 "2004-05-09T19:13:18Z")
Yes, I’ve just recently ran into that. It was a lyrics page (like I couldn’t find lyrics elsewhere and I just HAD to look at that stupid page) it took quite a few NO’s for the stupid box to stop showing up. I was close to just rebooting. Stupid shit.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/6 "2004-05-09T22:24:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> Here’s something that bugs me: whenever I get one of these installation warnings, there’s always a place I can check “Always trust software from this company”. Why can’t I check “_Never_ trust software from this company”? Wouldn’t that make my life easier?
They’re not talking about the Microsoft install box. They’re talking about code within the web page that throws up an install box, then when you close it, it throws up another one. I know the lyrics page that **Biggirl** is talking about. Took me about six tries to get it to quit.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/7 "2004-05-10T00:17:24Z")
Did you try Alt + F4?
That is the way I close annoying “install” windows and stuff. Seems to prevent them from coming back, too…until I go to another page on that site, of course!
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### Author:  [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/8 "2004-05-10T01:24:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> Here’s something that bugs me: whenever I get one of these installation warnings, there’s always a place I can check “Always trust software from this company”. Why can’t I check “_Never_ trust software from this company”? Wouldn’t that make my life easier?
You will have to wait a bit, but Microsoft will be adding a “Never trust software . . .” button into WindowsXP when Service Pack2 comes out.
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### Author:  [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/9 "2004-05-10T01:31:39Z")
> [@](#):
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> Here’s something that bugs me: whenever I get one of these installation warnings, there’s always a place I can check “Always trust software from this company”. Why can’t I check “Never trust software from this company”? Wouldn’t that make my life easier?
If you are using XP, wait for SP2 from Microsoft this summer… that will fix that problem.
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/10 "2004-05-10T01:43:36Z")
Download Panicware’s Pop-Up Stopper, for starters, and “never leave your modem without it.” 🙂
Control-W will often close unwanted Internet windows and pop-ups that come through anyway. And sometimes it’s wise to note the address(es) of the page(s) you do want to continue perusing and use Task Manager to close down MSIE to get rid of this sort of crap, then reload MSIE and go to the pages you want to be on.
If the crapware offer is not on its own domain-level site but hosted by someone else – i.e., not “[www.crapware.com](http://www.crapware.com)” but “[www.nethostingsite.com/crapware](http://www.nethostingsite.com/crapware)” (these being hypothetical examples only!) – a complaint to the host site may be useful as well.
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### Author:  [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/11 "2004-05-10T04:38:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Yes, I’ve just recently ran into that. It was a lyrics page (like I couldn’t find lyrics elsewhere and I just HAD to look at that stupid page) it took quite a few NO’s for the stupid box to stop showing up. I was close to just rebooting. Stupid shit.
I think I’ve been to the same lyrics page. I eventually had to get my timing right and click “no” and then close the window before it popped up again.
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### Author:  [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pet-peeve-you-must-press-ok-for-stupid-unwanted-crap-to-work/244320/12 "2004-05-10T11:33:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> Here’s something that bugs me: whenever I get one of these installation warnings, there’s always a place I can check “Always trust software from this company”. Why can’t I check “_Never_ trust software from this company”? Wouldn’t that make my life easier?
And that would work? Even whenI click, “Always trust software from this company” (ie. microsoft) it still comes up!