# What's the most irritating thing about your PC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289 "2000-05-01T19:36:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/1 "2000-05-01T19:36:36Z")
Ohhh it makes me soo mad when even after a webpage has _apparently_ loaded, the little hourglass just keeps hangin on my mouse arrow…grrrr :mad: Course I am the kind of person that will stand over a microwave and curse it for being too slow. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/2 "2000-05-01T19:39:45Z")
Bill Gates ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/3 "2000-05-01T19:43:35Z")
Well, I still haven’t fixed my cooling fan. And it seems that the copy of dragon’s lair I bought on DVD doesn’t work in 2000. ☹ So I have to install 98 as a dual boot, which is an utter pain in the ass to do one 2000 is installed. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/4 "2000-05-01T19:46:10Z")
Today, I was just happily typing away when the screen flickered and next thing I know I have a Peanuts theme. I have no idea how this happened. My husband swears he is innocent. I have my doubts. And there is just too much stuff plugged into it. I don’t even know what most of those wires are for. I keep telling my husband that this makes the computer very uphappy, but he just laughs and pats me on the head and tells me I’m being ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/5 "2000-05-01T20:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > but he just laughs and pats me on the head and tells me I’m being ridiculous. You just hang in there tator…you are right there \*are \* too many damned wires. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/6 "2000-05-01T21:05:16Z")
I knew that somebody out there would understand. Wires are creepy…my whole decorating scheme is based on hiding wires, cables, and anything of that nature. I am scared to look behind the computer desk. He has the scanner running through the zip drive which is connected to the printer. I am assuming that the printer is hooked up to the computer, but I just can’t figure out where. Otherwise, I like my computer just fine. It’s much nicer than my very first computer, which was hooked up to the tv. I always had to wait until my Dad came home to use it, because you had to unhook the Atari first, and that meant touching wires! YUCK. Also, I’m not sure what we did with the darn thing other than write Basic programs that made all the colors (I think we had 7 or something) appear on the tv. Oh, and you could program it to play Mary had a Little Lamb and other fine songs listed in the manual. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/7 "2000-05-01T22:07:09Z")
Aha asked: “What’s the most irritating thing about your PC?” Hey Aha, I think you’ve answered your own question. The most irritating thing about my PC is that it’s a PC! –Baglady, happy with her iMac at home but being forced to use a PC at work… Oh darn, I have to reboot, AGAIN. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/8 "2000-05-01T22:22:12Z")
Winblows 98. \< is going to get this machine to accept NT I tell you \> ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/9 "2000-05-01T23:04:09Z")
I have over half a gig of Ram, and it still multitasks like a dead cow in comparision to my beloved Ami3000. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/10 "2000-05-01T23:06:40Z")
You know what’s annoying? When you are working and all of a sudden _POOF_ the computer restarts for no rhyme or reason. That is just ONE of the truly BIZARRE things my computer has been doing for the past 2 weeks. I’m getting a new one on Wednesday though… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/11 "2000-05-01T23:27:04Z")
[li]Every 30 minutes, my hard drives starts acting up and my computer freezes for 15 sec.[/li] [li]The computer sounds like a motorcycle engine when I start it and the noise lasts for 30 sec.[/li] [li]My soundcard/modem/joystick/microphone combo card is incompatible with every game I try to install.[/li] **tatertot** , it sounds like there’s a screen saver that turns on every second. Check the settings to see if that’s the case. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/12 "2000-05-01T23:37:48Z")
**That it’s STILL HERE!!!** This thing is a complete fried load of crap in desperate need of a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/13 "2000-05-01T23:38:10Z")
when any application has “program not responding” displayed in task manager, plus my comp. is only a dinosaur pentium 75mhz, yes 75… ugh ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/14 "2000-05-01T23:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Winblows 98. > \< is going to get this machine to accept NT I tell you \> > \*\* Techchick…it will NEVER, EVER accept NT after a win98 install. I don’t care if you low-level, high-level, hell, it just won’t do it. I tried for a week…then I bought a new hard drive. If you REALLY want an NT-like OS, get Win2K. Hands down. It’ll install on anything as long as the hardware’s kosher. –Baglady, happy with her iMac at home but being forced to use a PC at work… Louie, is that an IBM Thinkpad? Mine does the same thing…but it’s been better since I re-formatted and installed win2k. Other’n that, mine’s peachy 🙂 and I hope my new Athlon system rocks like I think it will…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/15 "2000-05-01T23:53:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by GaWd: > \*\*Louie, is that an IBM Thinkpad? Mine does the same thing…but it’s been better since I re-formatted and installed win2k. > > Other’n that, mine’s peachy 🙂 and I hope my new Athlon system rocks like I think it will…😃 > \*\* Nope, it’s a Packard Bell _Platinum Supreme_ (don’t I feel special? :rolleyes: ) Anyways, I use the computer everyday and it’s been 3 years now that I had it, so I think it’s almost time for it to croak ☹ Reformat? No thanks, I already did that 3 times in the computer’s life, I’m not going through that nightmare again. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/16 "2000-05-02T00:04:02Z")
Let’s see… 1.) I still have not been able to get it to load my NIC card with the 32 bit enhanced drivers. 16 bit will load during boot-up only. 2.) Win98 Start menu programs still do not list correctly. I have tried the fix from Microsoft’s site that involves the registry edit yet I still get things out of order. 3.) Need more room for porn!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/17 "2000-05-02T00:14:48Z")
The wait when you turn it on… ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/18 "2000-05-02T00:21:55Z")
It is just too too slow. At work on the LAN system my computer flies, at home on the modem it just lags. It really is irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/19 "2000-05-02T00:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by MeanJoe: > **2.) Win98 Start menu programs still do not list correctly. I have tried the fix from Microsoft’s site that involves the registry edit yet I still get things out of order.** 😕 Registry edit? All you have to do is right-click on your program menu and click on “Sort by Name”. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289/20 "2000-05-02T00:24:19Z")
Gawd, It can be done, you have to fdisk and set it at FAT16…Windows 98 uses FAT32. Formatting, no matter how it’s done, is not enough to get your Win98 machine to be NT. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-irritating-thing-about-your-pc/18289.md?page=2)