# You know what, Microsoft? Fuck you. That's what. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247 "2015-06-23T15:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/21 "2015-06-24T01:41:24Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Those utter bastards, providing a free service to you that you’re not 100% happy with. Fuck them. Fail. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/22 "2015-06-24T16:07:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > People who can’t understand that free doesn’t mean “not allowed to complain” are too stupid to be on this message board. And, considering I post here, that’s saying a lot. Heh. Made me guffaw. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/23 "2015-06-24T16:16:46Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Or, go back to whinging that they’re not providing you the exact service you want in the exact way you want, at no cost to you. Umm, Frank is in Ohio, which is in the U.S., where we _whine_, not \*whinge \*. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/24 "2015-06-24T17:01:26Z")
If it makes you feel any better, that Skype service that they’re advertising, the one you don’t want? They just updated it so that Skype users (like me) who could formerly transfer files directly with people we’re chatting with now “SHARE” files instead — the files get uploaded to Skype’s hosting server (unclear on whether they vaporize them on close of window or what) and the other person’s copy of Skype fetches it from Skype’s server _if and only if they, too, are using the slick new Skype 7_. If not, you get a link you have to freaking click then you have to log onto your Skype account in your freaking web browser, then I guess right-click and download the damn thing. Skype is now a Microsoft product. It shows. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/25 "2015-06-24T17:09:48Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Those utter bastards, providing a free service to you that you’re not 100% happy with. Fuck them. No doubt you thank Jehovah’s Witnesses for the free service they’re providing you with when they show up at your door. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/26 "2015-06-24T17:56:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No doubt you thank Jehovah’s Witnesses for the free service they’re providing you with when they show up at your door. The hours of entertainment they provide when I can out-argue them is a wonderful free service. Not sure they’d be thanking me for it though. But this complaint is like asking the Jehovah’s Witnesses to come round, accepting their magazines, then complaining when you get an _extra_ magazine that you are in no way obliged to read, or do anything other than put in the bin. The OP hasn’t got someone bringing round (for free) something they don’t want, they are being given something extra, that they can completely ignore, in addition to what they want. It is absolutely fucking ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/27 "2015-06-24T19:06:45Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, that Skype service that they’re advertising, the one you don’t want? The one that insists I have to link it to a microsoft account that I don’t want thank you much? Thank Og for Google. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/28 "2015-07-10T03:43:58Z")
Have you recently updated to Windows 8, or bought a new computer that has it? A widely encountered bug causes the close button normally found in the extreme upper right corner to be invisible, though it is actually there. Just click or tap where you would normally expect to find the button, and the box should close. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/29 "2015-07-10T05:43:31Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > The hours of entertainment they provide when I can out-argue them Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/30 "2015-07-11T14:14:20Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > Cite? The same cozy corner of his intellect that justifies thieving does oh so much more for him! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/31 "2015-07-13T07:12:23Z")
Can I (a sometimes defender of Microsoft) piggback on this rant to say how much the MS Office activation process sucks sweaty donkey balls? I’m talking about the activation of individual copies of Office ‘Home & Business’ (not 365, and not volume licenses). You have to register it against a Microsoft account in order to install it. OK - no problem. You can activate up to 25 different licensed copies of Office against the same account, so for a small business that: [ol] [li]Is too small to go for Volume licensing[/li][li]Doesn’t want the subscription model of 365[/li][/ol] You have to either create a new account for each and every installation of MS office, or create a handful of accounts with 25 licenses attached to each, then… WADE THROUGH AN UNLABELLED, UNSORTED LIST OF LICENCES! “Something went wrong with activation. Select which of the following products you installed on this machine: Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 or Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013” Make sure you don’t pick the wrong one, or the activation won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/32 "2015-07-13T21:16:05Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Just use any other email client. Webmail interfaces suck, anyway. There was a time where I would have agreed with you, but gmail’s web interface is very usable with lower overhead than a discrete client, and unless you have a need for features (and the attendant headaches) provided by Outlook on an Exchange backend, will pretty much handle mail anyway you want it to. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/33 "2016-06-10T21:45:57Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > The hours of entertainment they provide when I can out-argue them is a wonderful free service. Not sure they’d be thanking me for it though. > > But this complaint is like asking the Jehovah’s Witnesses to come round, accepting their magazines, then complaining when you get an _extra_ magazine that you are in no way obliged to read, or do anything other than put in the bin. The OP hasn’t got someone bringing round (for free) something they don’t want, they are being given something extra, that they can completely ignore, in addition to what they want. > > It is absolutely fucking ridiculous. No it’s not. It’s like them coming around and offering only one magazine that you accept. But then they switch and send you two and insist you read the one you don’t want first. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/34 "2016-06-11T22:44:53Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Just use any other email client. Webmail interfaces suck, anyway. Hear, hear! I’ve always thought using a webmail interface was like trying to use a tricycle for serious transportation. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/35 "2016-06-12T13:47:56Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > My primary email address has been an [msn.com](http://msn.com) address I’ve had for about 15 years. > > Today I haven’t been able to check email. Would you like to know why? Because as soon as I get to the email, an ad for Skype pops up covering everything! Do you use a pop-up blocker or Adblock? If not, turn off pop-ups in your browser and load up Adblock and see if that makes the ad go away. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/36 "2016-06-13T12:49:18Z")
What did people do for their daily dose of irritation before the Internet? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/37 "2016-06-13T13:41:16Z")
Here’s hoping the OP doesn’t use [LinkedIn.](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-linkedin-m-a-microsoft-idUSKCN0YZ1FP) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/38 "2016-06-13T17:15:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Why are you complaining about what Frank says? He’s providing that service for you for free. If you don’t like it, you can just not use the service. > > People who can’t understand that free doesn’t mean “not allowed to complain” are too stupid to be on this message board. And, considering I post here, that’s saying a lot. Why are you complaining about what Steophan says? He’s providing a service to you. If you don’t like his service then get a different user or stop using users all together. Or don’t post in his user where he users. Users that use stupid on a message board use posts considering that you are saying who. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/39 "2016-06-13T17:25:13Z")
I don’t like any of the services this thread is providing and wish to fill out a customer survey card. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247/40 "2016-06-14T16:15:22Z")
I have a Yahoo email account and I fear that when Yahoo gets sold, the same bullshit that what is happening to the OP will happen to me. On the other hand, these email accounts are Free (as in beer) so I really shouldn’t complain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247.md?page=1)