Blue Screen of Death

 In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer revealed that the Redmond-based company will allow computer resellers and end-users to customize the appearance of the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), the screen that displays when the Windows operating system crashes.

The move comes as the result of numerous focus groups and customer surveys done by […]

November 25, 2007 | Filed Under Microsoft | Share your thoughts... 

Bill Gates Meets His Match

The following is a conversation overheard as Bill Gates was moving into his new house…
Bill: “There are a few issues we need to discuss.”
Contractor: “Ah, you have our basic support option. Calls are free for the first 90 days and $75 a call thereafter. Okay?”
Bill: “Uh, yeah… the first issue is the living room. We […]

November 19, 2007 | Filed Under Computer Jokes, Microsoft | Share your thoughts... 

Microsoft Support

A Microsoft support man goes to a firing range. He shoots 10 bullets at the target 50m away. Then the supervisors check the target and see that there’s not even a single hit, and they shout to him that he missed completely. So he tells them to recheck, and gets the same answer. Then he […]

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under Microsoft | Share your thoughts... 

Microsoft to Sell Ad Space in Error Messages

Microsoft announced that it is selling advertising space in the error messages that appear in Windows. Acknowledging for the first time that the average user of their operating system encounters error messages at least several times a day, Microsoft is trying to take financial advantage of the unavoidable opportunity to make an ad impression. “We […]

October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Microsoft | Share your thoughts... 

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