Windows OS, Makes People Stupid.
Or… “Mouse-monkeys and the corporation who bastardized the evolution of computer users everywhere”.
It’s a well known and simple fact among computer users around the world that the Windows operating system makes people stupid. Well, at least those of us who know how to use something aside from this overly tolerant operating system.
A case in point, UPnP (Universal Plug n’ Play). Affectionately known as “plug n’ pray”. This is the lovely little service that allows you to install hardware without actually having to install it properly. God forbid you manually install and waste another two minutes learning a miniscule task.
This was evident in a recent article I looked up. It said a handy way to get the “install new hardware” wizard tray icon to disappear was to disable UPnP. Well heck. I was game. After rebooting however, none of my USB devices nor my PCMCIA NIC (Network Interface Card) would work properly. Now, this is mighty strange in my book, especially since I manually installed the devices.
Or how about when manually updating drivers Windows decides that a generic Microsoft driver is better than the one created specifically for that particular device and the “rollback driver” procedure says FU to the LCD.
Another disturbing and highly noteworthy area of discussion. I recently helped someone through a series of Outlook problems (and bear in mind, I’ve never ran, seen or had installed the Outlook program) and their main question was:
“Do I need HTML to view the pictures my friend has online?”
How in the world does someone even learn to ask a question as ridiculous as this? Or how about:
“How do you Copy/Paste your MP3s to your WWW so that they are copyrighted and people can only listen to them, not record them?”
Again, I am disgusted that Windows has done these horrible things to people. The majority of help-related documents you find in Windows usually refer you to firing up some obscure wizard of one form or another. Then, if you’re hell bent on actually learning something you could always refer to the Microsoft Knowledgebase where a bevy of more complicated documents lay within your already uneducated grasp.
It’s like starting a baby off learning how to program in assembly, to play an orchestral instrument or perhaps learn two languages at once. It’s simply poor parenting.
Bad Microsoft! Bad!
A few links of interest on this and other subjects:
Why XP Is Bad - Which just so happens to be the exact operating system I was referring to.
Why Windows Sucks - Simply a better (although dated) explanation of a similar attitude.
Computer Stupidities - Other Hardware - See what I mean? I can assure you, these were all Windows users.
Computer Stupidities - Just making sure you don’t forget about the rest of the aforementioned site.
Google search - why windows sucks - Still don’t believe me? Try this simple Google result.