Computer Messages: What They Say and What They Mean by It
Press Any Key.
Press any key you like but I'm not moving.
Press A Key.
Nothing happens unless you press the 'A' key.
Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E...
... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem.
Installing program to C:\...
... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:\windows and c:\windows\system where you'll NEVER find them.
Not enough memory.
I don't CARE if you've got 64 MB of RAM, I want to use the bit below 640K.
Cannot read from drive D:...
...however, if you put the CD in right side up...
Please Wait...
...indefinitely.
Directory does not exist...
...any more. Woops.
The application caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close.
...Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back.
Press any key you like but I'm not moving.
Press A Key.
Nothing happens unless you press the 'A' key.
Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E...
... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem.
Installing program to C:\...
... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:\windows and c:\windows\system where you'll NEVER find them.
Not enough memory.
I don't CARE if you've got 64 MB of RAM, I want to use the bit below 640K.
Cannot read from drive D:...
...however, if you put the CD in right side up...
Please Wait...
...indefinitely.
Directory does not exist...
...any more. Woops.
The application caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close.
...Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back.