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    And this is the app that irked me the most......

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by orion95, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. orion95

    orion95 Notebook Consultant

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    Which software has troubled you the most, the most irksome?
     
    orion95, Aug 30, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You mean bloatware?

    My answer: Vista :D
     
    Greg, Aug 30, 2007
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  3. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

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    As a typesetter I find MS Word and MS Publisher are a nightmare IMO for anything other than basic text formatting. Don't get me started on how they both handle styles or trying to import their file formats into something more usable such as InDesign/Quark Express/Illustrator/Freehand..

    Outpost Firewall Pro isn't particularly irksome as it does the job well it's just that I always found it a pain to find the settings I needed to get to.
     
    sasanac, Aug 30, 2007
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  4. orion95

    orion95 Notebook Consultant

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    I agree Vista is annoying at times.
     
    orion95, Aug 30, 2007
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  5. streather

    streather Notebook Evangelist

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    sonys connect software for its mp3 players
     
    streather, Aug 30, 2007
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  6. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

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    aye that is bad.. I sold my Sony mp3 player to a mate and bought an ipod because of the Connect software! It's painfully slow and very hard to find a version without the music store built in.
     
    sasanac, Aug 30, 2007
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  7. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    LOL!

    +1
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 30, 2007
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  8. streather

    streather Notebook Evangelist

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    winamp has a sony plug in now but i'd kill for a software as easy to use as itunes for my sony walkman mp3 lol
     
    streather, Aug 31, 2007
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  9. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier -- for simple word processing, it is fine, but any kind of slightly advanced layout was difficult and maddening. Try drawing an simply object or getting a table to behave the way you expect it to---it's just annoying as heck

    Word 2007 is slightly better.
     
    gerryf19, Aug 31, 2007
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  10. vaio2k7

    vaio2k7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nothing sticks out in a Windows OS to me that was annoying or a nuisance. However I can say for sure there have been so many annoying and just irritating things in Mac OS X 10.4 than in every edition of Windows I've used intensively.
     
    vaio2k7, Aug 31, 2007
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  11. ProntoR2

    ProntoR2 Notebook Consultant

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    fabFORCE.net - DBDesigner 4 and NetBeans... have to use 'em for school and they both drive me absolutely nuts!
     
    ProntoR2, Aug 31, 2007
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  12. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    FrontPage-Seriously, I'd rather gouge my eyes out than use that abomination again...ugh!
     
    booboo12, Aug 31, 2007
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  13. illmatic2609

    illmatic2609 Notebook Deity

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    Symantec Anvti-Virus....

    all Norton products..

    HATE THEM!
     
    illmatic2609, Aug 31, 2007
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  14. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Lotus notes. The single WORST piece of software I have used in the past 38 years. Yes... 38 years.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 1, 2007
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  15. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Vista for me.
     
    Lysander, Sep 1, 2007
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  16. chinmonkie

    chinmonkie Notebook Evangelist

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    for me
    the following
    Partition Manger for killing my harddrive
    Vista
    MATLAB
    LABVIEW
    and my personal favorite
    norton security suite.... every 2 seconds trojans attacks.. i got more trojan attacks then rest of the city..
     
    chinmonkie, Sep 1, 2007
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  17. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Windows Movie Maker... Lysander I think saw the thread I started about it awhile ago. WMM really is the most successful virus in the Windows world... thank God that I don't have to use it much!
     
    Bog, Sep 1, 2007
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  18. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Yes, it's horrible even for the most casual of users.
     
    Lysander, Sep 1, 2007
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    ProntoR2 Notebook Consultant

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    Oh my goodness, yes! I can't stand that garbage. One of the few pieces of software I've ever seen that hooks itself so badly into your computer the manufacturer got so many complaints it had to create a special removal tool you have to run to "clean" it off your system (uninstall almost never works).
     
    ProntoR2, Sep 1, 2007
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