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[which_chick]

I would like to state for the record that the Microsoft Knowledge Base solution for the Windows XP error message "Cannot log on to user profile" is unsatisfactory. It is wholly and entirely unsatisfactory.

1. I don't fucking want to log into my computer. I would not have a fucking user profile except Windows XP MADE ME have one.
2. Should my fucking stupid ass user profile die, I would like for there to be a simple, workable solution for fix0ring the problem.
3. I do not want to be told to "create a new profile" and that, my darlings, is the knowledge base solution that is available to me.

The Microsoft Knowledge Base says "Yeah, it does that, sometimes. Make a new one." This is the level of technical support that the Knowledge Base offers me. I'm supposed to create a new user account. Right.

I suppose if my fucking car broke down, they'd tell me to buy another car.

Look, you assholes, you MADE ME have a user account. By default, you installed all of the stuff I did since I got the computer INTO THE FUCKING USER ACCOUNT. Swell. That's really damn fucking helpful of you, I'm sure, on the off chance that fifteen of my closest friends ALSO use my laptop. Way to go with that. And now, when the FUCKING USER PROFILE is borked, you tell me that I'm supposed to go make a new one.

Assholes.

Yes, I can copy the stuff from the Old User Profile to the New User Profile and move all the things I actually want to keep to a directory where I've disabled the fucking user profile tentacles, but I should not have to do this and it irritates me that I have to do it. More, I am irritated by the "Yeah, it does that sometimes" attitude of the fucking Microsoft Knowledge Base. Knowledge base, my ass.

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[toanstation.livejournal.com]

Actually, a more correct analogy would be your car key not working anymore and your being told that you'll need to get a new key. And a better analogy would be an electronic key. Sometimes, they get fragged.

Crappy, insecure operating systems like Windows 9x and Windows Me, don't require you to have a user account. Most other operating systems, do.

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I managed to have a Win98 SE box for four years without once having it shit itself. I do try to be a good user. I update the OS regularly, though I turned off the automatic updates. I have a well-configured firewall. I have antivirus software that I update religiously. I clean off spyware and adware. I run a non-MS browser and email client. I have DirectX turned off. I don't download random shit off the internet. I don't install browser accellerators or any happy ass crap that tells me I can get paid while surfing for porn. I am, in short, doing my part.

My (allegedly) secure, mature operating system is not doing its part. I am not amused.

As for car keys? I have never, in just about twenty years of driving, had to get another car key because my existing car key stopped working. Perhaps the new, improved electronic key technology is less stable.