Category Archives: Hall of Shame

MSI Live Update disables User Account Control

I thought I’d seen just about every dumb thing that a developer could do, but this latest one from MSI is a whopper.. I have an MSI Wind netbook that’s having some shutdown and sleep issues when running Windows 7, … Continue reading

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CutePDF: F A I L

This: is obviously not the case:

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Citrix Drops The Icon Ball

Instead of waiting for Citrix to support Windows Vista icon sizes in their new beta client, I’ve updated it myself. I’ll bet the Mac OS X client gets a full size icon (Leopard supports 512 x 512 pixels). Why does … Continue reading

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Should We Need To Inform The User They’re Running With Limited Rights?

Expecting an application to execute correctly when run with limited user privileges should be something that we take for granted. Alas in the real world this is not the case, but things are getting better, if slowly. Perhaps we’re currently … Continue reading

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Tip Of The Day – Ain’t Got No Tips

It’s been a while since an entrant in the Hall of Shame, so today I’m pleased to bring you a bit of a chuckle courtesy of ACDSee Standard 5.0. It seems that the Tips dialog in this old version, doesn’t … Continue reading

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