Category Archives: Hall of Shame

MSI Live Update disables User Account Control

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Aaron Parker

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 →

Posted in Hall of Shame | Tagged | 4 Comments

CutePDF: F A I L

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Aaron Parker

This: is obviously not the case:

Posted in Hall of Shame | 7 Comments

Citrix Drops The Icon Ball

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Aaron Parker

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 →

Posted in Hall of Shame | Tagged | Comments Off

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

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Aaron Parker

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 →

Posted in Hall of Shame | Comments Off

Tip Of The Day – Ain’t Got No Tips

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Aaron Parker

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 →

Posted in Hall of Shame | Comments Off