Windows Jokes / Recent Jokes

It says: "Press Any Key"
It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving."
It says: "Press A Key"
(This one's a programmers joke. Nothing happens unless you press the "A" key.)
It says: "Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E"
It means: "... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem."
It says: "Installing program to C:/(Directory)... "
It means: "... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:/windows and c:/windows/system where you'll NEVER find them."
It says: "Please insert disk 11"
It means: "Because I know darn well there are only 10 disks."
It says: "Cannot read from drive D:... "
It means: "... However, if you put the CD in right side up... "
It says: "Please Wait... "
It means: "... more...

Webster's Dictionary definition of Windows 95Windows95: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with their own Japanese Haiku poetry, each only 17 syllables, five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third...
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
The Web site you seek
Can not be located but
Countless more exist.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
Aborted effort:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao until
You bring fresh toner.
Stay the patient more...

It says: "Press Any Key"
It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving."
It says: "Installing program to C:... "
It means: "... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:windows and c:windowssystem where you'll NEVER find them."
It says: "Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E"
It means: "... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem."
It says: "Please insert disk 11"
It means: "Because I know darn well there are only 10 disks."
It says: "Cannot read from drive D:... "
It means: "... However, if you put the CD in right side up... "
It says: "Not enough memory"
It means: "I don't CARE if you've got 64MB of RAM, I want to use the bit below 640K."
It says: "Directory does not exist... "
It means: "... any more...

Read all the definitions when you've time... some are very funny...
When Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft came to Sri Lanka, he had Signed on an
agreement with Minister of posts and telecommunications Mangala Samaraweera
to release the Sihaleese Version of JANNEL 98 (WINDOWS' 98) by end of this
year 1999 Subsequently, they gave a demo on Sinhaleese Version of
WINDOWS'98 (SIN98) to the PRESS people.
The following interesting things (commands & messages) have been observed
from Sinhaleese Version of WINDOWS'98 demo.
File = Pile
Save = Beragannda
Save as = Mehama Beraganada
Save All = Okkoma Beraganada
Help = udhauv
Find = Hoyanda
Find Again = Ayith Hoyanda
Move = Aying venda
Mail = Thapal
Mailer = Piyum Mahaththaya
Zoom = loku koranda
Zoom Out = podi Karanda
Open = Arinda
Close = Whanda
New = aluuth
Old = Parana
Replace = Meka aran araka danada
Run = more...

WinErr 001: Windows loaded - System in danger
WinErr 002: No Error - Yet
WinErr 003: Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file
WinErr 004: Erroneous error - Nothing is wrong
WinErr 005: Multitasking attempted - System confused
WinErr 006: Malicious error - Desqview found on drive
WinErr 007: System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware
WinErr 008: Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments
WinErr 009: Horrible bug encountered - God knows what happened
WinErr 00A: Promotional literature overflow - Mailbox full
WinErr 00B: Inadequate disk space - Free at least 50MB
WinErr 00C: Memory hog error - More Ram needed. More! More!
WinErr 00D: Window closed - Do not look outside
WinErr 00E: Window open - Do not look inside
WinErr 00F: Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened
WinErr 010: Reserved for future mistakes by our developers
WinErr 011: Window open - Do not look more...

The box said Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux.