PC Hatred: Outlook Web Access

Since my Thinkpad is being replaced after less than 2 years in service, I have been using Outlook webmail for the last week. Until last night, anyway, when I was informed for the the first time that my mailbox was 65,000 kb over its size limit and blocked from sending email.

Now, there are no large files in my account. What's taking up all that space is 371 pages of Sent Mail. Each page contains 25 old messages.

The caveat is that there is no "select all" button in Outlook Web Access. So to clean out my account, I'll have to hook up my USB mouse, then individually click to select

371*25=9,275 messages
then click the delete button once per page=371 times

For a grand total of 9,646 mouse clicks.

Now I know how I'll be spending my beautiful summer morning indoors. They call this shit "productivity software?"

PC HATRED!!!

Today it took exactly FORTY minutes to get my IBM T42 laptop up and running. From the start at 9:05, it was extrememly sluggish. I composed two brief emails by 9:28, when it automatically shut off. A Blue Screen of Death momentarily appeared. White text filled the screen, starting with "Windows has detected a problem with your computer..."

When the machine finished rebooting at 9:44, a popup icon appeared above the system tray. "Windows has finished installing an important update to protect your security. An automatic restart was required to complete this update."

Microsoft, PEOPLE DON'T FUCKING LIKE THIS! STOP!

But at least my security is protected by the Microsoft servers that run my personal computer. It's not like I have anything else to do today.

FUCK WINDOWS!

Why has my laptop been crashing for the last 25 minutes?

Because Windows is pulling its routine "Automatic Update" bullshit. That's when Microsoft servers take over your computer, downloading tons of patches and shit. Then, you get the Automatic Update screen: Restart Now or Restart Later. If you're out of the room, on the phone, in a meeting, etc., your computer restarts in 5 minutes and you lose all of your work.

This is progress?