Recent Pop-up Potpourri

A collection of humorous and off-beat, generally computer-generated, error messages.

Jun 2005

A Pop-Up Potpourii Redux

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A couple months back, I posted a handful of different error messages that readers sent in. Quite a few of you replied to the post, adding even more error messages. That worked out very well, so here's to trying it again ...

First up is TomA, who came across this message while installing Britannica 2003. Some people believe in simply disabling the Minimize button. Others just tempt you with clicking it. Ironically, the installation failed despite the fact that Tom didn't click the "-" ...