Recently I came across an amusing error while trying to install some software on Windows XP. I had seen it before, and it struck me again how funny it is:
A system call that should never have failed has failed.
MSDN says it is a generic error, but it seems to me that nothing should ever fail and everything should be expected to fail. As my mom remarked to my dad when I was frustrated with my computer:
You see, what Jim doesn’t understand is that computers aren’t supposed to work and you should be happy when they do.
This error, however, pales in comparison with my favorite one:
Error loading EXPLORER.EXE. You must reinstall Windows.
I remember seeing that back on Windows 98. I turned off the computer, turned it back on, and it all worked. Oddly, Microsoft’s help page for this error doesn’t actually tell you to reinstall Windows. But my question is more along the lines of, “Why would you ever program that into the operating system?”
Hey buddy.
That’s hillarious. But you know what it might be? A trojan. Some trojans have the ability to let the controller pop up weird alert messages. Maybe its a joke. But I still recommending reinstalling windows before it deteriorates bit by bit and you get locked out.