Funny Windows Qwerks

[divibisan]

Here's one:

In dos it said

Please select your operating system: Windows, Adobe Photoshop 6, or None

It boots into Windows no matter what you choose though, It would be funny to see the Photoshop OS

[gamedog00]

This thread is doomed to fail.. their are way to many funny flaws in windows. :P

[nkuvu]

This could easily be generated by modifying some of the text files. For example, in WinNT, there is a file in the root directory called boot.ini. You can put whatever you want as far as descriptions go, and point them all to one OS.

DOS has similar functionality with menus in the autoexec.bat.

Just a FYI...

[divibisan]

This thread is doomed to fail.. their are way to many funny flaws in windows.

Then it should be a great success

[BlingBling 3k12]

tell me how to edit the boot.ini file so when my PC starts up, i can choose "Mac OS X (10.1.3)" just to psych out one of my friends!

[nkuvu]

Original boot.ini file on my computer at work:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos

New "Mac OS X" boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Macintosh OS X 10.1.3"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos

The boot.ini file is marked read-only, but you can easily change that in the properties.

[googolplex]

hrm funny windows quirks... I heard about this thing called a crash. Could someone learned in this horrible dark art please tell me about it. It has escaped my memory.

[symphonix]

Windows XP has a quirk in it called the control panel. It has clearly been designed by a committee of overpaid jerks who clearly had better things to do than actually sort the controls or label them meaningfully.
Want to turn off all the crappy visual effects? That would be under Display, right? WRONG! Look under System, Advanced, Performance, Visual Effects.
Want to turn off System Restore so your PC will actually run slightly faster than a Sumo wrestler? God Only Knows where you'll find that one!

Also, there are plenty of quirks in System Restore, Explorer, etc. that are quite hilarious.

And then, of course, security is a complete joke. Can anyone say "Outlook Virus"?