Whether you're a Mac OS or Windows user (come on, nobody is actually running Linux), you've probably heard at least one computer-y joke about Windows. Since its initial release 32 years ago, the operating system has had quite a few bugs and Windows updates, all of which caught the users at the worst possible time — completing a homework assignment that's due in an hour? Displaying an ad on a screen on the street? Too bad, the operating system will restart now. Period. And the announcements it makes usually are worth of the best meme title. Phrases like "this won't take long" or "something happened" raise more questions than they provide answers. Not to mention the painstakingly long time it takes to load Internet Explorer properly, and that's especially annoying if you had in mind some quality time for funny memes.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of painfully funny computer memes, highlighting why Bill Gates needs to take a closer look at it. Scroll down to enjoy the entries and upvote your favorites.
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This Computer Repair Shop's Windows Windows
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Update And Restart
Me too! Always installs yet another problem while they correct something else.
Load More Replies...You can just set your active hours during which windows won't auto-restart. They even increased the maximal possible timeframe from 12 hours to 18 hours. Also remember Windows monthly updates come the second tuesday of every month. In Europe it's at 19:00. And with an SSD the updates are often faster than a normal boot from a HDD.
Also. "Okay you want to turn off? let me install updates before you turn off" AND: "oh you wanna log in? Let me configure windows updates before you do anything" the legit reason im commenting with a linux machine
Windows XP Nostalgia
Is anyone else more annoyed that this or the typical "this program has performed an illegal operation and will now be closed" have you click "ok". I realize what's meant is "acknowledge", but it's still rarely actually ok.
Isn't this implying, that there is software on your computer, that is actively trying to sabotage other programs ? :D
Chair.exe Has Stopped Working
Convinced Tech-Illiterate Friend To Upgrade To Windows 10. Told Him It Was Fool-Proof. When He Asked How He'd Fix It If Something Went Wrong, I Said "Nothing Is Going To Happen". He Sent Me This
That is the scariest notification of all. 😂 even the computer didnt know whats wrong.
That error code probably meant he was low on disk space. Nerdy me had to google it.
Omg. I shouldn't be looking at this in the middle of the night while giving a bottle to a baby I'm trying to put to sleep. Something might happen = I almost laughed
Imagine during development this string (text) got approved as an official user notification
Being Honest With Microsoft
I filled in a Microsoft survey after their tech support f&6%ed up my computer and then hung up. Even though I put a 0 for every answer, I doubt there was any follow up anyway.
I Feel Like Windows Mistakenly Did Something Horrible To My Files, And Then Managed To Fix Them While In A Panic
But tomorrow? Maybe you should give me a little extra RAM...just sayin'...
Unintentional Modern Art
And here the artist speaks to the plight of the oppressed office worker. The pole crashing through the glass ceiling signifies the common man screaming: I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!. What? It's just an error. Well never mind what I just said.
My Daughter Was Excited For Her First Computer Homework, But Then She Had Her First Experience With Windows Update Instead
Well, there`s your excuse ! "I couldn't do my homework, Microsoft hijacked my computer !"
MY DAD SAYS HE HAS NEVER USED A WINDOWS MACHINE... he has never experienced the horror of windows update. Also at least once you've turned off the computer when it was doing an update
Windows Being Windows
The mighty killer in each windows can be found at -- Right click --> Task manager --> End Task!
Yup, task manager is a lifesaver <3 but sometimes it doesn't work because I can't even press anything lol
Load More Replies...I like doing programming, and if I accidentally cause an infinite loop, the program shows up as “Not Responding” even though it’s obviously doing something.
Bravery And Internet Explorer
Apparently My Computer At Work Wasn't Having It Today
Windows Millennial Edition would give the error message "I can't even"
Ctrl + Alt + Del
It's actually, mildly amusing how some of my programs mysteriously start responding the moment I open the task manager...
Funny that happens on Mac too when I get ready to kill something. I just st kind of hover over it...and then it responds.
Load More Replies...PSA: Ctrl+Shift+Esc brings up the task manager immediately :)
Today I Found Out Where The Windows Logo Came From
Win3.11 was the best DOS shell ever. Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm33KB2Th9M
Load More Replies...Must be exciting having that in my house. Coz when I look out I'd see the world in a different perspective. It keeps updating.
Biggest Lie In The History Of The World
2nd biggest. The 1st is when you click that little box confirming that you read the EULA.
Now you will be able to know how many bored pandas know Portal ;p
Load More Replies...Blue Screen Of Death On The Mall
Am I the only one having some kind of phobia against these screen errors updates etc?!
Jesus Christ, you must wake up & think about your President, eat breakfast thinking about him, spend all day thinking about him then go to bed & dream about him all night. Utterly obsessed. You are unhealthy.
Load More Replies...Clippy! Is That You, Old Friend?
When the demand for you just isn’t there, you take whatever job you can get.
I Just Wanted Some Water...
Funny how the button says ‘crushed’. The feeling you get when you need something quickly but have to wait until the process is done
My friend with the smart house had to upgrade his light in order to change the bulb.
Don't they have running water where you live/work? Is the faucet broken?
This happened on an ice cream machine at a buffet.. First it was 99% and then BOOM just like that it became 30%.
since when do fridges come with windows installed on them. Unnecessary technology
Those F**king Updates
Windows
Still cant believe that Microsoft dont know that force updating is the most annoying thing
And the worst part is that they auto update... lag the system.. just when you have a tight deadline to meet... Gaddamnit Microsoft. Actually, you should be MicroHARD instead
Apparently there is something buried deep within Windows 10 that you can set so that it won't update - my tech guy told me one time when the update stuffed up my computer. I don't know what or where, but ask your technician about it.
Their forced updating killed my previous laptop. One of these days I'm going to pull the hard drive and copy the stuff I want to save that wasn't backed up into my new one and turn that one into a linux machine. Win-doze sucks. Can we just go back to dos 6.1?
I love this meme lol XD It annoys me when it happens though, especially when I'm really tired and just want to turn off my pc quickly and suddenly, an update popped up -_-
What Improvements Could Be Made To Windows 10?
Use at your own risk.... https://microsoft-3d-pinball-space-cadet.soft32.com/
You can download it easily somewhere online tho! Just try, and enjoy the result!
Pretty Much Guaranteed To Crash
What would autonomous cars do if they need to update on the freeway stop in the fast lane?
The reminds me of that list "If General Motors built cars like Microsoft builds computers."
Beware
Then I'll leave my laptop that runs linux. Haha. Try "upgrading" that. How. The buy me a copy of windows, and I will reseel it🤣
Microsoft At It's Finest
This is like a woman's fashion magazine. "Love yourself, fatty!"
That should be "Microsoft at ITS best" inasmuch as we don't need a possessive pronoun with an apostrophe. Sincerely, the Grammar Nazi
This looks like Xbox one screen which is a joke! I spent hrs uninstalling updates for my console when it was rand new then it started another update...of the controller?! Why does the controller need to update software? Then I put a game disc in and still couldn't play the damn game because the Xbox wanted to copy the game into the hard drive but there was no option not to do that so I had to wait 20 mins until it would let me start playing. After 15 mins of playing the game said sorry haven't downloaded more than this of the game! *face palm* what?! This had to be a joke right? Nope that's just Xbox one for you. Good grief! Although it was a brand new model that had just released that day so naturally by the time I got it and got it up and running they'd scrambled together a load of updates and patches! -_-
Delete Windows?
Wandows Is Now Working Ngrmadly
Nearly Gave Me A Heart Attack Upon First Glance
I bet my a*s, there's gonna be somebody bashing the keyboard with their face :D
Ahhhh Yes
you press the power button until your computer dies...... :/
Load More Replies...iT'S LIKE EVERYDAY I OPEN WINDOWS AND THEN one day ILL SEE "windows is not responded. would you like to wait or shut down"
Loudest Sounds Ever
Actually, the loudest sound, is the microwave beeping when you're trying to sneak a midnight snack :)
Totally hate the microwave bleeps (mine is perticularly loud). Have a perforated earddrum and certain high pitched noises actually hurt. Always try to press stop a couple of seconds before the program finishes
Load More Replies...I remember trying to sneak online at peak rate time when it was expensive to go on line trying to boot up and this f****r would echo through the whole damn house till I discovered I could just plug in headphones. The modem was another one trying to muffle it with a tea towel. Lol!
Try as I may I could never explain what I hear when you don't say a thing. You say it worst when you say nothing at all
Oh No, Someone Forgot To Turn The Cool Sign On
Sort of thing you should leave til your last day on the job - lol-- like deleting Donald Trump's Twitter account
Load More Replies...All the highway signs I have ever seen in the US are monochrome matrix displays. This seems like far too many things could go awry.
Even Office Urges Not To Be Installed
When Windows XP Froze So You’d Drag The Window Around
Oooooo i remember this. i thought the computer just simply broke
Logic
Me Irl
Yeah, this is more of a Chrome issue. Check your task manager, and you'll see Chrome at least 8 times. Even when the setting is for it to all shut down when closed a few stay running.
Big brother is watching. God sees everything. And then, there is Google, who also records it ...
Windows Throughout The Years
I know. Still running that on my laptop at home. Not changing anytime soon...
Load More Replies...Windows NT was my first stable operating system after Win 3.11, then a short period of time with Windows 2000, which was pretty good, Win XP for twelve years and now Win 7. Except for a few weeks of trial and error with Win 95 I have worked with stable operating systems since 25 years.
o god. So THAT"S why I actually liked Vista - I love that kind of weird things and it kinda looks cool xDDDD
When You're Home For Christmas And It's Time For Your Parents' Annual Computer Maintenance
Stand up. Open the window (or not - your choice). Throw out computer. Sit down. Enjoy. ....oh and eat some cake
Nice Try Microsoft
"Because it will take you 75% more time to actually load the page you are trying to view"
Windows Firewalls
Update And Restart
Who doesn't hit Ctrl-S every time they pause (like every 2-3 seconds), if there is no auto-save? I learned to do that in 1994. I don't understand, people.
Searching For 'Firef' Shows 'Ie' As Best Match In Windows
Hey disrespectful human windows knows everything and you have to believe it.
That's one reason not to use windows. I use linux and will use it forever. I can switch distros if I am unsatified haha windows!
I mean Mozilla Firefox and IE, if they are such a good (the best) match
Load More Replies...Windows Has Computer
Oh man now windows has gotten into the ransomware game? How much to get it back?
Ok Microsoft
'This product key applies to Microsoft office. Not Microsoft office ' wth
Aaaaah hohoho. Use linux and its free. Great right? Plus like 500 distros to choose from🤷🏻♂️
Load More Replies...I have Windows 7 Ultimate on my hardrive, i am running linux on USB drive.. Windows wants me to input product key. Yet half of the characters in the product key are not accepted or "invalid character"
Guess Who Has Homework Due At Midnight. It's Currently 10:30 And Has Been Updating For 10 Mins
You learned a lesson today. Do not start if it is almost to late if you do not have redundancy planned in (i.e. a second PC).
Excellent advice, but fated never to.be followed.
Load More Replies...you have 90 mins left. assumed that each % needs same time, it wll take 76 mins. so 15 mins left for homework!
This is more a lesson about procrastination than a Windows problem. Not that I'm judging because this would totally be me.
No. It is MY computer, I should have a right to decide when and how I use it. It's totally ridiculous that Microsoft highjacks my stuff.
Load More Replies...It's Treason, Then
I don't even get why they bother asking for this administrator stuff when you only have one session on computer...It's fairly obvious that in most cases you're the owner...
Load More Replies...Windows Is Great
Bwahhahaa, "asking the computer nicely." It doesn't listen to my pleas
This makes me wanna become a software engineer and create a voice operated OS programmed to execute orders only if you say "please", or "pretty please". And if it crashes, troubleshooting is activated by "I beg you".
Load More Replies...I always crashed my pc by deleting a program that closed the whole ui. Not good. Then I could restart my slow pc. Now I use Linux (currently Arch) and love it. It runs greater than ever!
I'm At Chuckie Cheese With The Kids And My Race Car Literally Crashed
COMPENSATE! COMPENSATE WITH FREE TICKETS NOW! I DEMAND IT! -If I was a kid I would so say that haha. :)
Imagine your car runs Windows and you suddenly crash. You tell the cops like "Hey I git the blue screen of death". And then the cops are saying like "It's your own responsibillity"🤣.
After Rebooting Required By A Windows Update. It's Like My Computer Pranked Me
"Don't turn off your computer" I want to turn it upside down, not off!!!
You're Planning To Restart My Tablet When, Microsoft?
Alright...if Microsoft now has time travel, I’ll give in and go to Windows 10
Thanks, Windows
"Hello? Helloooo??? " She kept calling around but no program ever answered. She was alone in the Matrix.
Oh Windows
Skype Is Officially Bloatware, Uninstalled It Yesterday Only To Have It Come Back In Full Force Today
Skype has been bloatware ever since Microsoft acquired it, and they started making it nigh-unclosable, with forced ads.
I got skype on an old computer and could not get rid of it. I tried uninstalling it repeatedly. It's a GD virus, is what it is.
Whaaahee. That's some next level stuff🤣. Switch to linux and bo problema...
Microsoft wants skype to be the new imessage. I like iMessage. Lets keep it that way
It Happens
Great Movie!
Troubleshooting
Really Windows 10? The Calculator?
Sneaky
"Jimmy looking through the blinds" from The Office would be more appropriate...
It's Jim, not Jimmy. Or as Andy calls him Big Tuna.
Load More Replies...Microsoft Force-Closed My Final Exam To Update Windows 10
I've always gotten quite a lot of warning before Win 10 upgraded anything, and always with the option of postponing. Am I alone?
At some point it gets tired of asking and just runs for it
Load More Replies...That's a good excuse for failing a test! Too bad I don't run windows! But that's a reason to be better than everyone hahahihi!
million dollar client comes for presentation. mandantory windows 10 updates happens in first 10 minutes of presentation ... takes a few hours ... client lost !
learned to have physical presentation as a backup plan .
Load More Replies...Sorry To Interrupt
I really miss Windows 7 though, and all those little 'gadgets' that you could interact with...
tried upgrading to windows 10 and I even left the dang computer on overnight and it didnt load
Bad Boy
Me: Hello salesman! I want 0 updates please! Is there an alternative? Salesman: You can disable them but windows wont work properly... Me: I am gonna quit. Linux is way better! Salesman: We only sell computers with Windows 10. Me: Ok then I choose linux where you open 10 app windows haha.
Most of these can be easily avoided by simply not using windows 8, 8.1 or 10.
Friend uses Windows 7 on his laptop and he kept asking me about upgrading to Windows 10 and I kept saying don't do it. Guess what he did! Few days later he asks me if I can put Windows 7 back on his laptop
Load More Replies...Hey! I AM running Linux, and I have had zero problems with it since switching from Windows...so there! LOL
um... you mean a 200 dollar peice of plastic thats worth so little to stores they keep them in the display box?
Load More Replies...Linux all the way! Not that windows is bad but it does so many things anoyingky wron!
Whaddayamean "nobody is actually running Linux"? I'm using only Linux for example, both at work and at home. I do help Windows users often and when I do that, I laugh at their problems and feel happy that I've finally and completely got rid of that junk.
Really those makes me lough :D I love windows 10, I think it's the most amazing operating system I have ever used. If you want to buy, visit gamivo.com.
I only use Windows natively now when it has gone wrong on a PC and I am getting paid by someone to sort it out for them. I moved all personal, production, photography and business functions from Windows to MacOSX in 2008 and I haven't missed the old bastard one single time. Neither have I missed the constant faffing about with glitches, restarts, and updates. It's great.
Most of these can be easily avoided by simply not using windows 8, 8.1 or 10.
Friend uses Windows 7 on his laptop and he kept asking me about upgrading to Windows 10 and I kept saying don't do it. Guess what he did! Few days later he asks me if I can put Windows 7 back on his laptop
Load More Replies...Hey! I AM running Linux, and I have had zero problems with it since switching from Windows...so there! LOL
um... you mean a 200 dollar peice of plastic thats worth so little to stores they keep them in the display box?
Load More Replies...Linux all the way! Not that windows is bad but it does so many things anoyingky wron!
Whaddayamean "nobody is actually running Linux"? I'm using only Linux for example, both at work and at home. I do help Windows users often and when I do that, I laugh at their problems and feel happy that I've finally and completely got rid of that junk.
Really those makes me lough :D I love windows 10, I think it's the most amazing operating system I have ever used. If you want to buy, visit gamivo.com.
I only use Windows natively now when it has gone wrong on a PC and I am getting paid by someone to sort it out for them. I moved all personal, production, photography and business functions from Windows to MacOSX in 2008 and I haven't missed the old bastard one single time. Neither have I missed the constant faffing about with glitches, restarts, and updates. It's great.
