What's the most useless piece of software you've ever encountered?

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Windows ME

:thumbsup:

 

[mwmorph]

Microsoft Works(what a lie)

 

[Sureshot324]

norton antivirus

 

[boomer6447]

Gotta agree on the bonzi buddy....but I have one to add..

"MICROSOFT BOB".....remember him??

 

[So]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
void main(){}

While that truly does meet the definition asked by the OP, WindowsME gets the win because it provides exactly the same functionality, while filling a whole CD and paying for tens of thousands of programmer man hours.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Windows ME

QFT /thread

 

[Pastore]

Just about anything I've coded.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: johngute
bonzai buddy

you used to be able to make him talk and say funny sh!t...

can you still do that? or is he just all bad stuff now?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: jndietz
notepad.exe

Notepad is freaking awesome. It gets the job does and it isnt bloated.

Im saying Bonzi Buddy.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: Skiddex
viewpoint manager

 

[FoBoT]

i have this installed on my laptop

http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/

Compatible with all Mac OSs, including OS X Panther and Tiger, all Windows? versions, all flavors of UNIX/Linux, Amiga, BeOS, everything you can think of, because we strongly believe that NaDa? does nothing for everybody.

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Windows ME

/thread

"But the icons are pretty!" - One person's reason why it was better. But it really does suck.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i have this installed on my laptop

http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/

Compatible with all Mac OSs, including OS X Panther and Tiger, all Windows? versions, all flavors of UNIX/Linux, Amiga, BeOS, everything you can think of, because we strongly believe that NaDa? does nothing for everybody.

\thread

 

[LordUnum]

Softram 95... well not unless you really like to look at meaningless speedometer-like gauges that tell you that you have more resources/memory available.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
DOS

Are you just being sarcastic? DOS was the beginning of an era.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Microsoft Works(what a lie)

You have never encountered a far greater evil known as LotusWorks.😛

 

[Mucho]

Memory Manager for Win95 the machine actually ran faster without it.

 

[IamElectro]

Realplayer

 

[Maverick]

Gator

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

microsoft windows installer.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: IamElectro
Realplayer

QFTTTTT

 

[astralusion]

all the crap like weatherbug.viewpoint etc i agree with, then throw in the crap like realplayer and itunes and you just have a little party

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Windows ME

 

[manly]

World Poker Championship PC game.

 

[eLiu]

The G*DAMN MS OFFICE PAPERCLIP

i know it isnt really a standalone piece of software, but still I HATE THAT THING