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Bill Gates spends entire 1st day back at work trying to install Windows 8.1 l
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:03 am
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:03 am
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
GATES SPENDS ENTIRE FIRST DAY BACK IN OFFICE TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS 8.1
POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ
REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Bill Gates’s first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade.
The installation hit a snag early on, sources said, when Mr. Gates repeatedly received an error message informing him that his PC ran into a problem that it could not handle and needed to restart.
After failing to install the upgrade by lunchtime, Mr. Gates summoned the new Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella, who attempted to help him with the installation, but with no success.
While the two men worked behind closed doors, one source described the situation as “tense.”
“Bill is usually a pretty calm guy, so it was weird to hear some of that language coming out of his mouth,” the source said.
A Microsoft spokesman said only that Mr. Gates’s first day in his new job had been “a learning experience” and that, for the immediate future, he would go back to running Windows 7.
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GATES SPENDS ENTIRE FIRST DAY BACK IN OFFICE TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS 8.1
POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ
REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Bill Gates’s first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade.
The installation hit a snag early on, sources said, when Mr. Gates repeatedly received an error message informing him that his PC ran into a problem that it could not handle and needed to restart.
After failing to install the upgrade by lunchtime, Mr. Gates summoned the new Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella, who attempted to help him with the installation, but with no success.
While the two men worked behind closed doors, one source described the situation as “tense.”
“Bill is usually a pretty calm guy, so it was weird to hear some of that language coming out of his mouth,” the source said.
A Microsoft spokesman said only that Mr. Gates’s first day in his new job had been “a learning experience” and that, for the immediate future, he would go back to running Windows 7.
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This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 12:03 am
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Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:05 am to Tigahs
Kind of embarrassing, if true.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:07 am to Tigahs
having windows 8 on your pc is the equivalent to contracting aids
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:08 am to Tigahs
I am calling bullshite
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:08 am to poncho villa
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having windows 8 on your pc is the equivalent to contracting aids
False.
There is nothing wrong with Windows 8. Just have to configure it to boot to desktop.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:09 am to boom roasted
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Kind of embarrassing, if true.
It's satire
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:16 am to boom roasted
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Kind of embarrassing, if true.
Impossible. Gates hasn't personally fooled around with computers much since the 80's and he has lackeys for this sort of thing now.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:47 am to Tigahs
I can hear him saying, "This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen." 
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:48 am to Tigahs
Do people on this board actually believe that fortune 500 employees have to install or update Windows on their work machines, themselves?
"here's your office, sir and there's a PC that hasn't been imaged. Our IT staff is busy so you're going to have to spend all day installing everything from scratch. Oh, and were not going to manage your updates via the update server and group policy so GFY and have a nice day"
"here's your office, sir and there's a PC that hasn't been imaged. Our IT staff is busy so you're going to have to spend all day installing everything from scratch. Oh, and were not going to manage your updates via the update server and group policy so GFY and have a nice day"
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 1:01 am
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:57 am to Asgard Device
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Do people on this board actually believe that people at work have to install Windows on their work machines?
I think the point is, Bill Gates ought to be able to use Windows.
Hopefully his first act will to be fire the asshat who inflicted the term "charms" on the Windows world, and the next will be to terminate the inventor of the 4 corners.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 12:59 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Posted on 2/7/14 at 1:03 am to ILikeLSUToo
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ILikeLSUToo
I said that an hour ago. Maybe people don't know what satire is?
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