Computer Pet Peeves

[Cognizant]

Is there anything about your computer, such as a hardware problem or error, that really grinds your gears? Share em' here!
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For me, Windows seems to like restarting my computer for an update while I am AFK, working on a big project.
On my Mac, the SMC failures that happen every time I restart it, gets super annoying after a while

What About yours?

[TheMatrix]

Silly BIOS enjoys restarting my computer every now and then >.<

[Jess]

I know it's silly, but on my new laptop (used to be my mom's)...the arrow keys are just so tiny and if I want to play any games that involve arrow keys...it's just so hard

if I had my old laptop, it would be the game lag. >:l

[Jufjufjuf]

Is there anything about your computer, such as a hardware problem or error, that really grinds your gears? Share em' here!
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For me, Windows seems to like restarting my computer for an update while I am AFK, working on a big project.
On my Mac, the SMC failures that happen every time I restart it, gets super annoying after a while

What About yours?

You can disable automatic updating in the control panel.

[BFG9001]

My keyboard. It keep shorting out for no reason.

[Magus]

My computer freezes at random times.

[KidImage]

When my computer lags -.- only when I'm doing something important.

[Rayquaza]

My computer can't even run Minecraft properly.

[Syvelocin]

My computer can't even run Minecraft properly.

No computer can run Minecraft properly. Except the high-end models I guess. I can run everything under the sun on the piece of shit I own but the only thing that lags more than once an hour is Minecraft.

[Suicune]

It always tends to overheat itself without it's external fan.

[Djentleman]

Flipping beach ball loading up at unnecessary times.

[User_Does Not Exist]

Windows updates.....

[Darkness.]

Windows XP locks up on my shitty laptop.

[Silicate Wielder]

even though I won the battle against windows on my laptop Ubuntu likes to be somewhat glitchy with my hardware (Mousepad & Onn optical mouse, but 99.9% percent Mousepad glitches and 00.1 percent glitches with optical mouse. If I were still running 11.04 it would be the graphics and sound card crashes I'd experience whenever i'm doing something large in size or resource expensive on my laptop like say I would be running Portal 2 using the Wine Windows layer then while i'm about to finally activate the last laser target in one test room, My sound and video drivers would crash.

[Cognizant]

For some reason, Windows 8 messed up Skype HEAVILY, to the point where it is practically unusable

[gone123]

Charging cable on my laptop is all twisted and wavy for no reason (just my computer OCD acting up...) and it won't straighten out no matter what.

[TheMatrix]

Charging cable on my laptop is all twisted and wavy for no reason (just my computer OCD acting up...) and it won't straighten out no matter what.
Easy way to solve it: Put enough cable under your laptop so that the "brick" of the charger is suspended in air(instead of on the ground). Leave it like that for a few days(or a week if you have tough cords) and it should be better.

...not that it's the end of the world if it doesn't work :P

[WickedWeekend]

Internet randomly goes off for five minutes at a time. Thats what you get with a wireless connection....

[Skeptical Bear]

Simply when it comes to the computer becoming slow. Then I have to wait 2 or 3 minutes for it to get back to normal.

[Wicked_Syn]

Great thread!

I have one pet peeve with my lap top right now; the number keys:

*My 8 Key above my keyboard doesn't work, but the 8- key on my keypad always add's a stupid - for some reason...

*My 6 key above my keyboard doesn't work at all.

*My 9 key above the keyboard isn't functional at all, which means I can't use parentheses.

*The 1 key that is located on my keypad thinks that it's funtion is enter. So whenever I am writing a number sequence on a webpage form, and I hit the 1 key on my keypad, it enters the information.......

[khila]

my whole computer it crashes when ever i just open 4 tabs in the internet even if there all on the tab browser page (than again its 10 years old)

[Cognizant]

This isn't really a computer based problem, but I HATE it when someone leaves the school computers dirty :angry:

[Sephtyan]

First off, I despise Macs. No right-click, no defined ALT key, and no Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Also the fact that they can't run .exe files, and that file navigation is a fucking nightmare. The scrolling is ridiculously sensitive and the little side-squeezy buttons will sometimes freak out for no reason.

As for PC's, I have a custom skin pack for XP SP3, and it always reverts to Windows Basic Default upon restart.

Silly BIOS enjoys restarting my computer every now and then >.<

This is usually due to an error in the BIOS configuration. Did you recently upgrade it at all, put in any new sound or video cards? If you did, did you remember to turn off onboard audio/video?
Get this looked into. If left too long it can corrupt your BIOS and render your PC inoperable.

[Cognizant]

First off, I despise Macs. No right-click, no defined ALT key, and no Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Also the fact that they can't run .exe files, and that file navigation is a fucking nightmare.
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Wut. :|
Control Click
Command+Option+Escape
Alt= Option
DMG :D
but it's easier to install applications! D:

[User Deleted]

Lag on games, notifications.

[Dark_Desires]

PSU fan has a rattle sound so i have to move it a lil so it doesnt.New psu on the way instead of calling to get a replacement sent :D.

[TheMatrix]

Also the fact that they can't run .exe files,
You can compile Wine for MacOS.


This is usually due to an error in the BIOS configuration. Did you recently upgrade it at all, put in any new sound or video cards? If you did, did you remember to turn off onboard audio/video?
I should upgrade my BIOS, which seems to be a risky operation. The configuration has worked for a long time.
It could also be my power supply, which has been getting really dodgy lately.

Get this looked into. If left too long it can corrupt your BIOS and render your PC inoperable.
Unlikely. The BIOS is stored on a ROM(with the exception of the settings, of course), so there's nothing that can really be messed with.

[SolarSolexis]

Well, this isn't exactly a computer pet peeve, but it IS something about a computer. My grandma thinks that I will get a virus if I do anything online at all. Anything.

[wildone016]

Mouse pad thingy is too sensitive, buno it too much.

[SolarSolexis]

Mouse pad thingy is too sensitive, buno it too much.

There might be an option in Control Panel under the "Mouse" icon that should allow you to change the sensitivity of it. I had to increase mine when I got the laptop I currently have. It look like three full swipes for it to reach the other side of the screen lol.

[Sporadica]

"Not Responding"

Words are not needed to describe the pains of those 2 words.

[MattVon]

Ever since my upgrade, I've pretty much faced no errors that have become annoying. One thing that comes and goes (which only lasts less than 5 seconds) is Firefox freezing when it initiates a download.

[Mirage]

Typing a string of text über fast and looking up to see that my sluggish computer not only has only typed the first two letters, but also has managed to become "Not Responding". What, is my computer in a coma or something?

[iallen]

yeah.. DELL LAPTOPS FUCKING SUCK!!!!

[Cognizant]

"Not Responding"

Words are not needed to describe the pains of those 2 words.

A designers (me) nightmare!
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My MacBook Pro screen is SUPER glossy, it''s kind of hard to stare in :(

[HunterSteele]

I hate when Firefox and Flash on the computers at my school prompt me to install updates when I can't. Why can't software detect when they're running under an account without administrative rights and hide the update prompts? Is it that hard to program that?

Ever since my school upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS X it takes about 5 minutes to log in and 5 more for all the programs I need to open. You'd think they wouldn't have enough money to upgrade Mac OS X, but they did and made it worse.

What really annoys me is my laptop's inability to wake up from sleep mode. If it goes to sleep when I close it, it won't wake up again when I open it. And if I try shutting it off and turning it on, it won't boot. I usually have to plug it in and leave it for an hour before it works again.

You can disable automatic updating in the control panel.
But then you'll have to install updates yourself. There's a registry edit which still lets Windows Update operate as it does, but lets you choose when to reboot. I wish I knew about that before I had a dozen DVDs turned into coasters because my computer rebooted while burning them.

This isn't really a computer based problem, but I HATE it when someone leaves the school computers dirty :angry:
You wouldn't want to see the computers at my school then. It looks like they need to be pressure washed.

[TheMatrix]

I hate when Firefox and Flash on the computers at my school prompt me to install updates when I can't. Why can't software detect when they're running under an account without administrative rights and hide the update prompts? Is it that hard to program that?
You'd be amazed. It isn't as easy as just usergroup detection, unfortunately. You actually have to attempt to install these(thereby requesting user permission if you're not malware or bad software), so there really isn't much else than that popup that asks for permission.

You wouldn't want to see the computers at my school then. It looks like they need to be pressure washed.

I think it's the same everywhere. People eat at the computers, even though there are signs next to each one saying "No eating". But no teacher/person-in-power gives a fuck, so people do as they please.

[NudistKid]

I just hate when it randomly shuts down and saying it needs updates surely i should be able to tell it when i want it to update

[project_icarus]

I really dislike automatic updates. I hate how the window telling me that it's about to update, and gives me an option to postpone it, is underneath everything else.

[Lost in the Echo]

I hate when a tab just closes out of nowhere. I also fucking hate pop-ups, and lagging and shit.

[Gandalf]

Bad layout of buttons on screen:

Laptop.
Windows 7
Scroll down manually by dragging the slider on a really long page such as tumblr.
*Mouse annoyingly slips on top aero peek button*

**Facepalm**

[Mirage]

Please don't bump old threads.

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