Archive for November, 2008
WTF, Microsoft!
So, because the office was closed today, I had the option to work at home so I didn’t lose 8 hours pay. Great idea! So, I make sure to copy the code and database backup of my project before I left work the other night. Get up today to start working.
Sweet! Oh ya, I got to install Visual Studio 2008. No problem, I’ll grab my copy of my file server and install it. LOLWUT? Can’t copy file 67 of 71? Fine, I go find another copy. 2 hours later, it’s installed.
Time to install Sql 2008 Express. Run setup. Wut? .Net framework 3.5 needs to be installed. I thought that came with Visual Studio 2008? Anyway, download it and install it. Rerun Sql Express setup. Now I gotta have Windows Installer 4.5. WTF? Just install! So, download that and install it. Run Sql Express setup AGAIN. OMFG! I need Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 installed! FINE. Download it, run it. Wow, it took 50 minutes to install the damn service pack. Funny, installing THE ENTIRE DAMN VISUAL STUDIO APPLICATION BUNDLE TOOK 20 MINUTES, but a service pack takes 50?
Nice going Microsoft. What should have taken no longer than an hour has now taken me damn near 5.