Ok, this is not Microsoft's fault, but it is a perfect example for the windows experience.
While working on a nasty IE JavaScript bug in my windows VM I kept getting an annoying popup saying: "SUN Java - Update available".
After clicking it away several times, I though "heck let's install it so it keeps quiet" and I clicked on the icon. After waiting several minutes for the installer to load data and seeing some of the nice progress bar, I got this wonderful message:
Warning: Operating system not supported! - Thank you for choosing Java (TM) ...
So the VM is running XP SP1 and Sun's update requires SP2. When I clicked away the failed installation, I got a nice error window saying:
Installation failed due to user aborting
Thanks for annoying me, keeping me from work for 15minutes, and in the end blaming me for not be able to install ...
