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Empty Windows
Oct
16
2008
At work I use a laptop, and at my desk I have a second monitor. When my laptop is at my desk, it is connected to the docking station, and I have the laptop screen and the stand-alone monitor both active.
When going to a meeting, I will close the laptop, undock it, and then open it at the meeting. Occasionally, I am greeted by a warning when I open the laptop. Sometimes the warning appears after I go back to my desk and re-dock.
Actual un-retouched screen shot of the warning
Click on the image to see it full size.
I tried to set the screen resolution to zero by zero, as Windows XP recommended, but my computer wouldn’t let me. Plus the warning is wrong. How could zero be the best display size? I know I could check the box to not show the message again, but it is just so amusing to read. And reminds me to put realistic checks in any software I write.
As with most warnings that Windows generates, I will ignore this one too.
“Surely God will not listen to an empty {cry,} Nor will the Almighty regard it.”
– Job 35:13
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 9:51 pm and has been carefully placed in the Fun category.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Wait — it doesn’t have a mystifying and needlessly lengthy code associated with it. Can it really be a part of Windows? (Or is it only error codes that are mystifying and needlessly lengthy?)
Also, if the display showed a picture of my face, it would be a fuzzy display no matter the resolution.