Interesting Errors
Have you run into some interesting errors or humorous Knowledge Base Articles lately? Well, I run into them once in a while. Here are a few. Sometimes in the middle of an intense troubleshooting session you deserve a little relief. Check em’ out.
The reason for this error was that the operation completed successfully
This error was on my SharePoint server.
The Windows SharePoint Services Timer service depends on the Netlogon service which failed to start because of the following error:
The operation completed successfully.
The last time I used this program was 61 years from now
According to this screenshot from May 25, 2011 I used Adobe Acrobat Professional last time on April 23, 2072. That’s 61 years from now.
Last Used On 4/23/2072
Please stop disrupting our Web servers
Sometimes you need to slow down while surfing the Internet.
You’re disruptively hitting our Dell Factory Outlet web servers too fast, please slow down your incoming HTTP requests to our web servers. Thank you for your cooperation.
Upgrading to Windows XP may cause you to lose your cookies
Microsoft KB article 282850: Cookies Lost After Upgrading to Windows XP
More than 500 users in a group can cause gray hair
Microsoft KB article 281923: Hair color of the “person” icon for a user group becomes gray if the group contains more than 500 users
Network adapter doesn’t work if the cable is not connected
Microsoft KB article 228001: Network Adapter Does Not Work if Unplugged
Insert a blank, formatted disk into drive C
Microsoft KB article 830680: Forgotten Password Wizard Prompts You to Insert a Disk into Drive C
