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“The error code 0xwhatever usually means you have a bad driver. We suggest you run dism and sfc, and if that doesn’t work, buy our software!”

duped 4y ago
You have no idea how much this speaks to me. I have a broken installer. I get some random error. Googling suggests I need to reinstall the software... whose installer I am trying to debug. Gee whiz never could have thought of that!
isametry 4y ago
Wait, those “articles“ still exist? The ones where you search how to resize an image, and the very helpful guide on coolmagictech.com tells you somewhere around the 2nd step to download and run the CoolMagic® MagicResizer™ tool? I haven’t seen one of those in like 5 years… But then again, I also haven’t used nor troubleshot Windows in those 5 years. Might be a correlation there?
- staticassertion 4y ago
  They absolutely still exist and clog up search results.
- 3np 4y ago
  You know, a while back a friend of mine was involved in a criminal case and needed to hand in messaging data to the police as evidence. Problem was, they did not want to hand in the whole phone but the app didn't provide any mechanism to get message history to your PC. The app was not globally popular enough to have publicly disseminated solutions. Time was at a premium and the one option seemed to be one of those sketchy Windows app at an equally sketchy website where you could buy the software via cc. I explained the risks to my friend who decided to give it a shot (on a clean Windows install which was later wiped, of course). It worked, just as advertised. We got all the data in a usable enough format. Surprisingly enough.
  - Gordonjcp 4y ago
    I always feel bad for companies like that because you're sitting there going "omg this is totally a scam, I'm absolutely going to get my card stolen", and some wee guy in Chechnya is sitting there going "oh hey, my fourth sale of the year, think I'll buy a sandwich and coffee with my massive winnings!"

duped 4y ago

You have no idea how much this speaks to me. I have a broken installer. I get some random error. Googling suggests I need to reinstall the software... whose installer I am trying to debug. Gee whiz never could have thought of that!

isametry 4y ago

Wait, those “articles“ still exist? The ones where you search how to resize an image, and the very helpful guide on coolmagictech.com tells you somewhere around the 2nd step to download and run the CoolMagic® MagicResizer™ tool? I haven’t seen one of those in like 5 years… But then again, I also haven’t used nor troubleshot Windows in those 5 years. Might be a correlation there?

staticassertion 4y ago
They absolutely still exist and clog up search results.
3np 4y ago
You know, a while back a friend of mine was involved in a criminal case and needed to hand in messaging data to the police as evidence. Problem was, they did not want to hand in the whole phone but the app didn't provide any mechanism to get message history to your PC. The app was not globally popular enough to have publicly disseminated solutions. Time was at a premium and the one option seemed to be one of those sketchy Windows app at an equally sketchy website where you could buy the software via cc. I explained the risks to my friend who decided to give it a shot (on a clean Windows install which was later wiped, of course). It worked, just as advertised. We got all the data in a usable enough format. Surprisingly enough.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  I always feel bad for companies like that because you're sitting there going "omg this is totally a scam, I'm absolutely going to get my card stolen", and some wee guy in Chechnya is sitting there going "oh hey, my fourth sale of the year, think I'll buy a sandwich and coffee with my massive winnings!"