Error Messages -- and What They REALLY Mean


The Error Message Is: Which Really Means:
Press any key to continue You can press any key you want, how many times you want; I won't budge.
Serious error. Contact technical support and give error message number 1A4-2546512430E. You'll be placed on hold for ten minutes and then be disconnected, because we really don't care what your problem is.
Installing program to C:\PROGRAM FILES\... ...and while I'm at it, I'll put some files in C:\WINDOWS and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM, where you'll never find them.
Insert diskette 11... ...because I'm very well aware you only have ten diskettes.
Not enough memory. I don't care if you have 128 megs of RAM, I wan't the parts below 640 k.
Unable to read from drive D:... ...but if you insert the CD with the RIGHT side up, it might work.
Please stand by... ...for ever and ever.
That catalogue does not exist... ...anymore. Oops.
Unexpected error; quitting Actually, we knew all along that this would eventually happen, we just didn't feel like debugging the program.


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