Computer locks up at key moment

Given the general untrustworthiness of such a vital piece of communications equipment, anyone who hasn't learned to save their work with regularity should usually be swearing at themselves than at the machine.

Definitely don't like it when that happens - especially if it's at the point where you've just hit save and it turns out the computer locking up (Kernel panic anyone?) has just corrupted your file. What is just as bad is when you're connected to a clients VPN and the VPN continuously drops or if the client PC you're connected to runs so slow you can see it drawing the screen; so frustrating! Usually ends up with my head firmly planted on the table with a bang rather than a profanity though.

Considering the amount of time and effort I lose when this happens, I think nothing of dropping an f-bomb under my breath when my computer lets me down.

This is always guaranteed to turn the air around me deep blue.Actually,computers have substantially decreased my bad habit of smashing inanimate objects when badly frustrated.Lucky I wasn't exposed to PCs at puberty,when the hormones were in charge.I'd have probably thrown the monitor out the window,and been kicked out of my Dads house for good.

Been there...done that. I've done this at home before, but the times that it has stuck out the most were at my University's computer lab. In order to maintain a fast speed for their system, they automatically reset all computers in their lab at 4 AM every morning. This information isn't exactly broadcast, and I definitely lost a lot of crucial information the first time I found myself in the computer lab at that time. I learned my lesson and did a good job of saving information during my occasional all-nighters the next four years. However, there was one time in grad school that I was writing a big paper the night before it was due, and I was completely in the zone. I hadn't saved the document on the University network since the beginning of the paper, and was completely unaware of the time when a box appeared on the computer that it would shut down in 1 minute. As the time ticked down I tried to save it on the network since it would be lost on the computer's hard drive when it reset. ... Read more

may be worth a swear. had the computer lock up or shut down at key moment. my kids have had it happen when they are trying to do college work boy do they get upset. don't blame them especially if they have to start over.computers are great when they work, but when they don't could bring on some cuss words.

Computers are quirky in that way, so it's only natural that people will express their frustration. Of course there are different methods of showing that emotion. And don't think for a minute that I'm exempt from reacting to such frustrations. I just try to refrain from using the expletives one would usually hear. Usually, it's along the lines of "darn" or "heck".

If my computer locks up before I've had a chance to save my work, there will be a few choice words uttered.

That is why you hit save every five minutes!

It's actually kind of funny if you work in a department where everyone is on servers. When one of the servers goes down, you hear a collective groan and a few choice words from everyone on that server.

Depends on the type of activity being conducted and the precise definition of key moment....

The creativity of my profanity is generally in direct proportion to the amount of work lost, exponentially multiplied by the nearness of the deadline. When the neighbors begin to call, I know that the computer has had enough, learned his lesson and won't try that trick again.

The worse time this can happen is when you're in the middle of saving a day's amount of work, and that's when it decides to freeze! You frantically reboot, log in, search for your file and open it... only to discover it hadn't saved. Keep the kids away, because I've got some pretty juicy words to spill out.

I hate f******* blue death screens, it bites when it happens.

The key to this topic CTVfan is KEY moment. This has happened to me once (frozen at a key moment). As I recall it was a school project and the last time I saved was near the beginning, eugh I was pissed.

I sometimes use the s word when that happens on my computer.

I have never cussed during this type of event, however I have broke a few things...

With Win XtraPoopy, this was to frequently! With Linux (Redhat9) this is not aften at all! The worst time is when I just wade a kick-butt wallpaper and a great mix of a sound file and XP refreshed itself after a stupid explorer error! well Linux dont have to depend on so much to run and you can gonfigure the crap out of it and make it load and have on your hard drive whatever you want!!!! Plus linux is soo much more stable!! So I suggest you ditch momopoly soft and get yourself a REAL OS that dont promise the moon and give you a burned out 40 watt light bulb!!! :-)

Hey, this has happened to me alot, and I've never cursed. I mean, come on, three to four minutes and your back online or back to playing that cool Star Trek computer game or whatever! :)

I've been trying to figure out a time when my computer would lock up that I've cursed. I've figured out two good instances. One was when I was stupid and didn't recently save one of my term papers and I lost about 5 pages of it when the computer froze. Second was when I was working on rendering a model and I didn't save the day's work when the computer just froze. I think in both instances, I cursed pretty bad, but the latter was worse because I was in class.

I'm a pretty mild mannered guy. I try not to lose my temper too much, I'm not a big fan of foul language without cause. However, if I am at the computer (which I usually am), and a page locks, or I find myself unable to move the cursor, it will send me into a fit of horrific language that would most likely cause ClassicTVFan to keel over (if for some bizarre reason, he happened to be in the room). Nothing pushes me towards the brink of profanity-laced insanity like a locked up computer.