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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

New Windows Computer - Ulcer

Spiny wheel. Thanks for your patience.
Spiny wheel. We're still working.
Spiny wheel. Please don't turn off your device.
Spiny wheel. Still setting things up.

repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat....
repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat.... repeat....
repeat.... repeat........................

OK, we got through this part of setup...... Now let's see what's new
from Windows.

wait... wait... wait..... finally it's done.

So, the out-of-box experience is fine for most new systems but this
particular one just took a while.  Microsoft, I don't mind it doing what
it needs to do, but some status info showing real progress would help
people's nerves worldwide.