I declare war upon Windows Live.

>:o( See that face? That's the face of complete and utter disgruntlement! I'm pissed as. Yesterday morning I was FORCED to update from MSN 7.0 to Windows Live. I hate Windows Live. For months they've been asking me if I'd like to download the latest version, and each time my answer has been exactly the same; NO! So now they've pulled a swifty and not given me the option. I couldn't sign on until I complied with their Nazi demands.

Not.Happy.Jan! >:o(

It seems that whenever Microsoft updates a program their main objective is to create a much more frustrating, non-beneficial version. It's like they all sit in their office plotting.
"We've received complaints that this program doesn't actually work very well. It apparently gives the user error messages when they try to perform functions the program is supposed to be able to comply with."
"What? Don't waste my time with that! How can we make it more annoying?"
"Oh! I know! Let's move the button to close the window somewhere else. That'll confuse them."
"Very good, Bob. You get a pay rise."
"And how about we ask the user if they want to download a bunch of partner programs, and even if they say no just do it anyway?"
"EXCELLENT! Bob, you're fired. Fred, you get his pay rise."

I bet that's what they do. Seriously. I'm 98.8% convinced of it. It's a conspiracy!

So I have this absolutely retarded version of MSN stuck on my computer like a virus. Then again, I'm using Windows, so it's more like an extremely minor sniffle in comparison. I absolutely hate the graphical interface. It's drab and depressing. I don't handle change, so that's another reason I'm hating it. The snot green online user man and the grey depressing fading man for offline is just... well, it's damn depressing! That's what it is. Depressing!
It's slow. A lot slower than 7.0 was. Half the time it doesn't function. But then again, that's their aim so I guess they did their job.
And my biggest peeve by far is the fact that it created a folder on C drive called "My sharing folder".
A) I don't intend on sharing anything with anyone.
B) I'm no Communist! Obviously Microsoft wants us all to be though. And I wouldn't mind, but if the program actually communicated with itself it would know that I don't wish to partake in their new age Hippie mumbo jumbo. I said "No" to file sharing. N.O. I ticked the little box. Why create a folder when it's already been decided that's it's not going to be required?
& C) I don't appreciate having things on ma pooter that I can't rename or delete if I should feel inclined.

I hate being told what to do on my own pooter by a freakin' program! I gave the bums feedback, which they'll probably ignore. But I'm totally planning on switching back to Yahoo.

It's probably not worth getting so angry about. But I'll get over it. It's just no good to bottle it up inside, no matter how puny and insignificant it seems. As Joy's mum from My Name is Earl says, "Don't you judge me!" Heh. Great show.