Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by highfrequency » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC

Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)
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Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by u1hcw9nx » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

>So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated

And it get worse from there. This is funny as hell. Billg eating his own shit.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by MeteorMarc » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC

Could it be the reboot thing is legacy code from Windows 1.0? Wait, then Gates himself was at th wheel.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by ThrowawayB7 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC

Microsoft needs Bill Gates back, the young, abrasive version of him that didn't tolerate bullshit, to call them out on what they're shipping these days.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by Zambyte » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC

u1hcw9nx wrote: post #2

>So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated And it get worse from there. This is funny as hell. Billg eating his own shit.

Unix philosophy: tools should be simple and composable

Windows philosophy: don't get sued by AT&T

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by johnnyApplePRNG » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC

Read it.

Stopped halfway through thinking "Damn, this Mike Beckerman is a piece of work. Doesn't understand English grammar let alone software development."

Looked him up...

>Michael Beckerman is an American lobbyist who is vice president at TikTok.

Not surprising at all.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by jtwaleson » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

Can someone in Microsoft confirm my suspicion that this thread is still going and nothing was fixed?

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by 486sx33 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

Interestingly, Gupta didn’t reply at all, despite being named on bill’s original email directly. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/anoop/ He was natural-user-interface director at the time

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by jeanmichelselli » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

jtwaleson wrote: post #7

Can someone in Microsoft confirm my suspicion that this thread is still going and nothing was fixed?

No one from Microsoft will ever confirm, but the status of Windows "OS" says it all.. ;)

Re: Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

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Post by techteach00 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

I still reboot my desktop daily lol. I was born anti-tab pro fresh start