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#1 2011-01-01 15:21:02
Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
MSCTE is a Windows 98-like parody OS designed in VB6. I need some good ideas to put in it, ones that would confuse an old person with ease. I saw box art of Confuse The Elderly while on a search for something and I was like "Hey, there's an idea for another WindozeNT Software product" and soon I started making it. I'm up to the logon box, bearing many text boxes and numerous buttons, but I don't know how to make it confusing or anything. Can anyone help me with ideas for Microsoft Confuse The Elderly? The person who helps most gets a prize!
Thanks,
WindozeNT
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#2 2011-01-01 15:57:27
- hello12345678910
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Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
just try to make it like Vista: then it would be very confusing (and glitchy)
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#3 2011-01-01 16:23:24
Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
hello12345678910 wrote:
just try to make it like Vista: then it would be very confusing (and glitchy)
Well, that just won't really cut it for CTE, plus the box art was 9x themed. It needs to be ridiculously confusing, I guess.
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#4 2011-01-02 14:58:51
- TheSuccessor
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Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
Login box:
/* No comment */
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#5 2011-01-02 20:07:07
Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
TheSuccessor wrote:
Login box:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c8c2dc0d2c.png
Super! I'll add that! 
Also, I put in a message at system boot asking what to do with an old boot log with Yes/No/Cancel options. I'm trying to locate that box art but I can't seem to get any results. If anyone finds it, and you'll know when you find it, just post it and I'll be able to render it in somewhere.
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#6 2011-01-02 20:08:51
Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
TheSuccessor wrote:
Login box:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c8c2dc0d2c.png
BTW, what (language) did you use to make that?
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#7 2011-01-02 20:15:44
- soupoftomato
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Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
WindozeNT wrote:
TheSuccessor wrote:
Login box:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c8c2dc0d2c.pngBTW, what (language) did you use to make that?
English.
Obviously.
Kids these days, forgetting their native tongues.
I'm glad to think that the community will always be kind and helpful, the language will always be a fun and easy way to be introduced into programming, the motto will always be: Imagine, Program, Share - Nomolos
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#8 2011-01-03 11:07:49
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Re: Microsoft Confuse The Elderly
WindozeNT wrote:
TheSuccessor wrote:
Login box:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c8c2dc0d2c.pngBTW, what (language) did you use to make that?
I made that using design view in Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. If you want the source files rather than the image just ask
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#10 2011-04-20 14:35:10
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This topic has become horribly neglected, plus I have made in-development software closed-source until they are released. This can be closed now.
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