安装软件的烦恼.docVIP

The Installation Blues Software is a wonderful thing -- but only if you can get it onto your computer安装软件的烦恼My advice for this year: Dont install any new software unless you really, really have to.今年我的建议是：不要安装任何新软件，除非你是真的迫不得已。Perhaps youre the kind of person who has never had a problem installing programs on your computer. Perhaps youve never gritted your teeth in frustration when a half-hour long installation session ends, as it did recently for me, with a message like: Failed to update the system registry. Please try using REGEDIT. Luckily, I knew that Reg Edit isnt a person but a program that lets you edit something called The Registry, capitalized since it is the home of Important Software Settings if you use Microsoft Windows. Trust me: The Registry isnt a place you want to go if you are at all squeamish. Its like blindly sticking your hand into a bucket of crabs. This would probably explain why the error message didnt tell me what, exactly, to edit in The Registry. Because lets face it: If I knew what to edit I probably would have built my own computer, written my own software, have my own massively successful software company and not have gotten into this pickle in the first place. Perhaps you are unlike me: Youre smart and have figured out that installing software is just asking for trouble.也许你属于在电脑上安装软件从未遇到问题的那类人。也许你从未象我一样，经历过用半个小时安装软件后却出现“无法更新系统注册表，请使用REGEDIT”这类令人恼火的情形。还好，我知道注册表编辑器(Reg Edit)不是一个人，而是让你编辑所谓注册表的程序。相信我：注册表可不是闹著玩的。这就如同闭著眼睛把你的手伸入一桶螃蟹中一样。这也可以解释为什么这个错误信息没有告诉我怎样编辑注册表。如果我知道如何做，我可能就自己组装电脑，自己编写程序，成功拥有我自己的软件公司，而不必像现在这样痛苦不堪了。也许你与我不同：你聪明好学，并把在安装软件过程中解决问题当作乐趣。I still havent learned this. I still see a new program and think to myself: Great! This sounds interesting! I download it, or shove the CD-ROM into the CD drive and watch, mesmerized, as the miracle of installation begins. (The best-known software brand, I reckon, isnt Microsoft, but something called InstallShield, which is the software many developers use to deliver their wares to you and me. A