More help is available

From the “Do you understand why people hate you, Microsoft?” department:

D:\>net stop xyz
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

D:\>net helpmsg 2185

The service name is invalid.

D:\>

Yes. Very bloody helpful.

I don’t expect miracles in the command line, but I do expect that if I’m told more help is available, that more help is actually available.

One thought on “More help is available”

  1. Kiwi Nick

    An old, old story c. 1996

    I was using Microsoft Word (approx 6.0, pre-Win95) when I wanted to make a pie-chart. So I click the chart button on the toolbar. It thrashed for a good 2 minutes, then came with an error. So I pressed it again, and got this clanger:

    This command is not available because Microsoft Chart is not available.

    Sometimes Oracle’s oerr isn’t much better.

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