Vista

Sometimes applications fail to start on Windows Vista. Sometimes, it can be resolved by starting them using an Administrative user account. And sometimes, they print funny error messages like Command and Conquer does:



The error message reads ***FATAL*** String Manager failed to initilaized propertly. (Typo left as-is)

While looking for a solution, i found out that there are millions of StringManagers out there.

What is a String manager?

I wonder if they meant someone who fiddles with strings and tries to organize them:


Or perhaps they thought about managers who produce strings (and all sorts of other undearwear):



What do you think about the responsibility of a class called StringManager and its design? Is this really a class in the object-oriented meaning or is it a trashcan for procedural utilities?

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Heute habe ich zum ersten Mal den Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 7.0 installiert. Nachdem ich einige Minuten gebraucht habe, um überhaupt rauszufinden wie man das Teil installiert und wo die Verwaltungskonsole versteckt ist, wollte ich ihn neu starten. Und schwupps, hatte ich meinen ersten Ausnahme-Fehler-Dialog vor mir (der übrigens nicht resizable ist...)



Achja, es handelt sich um eine Standard-Installation. Brand new out of the box sozusagen.

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