Most annoying error messages come out of nowhere, kick you in the shin, and then just stand there coldly watching your reaction hoping that they'll see a tiny shimmering tear form in the corner of your eye.
The error message I'm nominating tonight is not one, but two error messages that together deliver a more powerful combination attack. The first one assaults you, but then gives you a glimmer of hope, and then the second one.... well I'm getting ahead of myself.
I have used KeePass to safely manage my passwords for years and it has never given me a single problem until today. Well there was that one time I forgot my "master password" but KeePass can't do everything for me.
Tonight I was trying to pay a bill (you're welcome anonymous power company) and I noticed that KeePass had been updated. I giddily clapped my hands and thought about all the new features I might encounter (version control perhaps?). The clapping was short lived though. Upon opening my "old" password database with my new KeePass program, I was greeted with this:
"Ah!", I said, "I will now follow the friendly and helpful instructions. Okay, File... Import... Choose file..." Bam!
Like you, dear reader, I rubbed my eyes a few times, but the message remained the same. I've been running KeePass on my Linux machine for years, and now, when it's time to transition to the newest version, I'm told I need Windows. I like Windows but my import process just got several times more complicated.
So, anonymous power company, you will have to wait a bit longer before receiving your well deserved funds. And you, tiny little Windows Netbook, that has been abandoned on my bookshelf, I'll be by later to install 238 security patches before actually exporting my password database.