No.
Lurkers and searchers will find this thread with this title, and make ALL SORTS of incorrect assumptions about it.
The fact that we live in a society in which people judge the content of a thing by it's headline or title is a huge problem, but frankly its not my responsibility to concern myself with an incorrect assumption someone else may or not make of it
Because the fact is, the Unitronic tune DID NOT FAIL.
I followed Unitronic's directions TO THE LETTER and it didn't work. They state quite emphatically that their drivers are all signed, and in the directions indicate that in the unlikely event Windows still balks, one could allow an exemption and the drivers would install without issue.
This is not the case.. not at all.
The fact that it is commonplace for people to have to disable security features on their OS to make this product work, and that the product does not work as intended when following the instructions provided is an absolute failure on the part of Unitronic.
It's so clear-cut, even a 3-year old could see it.
You should have had some more respect and titled the thread, "Help--Unitronic installation problems".
When I wrote that post, I had been battling with this process for hours, dealing with numerous frustrations and roadblocks. Most of these were to do with the process of installing Windows 7 on a bootcamp partition, but frustrations add up, and when I finally got around to this part, after everything else, it was one straw too many for the back of this particular camel. I came here in a state of both desperation and exasperation looking for help from folks who had maybe been in this situation before.
A few people could see that - because they read the post and could likely empathize with the state I was in, and I thanked them for it. Those exchanges were respectful, and in keeping with the spirit of a place like this. It wasn't until you and your forum wife came on here with your soapboxes did it denigrate to this state.
Are you going to stand there in your glass house and tell me you've never had an emotional reaction to something? I'm an imperfect human, but frankly your response to all of this is hyperbolic and unnecessary.
Unitronic the company did not fail. Their product did not fail. But you couldn't make it all work, and your first blast to the world was, "UNITRONIC FAIL!"
In fact, they did. The details of this are quite clearly outlined above, no need to go over it again.
Eye-dee ten tee errors do not a product fail make.
Attempts at being clever do not reinforce the validity of your point.
And you're shocked at the community's response?????
No, the 'community' for the most part was actually quite helpful. It's the response of you and your forum wife that I find absurd. Not 'shocking' as you put it, just facepalm worthy on a large scale.
You tell us that Unitronic isn't available during your available hours, so you come here yelling like a three year old and, frankly, demanding things--including demanding to be treated with respect???
I never yelled, there are no all caps spots anywhere in my OP besides FAIL, ANYTHING, and ANY. There's not even so much as an exclamation point to infer an elevated voice. Further, I demanded nothing. I asked politely, even my frustration-driven title had the word 'please' in it, and my conclusion to that post expressed my gratitude to any help which could be offered.
So far you have demonstrated that you don't know the meaning of the following things:
- Yelling
- Demanding
- Disrespect
- What constitutes a failure
I'm starting to see a pattern here.
We all read the post. We also know who and what we're dealing with here when the thread title is "UNITRONIC FAIL!" but the content is "I am having problems running the software".
All of this for an argument over semantics? And I'm the one acting like a child? Nice.
No, you don't get off nearly that easy. You acted like the poster child for eye-dee ten tee errors, and the community you went to will call you out on it.
Do you expect help from the community again? I think not, based on your overall behavior here.
That's rich.. so you're the self appointed voice for the community? Well, so far there are 3 people who did't crap their pants at the words used in the title of my post and instead offered advice, and I am immensely grateful to all 3 of them from it. So, we have those three, and now you and Sean who apparently can't hold your mimosas and see nothing better to do with your post-Sunday brunch to come in here and take a dump all over a new member who found themselves in a frustrating and desperate position.
I suspect that those who are polite and helpful will continue to be so, and I will return the favor in kind any time I am capable of doing so. What I won't do is take someone to task for asking for help because I don't like that they didn't meditate for a half hour before making their plea for help.
