Now, this is something I've seen many, many times which is actually a sad confession. Sad because it shows that Windows users really can use lame UI for years and not even really notice it. We are just used to crap.
So, yesterday I was setting up a new Windows Server 2008 R2 box in VirtualBox (a killer VM product if you don't already know) and came to the following screen during setup.
![setup_fail](http://www.reggieburnett.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/setup_fail1.png)
So, let us be clear. This is a brand new machine (VM) and my two choices are Upgrade and Custom? Huh? First, there is nothing to upgrade so is it even a choice? So my other choice is Custom (advanced) which sounds like I want to do very advanced things like partition the drive, etc. Why is there not a ‘Simple Install’ option? Linux has this. OS/X has this.
Oh, and before you comment that this is a server install so the user is likely quite technical, the Windows 7 and Vista install was just like this. Yes I am a geek so this dialog has never tripped me up but what would my mom do with this dialog? I know what she would do. She would call me.
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