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Windows Vista - Error: The Operation Completed Successfully

Painting an anti-Windows Vista campaign

By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

27th of March 2007, 12:34 GMT

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"Error: The operation completed successfully" is the new slogan of an anti-Windows Vista campaign. Microsoft has managed to saturate every nook and cranny of available advertising space from
New York to Tokyo with Windows Vista ads. The 500 million Window Vista Wow marketing campaign has not failed to deliver. According to the recent data published by Microsoft, in excess of 20 million Windows Vista licenses were sold just in the first month of availability.

But saturating the world with Vista commercials also has its downside. This was proven by Czech painter Jeremiah Palecek who decided to take matters into his own hands and bring error messages back where they belong, in Windows, Windows Vista, that is. Palecek did not hesitate to conceive a scheme designed to show the true Wow of Windows Vista.

"Windows Vista is here!!!!! Wow! Im so excited! Prague has recently been taken over by a blitz of advertising telling everyone to say "wow" about the latest operating system. I for one am not saying wow, and am annoyed by these advertisements that seem to follow me at every turn. So I decided to use the classic new Vista error message which reads "Error, The Operation Completed Successfully"," Palecek wrote on his blog.

The measure of his lack of enthusiasm can be found in the original measures he has decided to take in order to fight back Windows Vista marketing. This is of course a case of art vs. vandalism, but that is an aspect for you to decide.

"I've made a sheet here for easy sticker duplication on A4 sized paper. As you can imagine the error window can be made to fit any size advertisement. While stickering in public may be illegal, and of course I would never, ever condone such behavior ( :) ) it is fun to see these ads with a little reinterpretation of all the annoying error messages I've got using windows over the years. Enjoy:)," Palecek added.

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