The 20 Worst Windows Features of All Time

It's kind of astonishing: Windows users had to wait nearly a quarter century, until Windows Vista, for an OS with really good search features. Windows XP Search may be the worst of all, with an interface that's as patronizing as it is sluggish and confusing. You search with the help of a talking dog who even Microsoft's own site says some people "loathe". PC World columnist Stephen Manes was so worried that this "bastard pup of Microsoft Bob" might make it into Vista that he started a write-in campaign to beseech Microsoft to euthanize the pooch; hundreds of readers sided with Steve.