* * * * *

 If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over getting
the same result, but expecting a different one, then does that make me insane
for expecting the popup window will stop popping up, or Microsoft Windows for
                     keeping popping up the popup window?

I turned on the Corporate Overlords' Windows 10 managed laptop [1] to enter
my time for today when a notice popped up about Adobe® Flash® being out of
date and that I should uninstall it. At least, that's what I think it said—
the text was a bit too small to read easily (and if I'm complaining about the
text being too small it's **small**). So I click okay as a reflex, I'm asked
to input my password (as most systems do today) and then a second later, I
get this small popup window:

> You must have administrative privileges to install Adobe® Flash® Player.
> Please log on with administrative privileges and try again.
>

Oh, that's right—managed laptop. Ah well. I click the only button on the
popup window, only to have another small popup window:

> You must have administrative privileges to install Adobe® Flash® Player.
> Please log on with administrative privileges and try again.
>

Yeah, I don't have administrative rights. And even if I did, I didn't even
have a chance to enter my administrative rights. I click the only button on
the popup window only to have another small popup window:

> You must have administrative privileges to install Adobe® Flash® Player.
> Please log on with administrative privileges and try again.
>

Sigh.

I can see where this isn't going.

Time to reboot the computer.

I just love this managed laptop.

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