Users......

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by studiot, May 31, 2008.

  1. studiot

    studiot MajorGeek

    Users only want their computer fixed so that they can carry on doing what made it go wrong in the first place.

    Discuss.

    :-D
     
  2. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Users are the worst security flaw in existence.

    Discuss...further?

    ;)
     
  3. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Users=abusers => User-abusers=>thieves of time, money and effort.

    ....Please consider.
     
  4. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Many users believe that if the first attempt didn't work, another attempt in the exact same manner will succeed if retried many times, because computers understand the user's sense of urgency...

    Who relates?
     
  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    That is superb news if you run a PC repair business as you will have steady customer base.

    You can only advise as to what to use a pc for and what not to do for security, so after that its user error and upto them what they do, if they do not learn from past mistakes they only hav ethemselves to blame, however they do in my experience blame everyone but themselves for these problems.
     
  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Can I be your PC repair man?
     
  7. Solange

    Solange Sergeant Major

    Pressing the "print" button for the 67th time MIGHT work! :banghead
     
  8. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    I have never made a mistake it's always the PC that does not know what i want it to do rolleyes
     
  9. Solange

    Solange Sergeant Major

    Absolutely! And if that fails, I blame my cat.

    She once managed to crash my old mac performa (about a hundred years ago) by walking across the keyboard while a few proggies were open... Something "happened" to the poor machine, something started to conflict, and the thing had to be reinstalled... roflmao

    So if it isn't the user, or the puter, it is usually a pet or a child!

    Once, a friend was over with a few small children (myself I avoid them if I can...) and to keep the smallest one occupied I set it up on the computer with a simple game so that I could talk to my friend in peace. Next time I looked, the child, age 4 I think, was happily clicking away in the windows folder... :eek

    And only last night... My cat (again, that blasted fur ball :D ) tipped over a vase that poured it's water all over my keyboard and my server that stood idle on the floor next to my desk...

    And there was also the time when my monitor exploded, but you've all heard that story before! LOL

    But myself, I've NEVER been the cause of anything going wrong with a computer... :cool
     
  10. Gensuknives

    Gensuknives Grand pooty-meister

    Myself, I adhere to the "GI-GO" principle.
    And my puter is SUCH a nice trash compactor.
     
  11. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    ...I have screwed up many a P.C. in my time, <the buck stops here, eh?;)). But then again, they were my own stuff. One of the worst things I did years ago, is I had this rally old, crappy keyboard that I needed a sledge hammer press the keys, then a screwdriver to lever them up again, (okay, so I'm exaggerating, but not by too much). Anyway I got so jacked off with it one night, I threw it into my aquarium. ~ Weird thing is, after it was dried out, and I had regained a little sanity, it worked fine. Must have needed a good clean-out, or something rolleyes. True story.
     
  12. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    From my experience, users don't ever want to try to fix their computers on their own. They make a pretense of making the attempt by calling me and and saying what should I do, but as soon as I start telling them, they suggest that maybe it would be easier for me to come by in person.rolleyes



    roflmao@Phantom, Kes, Solange's stories.
     
  13. :clapall I have to say is thank God I have muskie or I would be in BIG trouble:eek: THANK YOU DEAR
     
  14. KittenBits

    KittenBits Guest

    You Got THat Write BillMC :-D

    Charlene
     
  15. N5638J

    N5638J Guest

    What i hate is when you fix something and the User causes the same problem again they think you should come over and fix it again but for free. Now thats what i hate.
     
  16. Sgt. Tibbs

    Sgt. Tibbs Ultra Geek

    This is me as well. If I can't blame the computer (stupid computer, don't you know what I mean rather than the succession of keys I mistakenly hit to get there?), the cat is ALWAYS to blame. Or my mother... :D

    Fortunately for me, about 98% of the time I can fix it myself. And as of yet (knock on all available wood) I have not had to resort to reinstalling the OS to make it right.
     
  17. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    The abuse of users in this thread.......


    oh, nevermind:-D
     
  18. musksnipe

    musksnipe Guest

    You're still in big trouble! :p
     

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