Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.misc > #10220

Re: Parents are Dumb and Kids Don't Know Anything About Computers Anymore

Show all headers | View raw

Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> wrote:
j> On 30/01/16 21:20, Rich wrote:
> > https://medium.com/@seibelj/parents-are-dumb-and-kids-don-t-know-anything-about-computers-anymore-b59e974d052c#.krbf5ep2r
> >
> > Quoting from the URL above:
> >
> >     ...
> >
> >     But installing a game was difficult! My father could barely
> >     figure it out, and usually had someone come over to do it.
> >     Everything was a series of floppy disks and strange commands,
> >     and usually some error popped up and you had to try again.
> >
> >     ...
> >
> >     To use this beast, you had to understand files, folders,
> >     memory, hard disk, fancy commands, and so on. Then you could
> >     play your games.

> Agree. However some levels of computer support inside corporate
> companies are just as bad. Sometimes escalation doesn't happen, or it
> goes to the wrong people.

> 1. application giving problems? just run setup.exe
> 2. don't understand a blue screen? backup data and run setup.exe
> 3. driver not found for hardware? find a random from google and run 
> setup.exe
> 4. machine locks up during use? send it in for warranty repair, must be 
> the hardware....
> 5. https://i.imgur.com/96hPj.png

You forgot the #1 most common 'help desk' response in the
corporate/govt. environment:

0. Reboot - see if it seems to go away.

Which, sadly, given the poor design of windows, does actually fix far
too many of the issues.

Back to comp.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Parents are Dumb and Kids Don't Know Anything About Computers Anymore Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-30 21:20 +0000
  Re: Parents are Dumb and Kids Don't Know Anything About Computers Anymore Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-01-31 10:47 +0000
    Re: Parents are Dumb and Kids Don't Know Anything About Computers Anymore Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-31 13:57 +0000

csiph-web