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BeerCheeze
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| knight0334 wrote: | | I tried that.. some people just don't get it.. lol |
It's sink or swim time for her. 
And there are some ulterior motives here too.... I really don't think that she's going to finish college, and unless I can talk her into the Military.... she's going to go back to Ca, around her family and with in 2 yrs be popping out kids. So at least if she learns some computer skills she might stand a chance on getting a better than $8.00 an hour job. |
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knight0334
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| dadx2mj wrote: | | I dont get why you guys have such issues with XP, I can see it with older versions but I got XP three days before it was out in the stores and have only reinstalled it like two times and it is still running fine. WTH are you guys doing to it? |
It only takes an idiot 0.00001 seconds to hose Microsoft's best OS after a fresh install. lol Kids and n00bs are the worst offenders.. I've managed to teach a few kids and most of the adults I encounter what to do or not do with a PC. ...but there are others that you cant teach no matter how hard you hit them on the head with a book or hammer.
My ex from years ago, her 18yo daughter and 16yo son hose her PC every 2-9 months. However, her 12yo son is very good and learned what I taught him. He's very good about not installing crap and does try to clean up after his older siblings.
My recent ex's son will install an old copy of some file sharing/P2P app that is loaded full of spy/malware instead of getting a newer copy thats clean of it. I've told him time and time again to get the newer version if he's gonna pirate crap just to save me time. ..but no, he manages to install the same one. 
The only times I have to reinstall an OS for myself is: after I've done some creative tinkering, or I rebuild my favorites list, or testing junk software for stability, or goofing around with hardware settings, and a few other reasons. I do alot of testing on MS OS's and applications as a Beta Tester for nearly every application or OS they come up with. ..So I run into more then my fair share of FUBAR'd OS installs. |
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Blue|Fusion
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EC, I still stand by using your time one last time and install linux. Not even my sister can break it going to all those flash game sites, myspace, kazaa, etc. Hell, better yet, give her a blank CD-R, and this link. Tell her she has a week to get that installed and working or no more PC for her and I'll bet she'll learn more about linux in a week than most users (ubuntu users) will ever know about linux.
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knight0334
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Little Bruin
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dadx2mj
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| Quote: | | It only takes an idiot 0.00001 seconds to hose Microsoft's best OS after a fresh install. lol Kids and n00bs are the worst offenders. |
I have had XP on the kids computer as long as it has been on mine I think they have had fresh install 3 times.
You pretty much confirm my belief though it is more the end user than the XP that is at fault. Lets face it if MS made it idiot proof knowledgeable users would scream even louder that it was too bloated and restrictive |
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