I think the worst of the worst tech illiterates are the smart phone tablet crowd who think because they can press their thumb on an app or post to face book a photo of lunch they are somehow tech gurus.
Remove CMOS battery for effect. Protecting the BIOS with a password is silly, unless it's for child protection.Not too many things bug me from tech illiteracy, but there is one thing that gets me every time: the person who thinks he's tech-savvy and as a result, makes it nearly impossible for anyone working on his computer to get anything done. Example? I've had someone come up to me with a $3000 computer (purchased retail of course) asking me for help on why his sound doesn't work. He has, however, protected his computer with a thumb scanner, so I can't logout or restart the computer unless he's there with me. I get it working and send him off on his over-priced computer that he uses to send email and watch videos. A few months later, I receive a call from some stranger asking me if I've ever worked on this guy's computer. I say "Yes I have. Why?" He responds, "Well, he protected his BIOS with a password, but doesn't remember what it was. I was wondering if you knew it?" After a moment of silence and me strongly resisting the urge to face-palm, "No, sorry, I don't know it." (;;-_-)
I didn't know you could reset the BIOS that way. Cool.Remove CMOS battery for effect. Protecting the BIOS with a password is silly, unless it's for child protection.
I didn't know you could reset the BIOS that way. Cool.Remove CMOS battery for effect. Protecting the BIOS with a password is silly, unless it's for child protection.
I almost died laughing at the last part.[12:32:19 AM] Bela: "Aladdin Device Driver is not installed."
[12:32:24 AM] Bela: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
[12:32:35 AM] Team Fail: idk
[12:32:38 AM] Team Fail: got the same error
[12:32:41 AM] Team Fail: so I need to see why
[12:32:45 AM] Bela: why is aladdin here
[12:32:49 AM] Team Fail: loll
[12:32:57 AM] Bela: is his magic carpet going to come and take me to persia
[12:33:05 AM] Team Fail: lololololol
[12:33:12 AM] Bela: and that's where I do my 3d modeling
[12:33:40 AM] Bela: goddamn is it ever going to be done
[12:33:47 AM] Bela: it's just a hell of new status bars
[12:33:53 AM] Bela: configuring
[12:33:56 AM] Bela: initializing
[12:33:59 AM] Bela: writing registry values
[12:34:02 AM] Bela: unpacking
[12:34:04 AM] Bela: unboxing
[12:34:12 AM] Bela: cock-blocking you from using this product
That's how the pc's in my school are. Even if you disable the toolbars they'll be there the next day so yesterday I told the computer lab head to install Google Chrome on them instead and he said "I like Internet Explorer because it's easy to use". Then I said "why don't you try safari from apple?,it's very simplistic." He said "I don't think the computers have enough space to install that." Then I looked at all the computer's specs and they each had around 290GB of storage,dual core processors,and 4 gigs of ram, then i just facepalmed and left.Toolbars for web browsers should be made illegal all around the world, there should be a global cursade to destroy them unless they're downloadable extensions available in their corresponding App Stores so that only those who actually want them install them without fearing that they'll get one after breezing through an installation paying attention only to where the "OK", "Next" or "Finish" buttons are.I'll never understand how people get so many toolbars. Do they read nothing?
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If I ever wanted my browser to be s*it, I'd just switch to IE.
I think the fact you suggested Safari would be enough to make a post on this thread.That's how the pc's in my school are. Even if you disable the toolbars they'll be there the next day so yesterday I told the computer lab head to install Google Chrome on them instead and he said "I like Internet Explorer because it's easy to use". Then I said "why don't you try safari from apple?,it's very simplistic." He said "I don't think the computers have enough space to install that." Then I looked at all the computer's specs and they each had around 290GB of storage,dual core processors,and 4 gigs of ram, then i just facepalmed and left.Toolbars for web browsers should be made illegal all around the world, there should be a global cursade to destroy them unless they're downloadable extensions available in their corresponding App Stores so that only those who actually want them install them without fearing that they'll get one after breezing through an installation paying attention only to where the "OK", "Next" or "Finish" buttons are.I'll never understand how people get so many toolbars. Do they read nothing?
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If I ever wanted my browser to be s*it, I'd just switch to IE.
I forgot about this thread.
So, here's my latest.
I don't remember if I mentioned it in this thread, can't be arsed to look back a page, but friend messages me on FB "Nick, computer is sending out spam emails through my Yahoo account and I am getting delivery failure messages from the mailer daemon. What do I do?"
Give her the runaround "Disconnect internet/turn it off so it can't do any more harm, change your passwords from a known clean device, etc". "How do I fix it?" "Give it to someone who can clean it for you." "Do you do that?" "Yep."
Gives me the computer, I decide to try my hand at detection and removal without just reinstalling Windows like I usually do, give myself a bit of a challenge for once. After a bunch of hours put into it, it's clean now, running a hell of a lot better than it was when I got it, too. "I removed a bunch of problem stuff including BearShare, which is more or less as big a security concern as Limewire is. I wouldn't be at all surprised if your computer got its malware infection through something you got off of it." "Yeah I think that's where it came from." /noshit
Bring it back, we had never discussed any pay except that there would be pay involved. I was fully prepared to say a price, but she says "Let me go get the money." Brings back money, I put it in my pocket (I don't like counting pay in front of people...) and I go leave, count it in my car.
I made a wallet-stuffing $35.