TomJoad
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« on: November 01, 2007, 10:50:59 am » |
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They are a modern day version of highway men convincing the novice and the computer ignorant that they have fatal and serious problems when in fact they have minor and self- fix it soloutions. Whats the addage when all else fails read the manual. They wanted to charge over 300 dollars to fix when all I had to do was re configure my security settings
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Big Booper
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2007, 05:33:38 pm » |
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I too learned the lesson the hard way----$150 and present problems were corrected with FREE PROGRAMS
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janzisme
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2007, 08:02:36 am » |
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they wanted me to wait over a week - OVER A WEEK - for them to show up ... local place down the street had it back to me in a day ... 1/3 the quoted price from geeks ... you are so right ... robbers ...
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d1me9
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Waar het hart vol van is, stroomt de mond van over
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2007, 11:52:14 am » |
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i know from what i hear to never ever rely on the evil of geeksquad, a bit of wisdom passed on to me
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fleamailman
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2007, 05:04:44 am » |
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the goblin understood that most members here would always remain in the dark about their system in depth, "windows" after all was a hidden system where the only ones that truly understood it were those inside working for microsoft or those who hacked it, at least by this thread the members of the coffeenole would begin to understand that "open source" means unhidden, in fact most solutions to their problems were simple once the member had the information but two factors play in any problem "pin pointing the cause of the problem" and "working the solution" of which both can take time especially on a hidden system like windows, anyway in Europe there is no geek squad but the goblin had learned long ago that it was better to try the computer forums first having a running backup system ready because forums were slow and then the goblin said "...what do I learn if I let others mend my system for me..." which is why after having his computer repaired a few times he vowed to become able to repair them for himself but that was then, now he uses malwarefree linux on an old windows98 laptop watching all those people who are now supposed to upgrade to windows Vista knowing that once they have paid and upgraded to it microsoft will bring out windows Vienna in 2009
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Big Booper
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2007, 06:31:53 pm » |
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Sent off the final paperwork to Worker's Compensation Board for a Vista Computer for my Rehab Job Training courses---home study
Many thanks to Remember911 and the Goblin for their expertise, the Windows Me puter is operating a heck of alot faster
Love n Kisses
Big Booper
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