It doesn't run in the family

Ugmore Baggage · 12-23-02, 06:03 PM

It's that time of year when many of us who understand why plugs are color coded must once again trek to the homes of family members before they can use their magic trinkets.

Here's a short story illustrating what may happen to you this year.

My parents bought a Dell Laptop last year. I designed my dream machine and ordered it for them -- on their card, not mine nonono!
So they've got a GeForceGO and CDwriter, dual batteries, even wireless networking for and broadband -- the only feature they ever use.

Anyway I sent them a scanner this year and they opened it early. And told my mother to follow the instructions. 24 hours later I get a call. "Well, uh I read the instructions a dozen times last night, so I put the CD in and waited but nothing happened so it says I can do this other thing and go to my computer, click the CD drive and pick setup.exe... but nothing's there."
"Hmm, ok is the shiny side down?"
"No, I did it right."

This may be why she can't figure out how to use the burner...
She's got it right now thank god. Sometimes she can be stubborn.

cursor · 12-23-02, 06:14 PM

Sometimes it's amazing how the parents of power users can be such.... end users...

Not that I'm much more than a hobbyist, but I just about went nuts when I had to talk my folks through installing a USB mouse. Forget about that external CD writer I got them ever being used. Who ever thought EZ-CD Creator was such a pain to use?

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-23-02, 07:10 PM

There's no-one at all in my family who's even REMOTELY computer literate, so i have no one to talk to about computers.

They don't even WANT to learn!! grrrr.....

EmTSea19 · 12-23-02, 07:22 PM

I am not a Power User, and I am working on my own knowledge of computers, but I know what you're talking about.

If my Mom tells me one more time how upset she is because my father can't figure out the remote control, I think I'm gonna scream, *lol*. He drives her absolutely crazy. Then of course, she has to tell me. I think if he got a computer, my Mom would never have one moment of peace again, *lol*.

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-23-02, 07:53 PM

oh, i'm not a power user- yet

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how can you be a power user on a 566mhz compaq laptop with no configurable overclocking related options in the bios

EmTSea19 · 12-23-02, 10:22 PM

Every Power User was a Power User Wannabe at one point, so you're on the right track!

Ben721 · 12-23-02, 10:30 PM

True to that. Also computers doesn't run in my family so don't feel bad.

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-23-02, 10:35 PM

Lol.
Thanx! i'm hoping to be a power user when my system's done.
Well, i've already got a 1mbps connection (that's what i'm using now) so it should compliment my system quite nicely...

pip · 12-24-02, 02:51 AM

sometimes I wonder how I understand computers so well, then I remember my aunt and my father

whiteemcee · 12-24-02, 09:02 AM

my father was the one who tought me a lot about computers... ever since the ol'e 286 days we've been fixing and building comuters.. it wasn't really tell the last year that i got more interested though and started doing more then just putting one together or fixing it... but it seems good to have someone around to talk about computeres with!

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-24-02, 11:48 AM

UR lucky. I don't know ANYONE IRL that knows much about PC's.

David · 12-24-02, 01:36 PM

My parents know enough about PCs to do basic things like web surfing, and word processing. But they arent hobbyists.

Lol, you have to see my grandad trying to work a VCR.....its great fun watching. He acts like he is trying to defuse a bomb or something.

David

BaldHeadedDork · 12-24-02, 03:30 PM

For Ugmore and everyone else who is trying to teach their parents how to use a computer:

Enjoy.

BHD

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-24-02, 07:54 PM

LOL!
i hope she never actually gets a virus

Hmmm...... a potential geek and overclocker in the making?

Top Hat Theater · 12-24-02, 08:36 PM

I hear your guys' pain all too well. No one in my family has any idea what's up with regard to computers. However, they think my mod jobs look pretty sweet. Hehe.

~THT

n_ick2000 · 12-24-02, 09:46 PM

My dad is a semi-poweruser and my brother (as well as me)knows his stuff. So, I guess it runs in the male side of our family

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Top Hat Theater · 12-24-02, 09:51 PM

bah...my dad gets HDDs and RAM mixed up. LOL, imagine 80GB of RAM and 512MB HDD. Poor guy spends too much time at work.

~THT

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-24-02, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Top Hat Theater
LOL, imagine 80GB of RAM and 512MB HDD.
~THT

LOL that'd be funny!
sell 78GB of the ram, chuck the drive, and buy 50 new computers

Papa_Legba · 12-25-02, 02:04 AM

Hah! That article was too close to my grandma for comfort. I considered it a major victory on my part when she actually stopped picking up the mouse and waving it around in the air to try to move the pointer in an "up" direction.

ArBiTaL 24 · 12-25-02, 04:13 AM

LOL- you think that's bad?
jeez, i got some stories to tell

12-23-02, 06:03 PM	Thread Starter #1
Ugmore Baggage Member Join Date: Feb 2002	It doesn't run in the family It's that time of year when many of us who understand why plugs are color coded must once again trek to the homes of family members before they can use their magic trinkets. Here's a short story illustrating what may happen to you this year. My parents bought a Dell Laptop last year. I designed my dream machine and ordered it for them -- on their card, not mine nonono! So they've got a GeForceGO and CDwriter, dual batteries, even wireless networking for and broadband -- the only feature they ever use. Anyway I sent them a scanner this year and they opened it early. And told my mother to follow the instructions. 24 hours later I get a call. "Well, uh I read the instructions a dozen times last night, so I put the CD in and waited but nothing happened so it says I can do this other thing and go to my computer, click the CD drive and pick setup.exe... but nothing's there." "Hmm, ok is the shiny side down?" "No, I did it right." This may be why she can't figure out how to use the burner... She's got it right now thank god. Sometimes she can be stubborn.
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12-23-02, 06:14 PM	#2
cursor Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle, WA USA	Sometimes it's amazing how the parents of power users can be such.... end users... Not that I'm much more than a hobbyist, but I just about went nuts when I had to talk my folks through installing a USB mouse. Forget about that external CD writer I got them ever being used. Who ever thought EZ-CD Creator was such a pain to use? __________________ This space intentionally left blank.
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12-23-02, 07:10 PM	#3
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	There's no-one at all in my family who's even REMOTELY computer literate, so i have no one to talk to about computers. They don't even WANT to learn!! grrrr.....
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12-23-02, 07:22 PM	#4
EmTSea19 Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northeast U.S.A.	I am not a Power User, and I am working on my own knowledge of computers, but I know what you're talking about. If my Mom tells me one more time how upset she is because my father can't figure out the remote control, I think I'm gonna scream, lol. He drives her absolutely crazy. Then of course, she has to tell me. I think if he got a computer, my Mom would never have one moment of peace again, lol.
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12-23-02, 07:53 PM	#5
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	oh, i'm not a power user- yet . how can you be a power user on a 566mhz compaq laptop with no configurable overclocking related options in the bios
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12-23-02, 10:22 PM	#6
EmTSea19 Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northeast U.S.A.	Every Power User was a Power User Wannabe at one point, so you're on the right track!
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12-23-02, 10:30 PM	#7
Ben721 Official X-Hour Man Join Date: Feb 2002	True to that. Also computers doesn't run in my family so don't feel bad. __________________ Ben My Heatware
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12-23-02, 10:35 PM	#8
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	Lol. Thanx! i'm hoping to be a power user when my system's done. Well, i've already got a 1mbps connection (that's what i'm using now) so it should compliment my system quite nicely...
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12-24-02, 02:51 AM	#9
pip Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oregon, The InteLinux State	sometimes I wonder how I understand computers so well, then I remember my aunt and my father
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12-24-02, 09:02 AM	#10
whiteemcee Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Maine	my father was the one who tought me a lot about computers... ever since the ol'e 286 days we've been fixing and building comuters.. it wasn't really tell the last year that i got more interested though and started doing more then just putting one together or fixing it... but it seems good to have someone around to talk about computeres with!
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12-24-02, 11:48 AM	#11
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	UR lucky. I don't know ANYONE IRL that knows much about PC's.
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12-24-02, 01:36 PM	#12
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	My parents know enough about PCs to do basic things like web surfing, and word processing. But they arent hobbyists. Lol, you have to see my grandad trying to work a VCR.....its great fun watching. He acts like he is trying to defuse a bomb or something. David __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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12-24-02, 03:30 PM	#13
BaldHeadedDork Member Join Date: Aug 2002	For Ugmore and everyone else who is trying to teach their parents how to use a computer: Enjoy. BHD
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12-24-02, 07:54 PM	#14
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	LOL! i hope she never actually gets a virus Hmmm...... a potential geek and overclocker in the making?
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12-24-02, 08:36 PM	#15
Top Hat Theater Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in Thought	I hear your guys' pain all too well. No one in my family has any idea what's up with regard to computers. However, they think my mod jobs look pretty sweet. Hehe. ~THT
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12-24-02, 09:46 PM	#16
n_ick2000 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kent, Washington	My dad is a semi-poweruser and my brother (as well as me)knows his stuff. So, I guess it runs in the male side of our family .
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12-24-02, 09:51 PM	#17
Top Hat Theater Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in Thought	bah...my dad gets HDDs and RAM mixed up. LOL, imagine 80GB of RAM and 512MB HDD. Poor guy spends too much time at work. ~THT
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12-25-02, 02:04 AM	#19
Papa_Legba Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Hah! That article was too close to my grandma for comfort. I considered it a major victory on my part when she actually stopped picking up the mouse and waving it around in the air to try to move the pointer in an "up" direction.
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12-25-02, 04:13 AM	#20
ArBiTaL 24 There is no spoon Join Date: Aug 2002	LOL- you think that's bad? jeez, i got some stories to tell
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