easysurfer
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Someone may have to explain this to me. As, I don't get what's so good about sharing computers when you don't have to .
We'll, I'm the computer guy for family members. You know, when others have computer issues or questions, I get a call or instant message for help. I don't mind as long as the people receiving the help is appreciative as I find fixing a computer a challenge..like solving a crossword puzzle.
So, the last couple of days, I got a message from a SIL. One was a "duh" type problem as she said her printer wasn't working. So, I teamviewered (a new verb now, like "googled") as asked her to show me what wasn't working. Guess what, the printer worked fine then. So, I concluded maybe a cable wasn't plugged in all the way when she had the problem.
Yesterday morning, I got another IM from SIL who said "Help! I think I may have broke her husband's (my brother's) laptop." When she turned on the screen she said it was blank. So once again, I listened as was probably just that she did a Windows update and the slow laptop was taking a long time to boot. So we were talking about making computers faster and SSDs and running malewarebytes to clean up the laptop.
I was asking about her computer, which is faster, her vs her husbands. She said her's is faster but she often uses his . I asked, why didn't she just use her computer then but didn't get an answer and didn't press (not my place to).
I don't know. Must be a what's mine is mine and what's his is mine thing as common sense to me is why would someone want to use a spouse's computer which is slower, plus then stuck with cleaning up someone else's computer mess.
Anyhow, that's my long way of getting to the original question.
What's So Good About Sharing Computers? (when you don't have to)
We'll, I'm the computer guy for family members. You know, when others have computer issues or questions, I get a call or instant message for help. I don't mind as long as the people receiving the help is appreciative as I find fixing a computer a challenge..like solving a crossword puzzle.
So, the last couple of days, I got a message from a SIL. One was a "duh" type problem as she said her printer wasn't working. So, I teamviewered (a new verb now, like "googled") as asked her to show me what wasn't working. Guess what, the printer worked fine then. So, I concluded maybe a cable wasn't plugged in all the way when she had the problem.
Yesterday morning, I got another IM from SIL who said "Help! I think I may have broke her husband's (my brother's) laptop." When she turned on the screen she said it was blank. So once again, I listened as was probably just that she did a Windows update and the slow laptop was taking a long time to boot. So we were talking about making computers faster and SSDs and running malewarebytes to clean up the laptop.
I was asking about her computer, which is faster, her vs her husbands. She said her's is faster but she often uses his . I asked, why didn't she just use her computer then but didn't get an answer and didn't press (not my place to).
I don't know. Must be a what's mine is mine and what's his is mine thing as common sense to me is why would someone want to use a spouse's computer which is slower, plus then stuck with cleaning up someone else's computer mess.
Anyhow, that's my long way of getting to the original question.
What's So Good About Sharing Computers? (when you don't have to)