What would YOU do if you were typing a post and suddenly you touched the keys AND NOTHING HAPPENED?
Well, it happened to me and I wrote about it on one of my blogs;
A Soldier's Stories. Drop by and enjoy it. (And hope it doesn't happen to you)
I found it an interesting read.
Not everyone is proficient with PC's.
When you are not, the most frustatiing thing of all, is the staggering amount of time wasted getting them to work properly. It is amazing how quickely an expert gets them up and working properly.
You seem like an intelligent individual that can solve your PC problems, but since you are not an expert, what might take you four or five hours, or maybe even a few days to figure out, an expert can have taken care of in ten minutes. THAT is what is postively aggravating.
I grew up with computers, though I am not an expert myself. My father worked for ATT before ma bell broke up and then for one of the baby bells. PC's are in his blood.
I'll fiddle with something for literally hours, sometimes days. When I can't get it after googling the shit out of it, reading forums and watching vids, I'll invite him over, and he usually has the crap untangled in 20 min. It makes me nearly weep for all my time lost. I try to observe what he is doing, but I need to face facts, I just can't absorb a life time of tricks.
It's a great feeling when you solve these problems on your own, but it is also nice to have a local resource that you can turn to when these problems are above your pay-grade. Hoping you have no more problems happen anytime soon. . .
(But yeah, tech support is nearly worth less. You feel like you are going to F stuff up even worse when you are listening to their instructions because something might be mis-communicated.)
