Tech-illiterate stories thread?
>tfw nearly killed myself as a kid because bonzai buddy demanded money and was scared my parents would go mad
>>54285742
Had to spend the last 4 days upgrading my family to Windows 10. I'm glad Microsoft made a fast, secure, privacy respecting OS.
>lady needs computer help
>find lewds
nothing special, but still have them
I have a family member who wiped all of their floppy disks because they didn't know what "format" meant and thought it was made them better or something dumb
I don't know what gentoo is, I only browse this board because it's default in clover for my phone, haven't programmed anything in my whole life and yesterday I bought and iPad. Not even kidding.
Have constant issues with computers at work for months.
Drives me insane why the computers have so many random bugs and errors in their programs.
Usually have to reinstall software and/or clear user data.
One day I stay late enough to be there during closing
The manager there starts going to each computer and holding the power button.
Yell at her to stop!
We get into argument about whether or not it's safe.
Tell her I will block Farmville at the router level if she doesn't comply
She agrees.
After that no more issues.
>>54286042
Really?
>>54287961
Why would you not educate yourself?
>>54288226
Why don't you?
>>54288271
It was a genuine question. We have the /sqt/ and /flt/ here where you can read up on technologies and software. Unless you don't feel bad about not knowing about technology, in which case you can switch /g/ from your default board on clover.
>see an old acquaintance whilst out walking
>get chatting,tell him ive got a great internet connection
>tell him to drop by sometime download shit and play games
>week later he drops by
>"oh anon my laptops running a bit slow"
> fuck this shit. jpg
>four hour's later ive removed all 2700 bits of nefarious sofware
>"thanks for dropping by mate"
>>54287961
How could you not want to learn if you've been lurking here awhile? For all things i dislike about /g/ i have to thank /g/ for giving me the enthusiasm i needed to actually not just "use" a pc but actually "work with and create" using a pc.
>>54287961
You're pretty much an oldfag already. Just post "delete system32" every now and then and you're golden.
>>54288171
Jesus, my idiot roommate does this to his computers.
They always run like shit, and he's always getting malware and viruses.
>>54288171
"block farmville"
>fucking kek
>>54288462
??? What is this meme
Why would turning them off like that be harmful to the computer?
>>54287961
I fucking hate floens
>friend wants a new laptop
>doesn't play games or anything intensive
>tell him to look for a cheap one with an i3
>absolutely wants an i5 GTX card in it
>mfw
>>54288462
Shutting down like that has absolutely nothing to do with viruses and malware.
>>54288662
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that those two things were related.
He get viruses and malware all by himself.
>>54288519
There's a number of reasons:
http://www.computerrepairtips.net/why-you-should-shutdown-your-computer-and-not-just-press-the-off-button/
>>54285742
Start working at a very big company, with many trade secrets. Systems forces passwords change every month. I took a vacation so I was not at the office to update my password at the designated time. Come back and type in my login ID. Pop-up asks me to set my new password, with no old password verification!
Anyone who could type in my stations tile at any terminal could have change my password to anything.
Talk with IT Security about this glaring security flaw. Told me to just make sure to reset password before the time limit expires, and then extensively questioned about why I was so knowledge about the companies security when it had nothing to do with my job function.
>>54287961
Leave, casual.
>>54285742
My boss computer is slow like hell, bloated by hundred of useless softwares. He uses it all day but doesn't know a single keyboard shortcut and types with only 2 fingers.
I had to tell him the URL of our test platform at least twice a day before he finally created a bookmark. He is constantly harassed by telephone marketing campains. He often says he knows where does the problem I have come from...
He is always really wrong, not knowing at all what's he's talking about.
He shouldn't be heading a tech company being so tech illiterate. All he gets is headache grumbling all day long against his computer and the phone calls.
I rather pity him.
>>54288519
Forcing the computer off dumps the working datasets sitting in ram. Unless the application is setup to keep a redundant set on disk, the application is now in an inconsistent state.
>>54287961
>Do CG Tech in university
>Great at modeling
>Programming module
>Simple Java exercise
>Fuck up so badly professor can't even fix it
I won't say "it's ok", Anon, but I will tell you that you are not the sole pleb on this board.
>>54291034
So, how do I fix?
>>54287875
>>find lewds
>still have them
Please, do share.
>>54288536
hi tim
Back when i was 17 my pc got virus.
Head to tech guy at school for fixing.
I come back later to pick it up.
See his disapointed face as he explain that there where viruses etc.
I leave his Office with my cleansed school laptop.
What he found was beastiality/zoo porn. I'm still trying to understand what the ACTUAL FUCK the younger me was thinking.
>>54292292
for getting the viruses or for being the kinky zoo you are ?
>>54292292
I hope it was patrician male/ female animal and not pleb tier woman/ male animal
>>54288171
>Tell her I will block Farmville at the router level if she doesn't comply
>She agrees.
Rofl, that's amazing. She must be a great manager if she's concerned about that.
>>54288171
>block Farmville at the router level
My sides
>>54287961
>I only browse this board because it's default in clover for my phone
gotta love Clover
>>54291657
You fix it by not doing a force shut down. Shut down through the OS.
>>54292804
God damn even if you just press the button it will do an OS shutdown. There's no need to hold the button.
>>54288171
Holy shit.
>>54288323
>Bribing people to come over with internet
That's sad.
>>54292868
Why the fuck are your power option set like that then, tard? It's as simple as going to Power Options in Control Panel. And start using the actual shutdown option in the start menu. breddy simple.
>>54287961
fucking floens you faggot. please make some shitty board like /wsg/ the default board. jesus
>friends wants that I print a document for him, he sends me C:\Users\...\ link
>years ago I tell my dad that we need a new ISP because our is shit and I cant even watch videos without buffering
>he tells me to delete some desktop icons because they make the PC slow
>got a cheap 2nd monitor for working on my laptop
>watch some videos with my dad on the big monitor, he hears that the laptop is running
>asks me why I dont turn the laptop off while we use the big monitor
>days later he still doesnt unterstand how the 2nd monitor works and asks me if I have the same programms on the monitor like on my laptop
I have more stories but I dont remember them right now, will dump later
Guy wanted me to send some e-mail to him
I guy didnt knew you needed to know your e-mail to enter your email
Then after calling him son to ask his e-mail, and I ask "ok, what is your password?"
he then say "do you need a password too?"
>back when 12 I broke my electric pencil sharpener
>decide to rewire the thing so electric motor got direct power from outlet
>attempt to sharpen pencil
>fucking 4th of July in the bedroom
>scarred me for life
I currently use an old school hand crank mechanical pencil sharpener.
>>54294534
what
Work at a place that refill printer cartridges
My boss said once a guy came to the store and asked "do you refill cartridges?", he said yes.
Next day the guy game with a big shopping bag full of gun cartridges.
