mickeym: (misc_calvin is horrified)
I sent an email out to my family members yesterday, letting them know Facebook has changed it's privacy policy/settings, so they could adjust accordingly. I got this email back from dad last night:

Hi Is there a way to DELETE Facebook off the Comp.? If so tell me or I will just stop looking at it as I don't use it anyway.Love Dad

*facepalm*

I took a few deep breaths, said a 'thank you' that I've never been the tech support person who's had to talk him through the myriad of issues he's had, and emailed back that FB isn't actually ON his computer, but on the internet and if he didn't want to use it, just don't go there. Or go there and delete the account, but it wasn't going to be anywhere on his hard drive.

Parents and technology. Gotta love the combination, right?

*headdesk*

Jun. 30th, 2008 02:21 am
mickeym: (spn_sammy the computer geek)
So, my brand-new, shiny desktop? (Well, it was brand-new back last September)... freezes during boot-up. It gets all the way to the point where the AIM and YM sign-in windows pop up, and the internet connection connects...and then it freezes. I actually got Windows Media Player to open this last time, and then it froze.

Some stuff works in Safe Mode, but not everything, so my question is this: how do I back up my files while in Safe Mode? I click on the link for the back up wizard and nothing happens. I click on WMP and nothing happens. Help?

The nice person at the online Dell assistance chat recommended I reinstall windows and start over. I do NOT want to do this, particularly, so if anyone has any other suggestions, I'm all ears. Particularly with regards to backing up the mother-fing files, which I know I should've been doing all along and DIDN'T. *sighs*

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