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Thread ID: 110773	2010-07-01 05:57:00	Pay up or your PC's toast	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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1115014	2010-07-01 05:57:00	www.stuff.co.nz Sigh..............will people never learn?	pctek (84)
1115015	2010-07-01 06:17:00	Who in their right mind would actually believe that themselves and their PC are special and important enough to get a call about a virus on their computer? I mean how many million pc's in the world are infected with viruses, thats a lot of phone calls. Not even Santa could manage that...	hueybot3000 (3646)
1115016	2010-07-01 06:38:00	Who in their right mind would actually believe that themselves and their PC are special and important enough to get a call about a virus on their computer? I mean how many million pc's in the world are infected with viruses, thats a lot of phone calls . Not even Santa could manage that . . . I may have told this story before, but I did some work a while back for a friend of Mum's, who owns a rather large, successful business, so not a silly lady by any stretch . . . . . She used to cover her home PC with a towel every night to stop virus's, and also used to pay a chap several hundred dollars a go to come and update her business software; that's where I came in, as said chap was away one of these occasions . When I got there, the 'update' literally consisted of popping a floppy disk into a PC, and typing run . exe from a DOS prompt . She was appalled that I wouldn't take $200, and in the end, talked me up to $60 for what was about 3 minutes of waiting . In short, some otherwise quite savvy people are completely naive where IT is concerned . :o	nofam (9009)
1115017	2010-07-01 06:40:00	a friend of Mum's, who owns a rather large, successful business, . . . . used to cover her home PC with a towel every night to stop virus's, and also used to pay a chap several hundred dollars a go to come and update her business software, the 'update' literally consisted of popping a floppy disk into a PC, and typing run . exe from a DOS prompt . Owning a business does not make you smart . I've seen all kinds of idiots who owned businesses .	pctek (84)
1115018	2010-07-01 08:02:00	I may have told this story before, but I did some work a while back for a friend of Mum's, who owns a rather large, successful business, so not a silly lady by any stretch . . . . . She used to cover her home PC with a towel every night to stop virus's, and also used to pay a chap several hundred dollars a go to come and update her business software; that's where I came in, as said chap was away one of these occasions . When I got there, the 'update' literally consisted of popping a floppy disk into a PC, and typing run . exe from a DOS prompt . She was appalled that I wouldn't take $200, and in the end, talked me up to $60 for what was about 3 minutes of waiting . In short, some otherwise quite savvy people are completely naive where IT is concerned . :o I have a customer who pays me to install a simple update a couple of times per year . I have told them they could do it themselves, but they would rather pay me to do it .	Greven (91)
1115019	2010-07-01 10:20:00	I have a customer who pays me to install a simple update a couple of times per year. I have told them they could do it themselves, but they would rather pay me to do it. It's an interesting theme, I have a few customers who say that - that they "could work it all out themselves" or whatever, but just don't have the time and would rather pay me. Fair enough. I can change my own oil etc in my car, but these days choose to get it serviced at my mechanic instead, for convenience really.	george12 (7)
1115020	2010-07-01 11:53:00	I prefer to do things myself because then I know what was done, how it was done, and if it was up to an acceptable standard or not.	Agent_24 (57)
1115021	2010-07-01 12:14:00	I prefer to do things myself because then I know what was done, how it was done, and if it was up to an acceptable standard or not. i agree. i don't let anyone near my pc	goodiesguy (15316)
1115022	2010-07-01 22:06:00	Owning a business does not make you smart. I've seen all kinds of idiots who owned businesses. A case of being smart at one thing doesn't make you smart at all things.	Cicero (40)
1115023	2010-07-01 22:17:00	Owning a business does not make you smart. I've seen all kinds of idiots who owned businesses. You have to be an idiot to own a business now, especially in a recession. Staff want more pay (they can get ******), ACC up with rego. carbon tax on diesel and electricity. If you fix a gearbox on a truck and the indicator lamp goes its your fault. People expect you to tender for school runs at less than what the operating costs are. People dont pay their bills on time. Some mornings I just dont even want to get out of bed and go to work. the non idiots are the ones with a wage and salary they havent got a worry in the world, the idiots are ones trying to run a small business in NZ.	prefect (6291)
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