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| Thread ID: 85015 | 2007-11-26 16:56:00 | Itinerant IT's? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 615451 | 2007-11-26 16:56:00 | Youse guys get a warm Xmas..but I guess youse all go to Auntie's, Mum's or some other relatives or friends for the hoolidaze. As the tech experts youse all are, do you arrive with your tools and help repair and fix their puters? Scene ONE: "X" <child of..insert relative here> has just gotten a puter and immediately put it on line. No security, no firewalls....no nuttin'. All it gets now is a nice blue screen. It's YOU to the rescue..right? Scene TWO: Grandpa X hates new-fangled things and whacking the keyboard with his cane has somehow rewritten the BIOS. Do you help? Scene THREE: Your <girlfriend. girlfriend's girlfriend, girlfriend's father, pick one> has a problem with that "cute little" Bonzi Buddy or Weather Bug jumping all over the screen. Ya can't NOT afford to help..right? Whattcha gonna do? :D What IT tools do you carry when you meet the "outta-towners" and peeps this year? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 615452 | 2007-11-26 22:48:00 | I'm going nowhere except probably to work in the shop. | pctek (84) | ||
| 615453 | 2007-11-26 22:50:00 | What IT tools do you carry when you meet the "outta-towners" and peeps this year? Would be a large Sledge Hammer, although I too am not going any where. PCs still break over christmas, servers die... etc etc. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 615454 | 2007-11-26 23:30:00 | I cary a 4GB thumb drive all the time, stashed on it are the must have tools..... AVG spybot S&D crapcleaner firefox. thunderbird windows XP SP2 & other updates putty SSH I update the files on the drive about once a month with the latest versions. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 615455 | 2007-11-27 02:15:00 | I have a (smallish) collection of portable apps, collected from various websites. I have Firefox, OpenOffice.org, a few games and a few cleanup tools plus antimalware. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 615456 | 2007-11-27 02:21:00 | Youse guys get a warm Xmas . . but I guess youse all go to Auntie's, Mum's or some other relatives or friends for the hoolidaze . As the tech experts youse all are, do you arrive with your tools and help repair and fix their puters? Scene ONE: "X" <child of . . insert relative here> has just gotten a puter and immediately put it on line . No security, no firewalls . . . . no nuttin' . All it gets now is a nice blue screen . It's YOU to the rescue . . right? Scene TWO: Grandpa X hates new-fangled things and whacking the keyboard with his cane has somehow rewritten the BIOS . Do you help? Scene THREE: Your <girlfriend . girlfriend's girlfriend, girlfriend's father, pick one> has a problem with that "cute little" Bonzi Buddy or Weather Bug jumping all over the screen . Ya can't NOT afford to help . . right? Whattcha gonna do? :D What IT tools do you carry when you meet the "outta-towners" and peeps this year? None of that relates to mine SJ ;) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 615457 | 2007-11-27 02:53:00 | None of that relates to mine SJ ;) Ah then...sorry that you is an orphan.......:D I'm not an Xmass'r for reasons that youse guys know...but I was just wonderin' if you had the same problems with relatives, friends, relative friends or friends of relatives like I do. Seems that if I don't carry a crash box full of mystical tools and toys, I don't get invited back for din-din again. I like din-din. I carry a copy of MagicJellyBean and Belarc on a USB pen drive..and with that and a license/key number I can usually fix a lot of things. One thing I do is install Norton..I know..it's the rat's worst..but I can get a quick download of the trial version for it really quick and at least get the system back up and running. Later on I get rid of Snorton and put the good stuff in....but that's for another meal and an invite. Always leave them wantin' more..my motto. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 615458 | 2007-11-27 03:19:00 | i carry lots and lots of cd's with all the ms operating systems on them and a LARGE boatload of apps......not to mention actual physical tools/spare hdd for images/2&1/2" to 3&1/2" adaptor/spare cd drives/usb floppy/screws/thermal paste/brushes for cleaning/ide leads/spare psu's/video cards (pci & agp)/network cards/usb cards/...... .....my most used cd has about 800 apps on it...... |
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