Dumb stuff people do on their computers

hmmmm. Nothing like calling tech support and they tell you they'll be be back in a second and you're on hold for 20 minutes (paying $.)

Of course paying $ for tech support is foolish also. (that's what techspot is for!)

this is another stupid thing people do on their computers....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g80m1bipvQ

add: I use P2P programs like limewire - now I have a virus/ trojan

I Think I may have you all beat

:haha: Ok this one is defentally for Dumb as a box of Rocks catagory here :haha: lol .
I had just gotten my Old Gateway upgraded to Xp right. Ok then I went to install my ISP software and it didnt go in right . So I went back up there to Add /Remove proggies k to uninstall the ISP Software k.
BUT BOY DID I MISCLICK from heck that day and accidentally Deleted my Root32.exe Files by mistake.
Needless to say I had to Wipe , reformat and reload every thing again and The P****er of it all was that I had to get all those Stupid ME updates(The Gateway came as a nightmare ME machine) Downloaded again VIA DIAL UP . I was Never So mad at myself in my entire Life lol .
And Hmmm I wonder why Dont you ???
:haha: Denim

Oh Btw I learnt the HARDWAY that day YOU DONT DO THAT !!! lol :knock:

That was Like 4 years ago or so , Ive gotten a day or two older since then and a LOT wiser. lol
Denim :haha:

yesturd-day I cudn spel grag-e-ate. twoday i r one.

My dad pulled the CPU out of it's slot and didn't pull the pull up. Then the pins were bown. But it still works good :angel:
We bown the pins straight again :haha:

The Slow Computer cause of Windows XP on 256mb of ram, is my system only Im worse cause Im stuck with a 64mb integrated video card reducing me to 192mb >_<

Now before you call me an ***** its not my choice, this computer is a piece of junk and my dad wouldnt buy me anything better, and hey it was either this or No computer at all at that time, Good news is Im getting a job so I can correct this problem and finally build a computer with good specs that dosent lock up every 3 seconds cause of low ram

this is kind of a joke thread......

we realize there are poor and raggies in need of financial aid....

I had this old bloke up the road saying his PC wouldn't turn on sometimes, and it took 5 or 6 tries to get it going.

I took it home, gave it a going over, it worked fine.

Next day he rings up, saying it's doing it again....

I go up there and get him to turn it on while I watch... Flash goes the screen, then off... He's holding the bloody button in for about 5 seconds, so it's on, then off...

If you want to do something really dumb, buy a packard bell!!!!!!

good stories

I second that... all of it

Bill Gates fixed My Windows!

or buy a dell....

My Admittance

Hey I owned a Packard bell , Now my nephew has it,

I have a Dell.....

I Bought a PC many years ago, My first decent one , 466 Celeron 64 meg memory, and voodoo 3 video card.

I decided after about 2 months to investigate the inside of the box...

I powered it down made a note of the parts inside, location etc , then stripped it down,

My first foray into the workings of a PC and how they go together,

Except I forgot to replace the screw that held the graphics card in,

Needless to say as I powered it on and moved the box back into place at the side of the desk I nudged the Monitor cable and pulled the card out of place,

Realising very quickly that the blank black screen on the monitor wasn't very good I quickly powered the PC down.

I replaced the card, put in the screw, and powered the machine on.

BEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPP BEEEEEEEPPPPP.

To say I panicked was an understatement.

I had to take it back to the man who had built it and swear blind I hadn't done anything (honest).

Fortunately the board was in warranty so he swapped it over and seemed none the wiser.

If the guy who built it is reading this, I'm really sorry I lied.

But it was a lesson learned.

I have 2 dell's, but only because i was given them!!

A friend had a packard bell, he found a good use for it, he used to hold the door open while he fitted a proper pc up.

We're getting off topic here.

The thread is: dumb things people do on their computers......

not a discussion about dells or packard bells.... (although owning one is dumb because they use proprietary hardware.)

add (today)

I use bit torrent, limewire, etc... (P2P type programs) and I can't understand why my system doesn't work.

Always a classic one!

Use the coffee cup holder for cd's & dvdv's
People thinking the monitor "IS NOT" a two way mirror.
I need more memory, what kind? I dunno I don't remember.

Heres something dumb i did on my pc...

I use the internet a lot more often(i have dsl i can use whenever) and I downloaded many files for this game with unupdated av software, and i beleive i downloaded some kind of hoax, because I keep getting a message window about something called 'winfixer' and it kept bothering me. It got so annoying and i wanted it to go away, so I clicked 'ok' and downloaded winfixer. I think winfixer was a trojan or virus and I got the virus and my system crashed and i had to repair it with eMachines restore disk(my computer is an eMachine).

Silly thing for me to do...lol :knock: on my head