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Originally Posted by OSUKid7
Basically I just want to rant about some problems my family has had with computers. I try to help, but they just keep going back to their old ways and ignore my advice.
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OSUKid, let me tell you - I share your pain. And I'm freaking certified in computers and teach them at a local college - but that doesn't mean I know anything about them to my parents / friends mind you.
There was the girlfriend's dad (possibly future father-in-law... ) who didn't listen to me after I built him a new computer. I setup Win2k with limited accounts for everyone and one central admin account. My rationale: if you run it with admin rights, you'll have viruses run amok and more. What did he do? After being badgered he gave his entire family the admin login, they disabled norton internet security, and over the past 2 years, I've had to clean that thing more than you'd believe. Adding insult to injury, 2 months ago, he bought norton internet security 2004 and is "amazed" at how the computer doesn't crash as much.
I've had numerous people ask my advice on computers, not take it, and then have numerous problems that wouldn't have happened if they had taken my advice. I don't care if people don't take my advice, but don't ask for it if you don't think you'll take it!
Ok, my rant is over. The only advice I can give you is make sure everyone in your family uses their OWN computer, and if they break it, don't fix it for them without making them try some things on their own (i.e. "Here's the restore disk, pop it in and follow instructions" vs. doing it from start to finish yourself).