Fintan Ramblings

Nothing makes me happier than seeing Senior Citizens happy to see their computer fixed.

Quite often I have fixed computers for people who bought a top of the range computer (their words not mine) just for surfing the Internet when a cheaper one will do.

A few weeks ago I was asked if I could sort one of my wife’s friends neighbour’s computer.  She was a retired head teacher. There I was checking over her computer and turned out that the monitor wire was loose. I fixed it and said to her that her XP needed updating to service pack 2.
Updating on dial up would take forever so I suggested that I took it to my house and bring it all up to date as I have broadband.
When it was all updated I was looking at the computer and noticed it had DVD RW TV cards.  I was thinking ‘she was conned to buy the latest computer from a well know big PC store when all she probably uses it for is surfing the internet and typing on word.’
Boy how wrong was I?
When I returned the computer next day she said;
“My friend sent me a DVD of her daughters wedding and I can’t wait to see it.”
She also uses her computer to download patterns and connect her sewing machine to the computer.
She used to type basic on computers years ago, so she isn’t an old fuddy duddy that knows nothing about computers.
She said she knows her way round XP but when it comes to hardware faults she hasn’t a clue.
I asked her why she didn’t upgrade to service pack 2, her computer has the right tools to stay more secure and up to date.  She was told not to as the software that runs her sewing machine wouldn’t work.

I tested this and happily it does work