[TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."

[John Graves]

I'm not responsible for a galaxy of computers, but do have to keep the 
users in my small office happy.  Oft times I believe that a reboot is a 
time issue.  A user sticks his head in my office and says the beloved "Why 
can't I get out to   whatever."  It is quicker to just ask if they have 
rebooted, and 90% of the time that will fix the symptom, if not the problem.

With relatively smart but computer naive users, I have found that XP is 
more stable than W9x.

Just another opinion.

John,  WB1EHL


At 06:43 AM 3/16/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I think Chester has just about "hit it on the head" so to say.
>
>One thing I keep reading is that a lot of home computers have faults, and
>thus require restarts and resets.  At the same time, I read here that a lot
>of the office or work computer systems or networks seem to stay up and run
>for extended periods without faults and restarts.  Just could it be that the
>office "network administrator" has read the books, or has spent many hours
>in school thus understands the more exacting science of keeping a computer
>system on line.
>
>Just an observation from a home computer user and an one certified by Novel
>as a network administrator.  (And one that uses the current Microsoft
>windows OS with success.)
>
>73
>Bob, K4TAX
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chester" <calderman at cox.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:14 AM
>Subject: RE: [TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."
>
>
> > If you reformatted the hard drive and got 'drastically reduced hard
> > drive space' then you didn't do it correct!! It just doesn't work that
> > way. What 'format' did you use? There are numerous versions of format
> > and you really should use the 'format' that is contained on your OS CD.
> > If you want to do it correct, then remove the partitions from your hard
> > drive, then repartition it, then format it. What does 'juggling disk' do
> > for you? Never heard of that!
> >
> > We complain about Mr. Gates OS, but in fact 99% of the problem is with
> > the user. We don't read the operators manual for our radios, do you
> > really think we read the user's manual for the most important part of
> > our computer? Heck No! The computer is 'exact' device, that is, it
> > requires a 'one' or a 'zero' and if we users don't give it exactly what
> > it requires, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE STABLE for us. Remember that
> > computers are not as forgiving as our radios; after all we all know that
> > 468/f is not an exactly correct formula for wavelength, but it gets us
> > close. Using a 'format' that is not supplied with the OS is more than
> > likely to get us close, but our computers believe 'close' is not good
> > enough.
> >
> > At my work, we have a nation-wide NT network system and 4500 users whose
> > desktop are all running Win2K. We have found over the years that we
> > eliminate 90% of desktop problems by locking the user out of the
> > operating system and not allowing them to download 'better' programs for
> > their desktop.
> >
> > If you don't take the time to learn the basics of a computer, your going
> > to have more trouble than the computer is worth.
> >
> > Tom/W4BQF
> > calderman AT cox.net
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of AC5E at aol.com
> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:50 PM
> > To: tentec at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."
> >
> > Well, Joe, I don't know what's missing but, I have a computer I cannot
> > reload
> > the original version of ME on, because it says I need the ME Upgrade.
> > So I
> > got one. Which will not load because it says it cannot find the
> > licensing
> > info from the original install.
> >
> > Juggling disks does not help. So I got a full version, which refuses to
> > load.
> > Period. Formatting the hard drive gets me drastically reduced hard drive
> >
> > space, but no joy on installing a program.
> >
> > Replacing the hard drive entirely works - but that's another
> > aggravation. And
> > expense. I just hope the Orion's software updates can be managed through
> >
> > Linux, because that OS will remain stock until it can.
> >
> > 73  Pete Allen  AC5E
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