Saturday, December 6, 2008

The Demolition Man

D E C E M B E R 6, 2 0 0 8

Speaking about computers, they can be great tools to us. Helping us to more effective and more efficient in our jobs. However, sometimes when problems (virus, software problems, device not working, etc) strike, it can be disastrous. So the next thing, we can do is to fix the problems ourselves. But when the problems are unsolved, we will call the computer support/technician or send the machine back to the shop for repair.

And then great disasters strike, all our data or software were gone. One of the fixes, technician always do is to format your harddisk. This is especially when your software does not work properly and also when your system is infected by virus. Actually, this problems are RECOVERABLE. But the technician normally just reformat your harddisk... taking the easy way out. But to us, the problems now get bigger. Now, we have to find and reinstall all the software and reconstruct all our data again.

Recently, my wife has complained to me that she cannot log onto certain websites with her office computer. I asked her why. She told me that the technician has removed the Internet Explorer (IE) from her computer. Apparetly, she told the technician that she is facing some problems with her IE. So the technician simply just remove her IE and install Mozilla Firefox to 'so-called' solve her problem. Now she has greater problem. What the techician never realized is that websites written in ASP require IE to access. And with other browsers, you faced problems accessing these websites.

Furthermore, some of these technicians do not know what are they doing. These technicians simply just 'try-and-error.' They might just delete the wrong things, connect the wrong connection, etc. For example, there was this technician who try to relocate the scanner to another computer. And the scanner uses a SCSI cable which has similar connector to a parallel cable. And not realizing it, the tchnician DID NOT reinstall the SCSI card from the old computer to the new computer. He just plug the SCSI cable into the parallel port of the new computer causing the new computer to short-circuited.

{SIGH}

PLEASE GO FOR SOME TRAININGS BEFORE YOU REPAIR OUR COMPUTERS.

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