Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Set up Ghost make a safe back up then let them play. Not allowing them admin rights in my opinion is treating them like kids,Anyone buying a pc will have admin rights.If you have a stable back up whats it matter???

My 9 year old daughter has admin rights on her pc.And touch wood she has never messed it up.I also allow her onto my network with net access unhindered.If she is installing something she can even tell what to click yes to and what not :)

And now she is a zinglebot in training ;)

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Damn you all - "I" AM THE CONTROLLER - I alone have supreme control over the PC and nobody, NOBODY can take that away from me.

Muhuha!

Muhuhahahah!

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Should that be zingabotette? :D

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

,:rofl:
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Take your little finger out you mouth when you snigger ;) :D :D :D

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

All I can say is I'm self taught with some assistance from my kids(who very quickly sussed that the best way to teach me was to show and explain once let me do it then when I wailed, to show me twice more and then refuse to help any further because they were 'too busy')

Now I know how to use programmes they can't and they have to ask me how to use Photoshop and Paintshop... :D

Then of course in school if I cover an IT lesson and I come across software I can't use/don't know, I get the brightest nerd in the class to teach me and they love teaching 'Miss' how to do it. :)

Finally getting a good well illustrated book or PC help magazine does wonders for one's education. :tu:

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Or just refer them to Computers and IT section of a very infamous forum ;)

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Shivers at the thought of my mum and dad on here :eek:

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

I think what defeats many novices, or those who just want basic computing not the "all singing, all dancing, all downloading, bit torrent juggling" capabilities is the jargon. Heres an example....

Trying to decrypt a DVD and put it on my PC and a message was fired at me saying "media not located"...eh? That is pure gibberish and if, like me, you're from a generation that wasn't brought up with PCs (I'm 40 next month, this is my first PC and when I was at school we had calculators and that was it), you're not going to understand it.

"Media not located"....why not just say something in plain English like "You haven't put the disc in"???? Because that's what it means!!! But no, it's like some secret code you have to decipher. Me? I haven't got the patience, I'd rather go for a walk in the sunshine.

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Especially as many of the nagging messages are completely unnecessary.Are you sure?Do you want to?It's not a good idea because you are a total duff and could make a mistake. :rolleyes:

Re: Help me keep my Mums PC running Virii free!
 

Yeah, but thats the point it becomes like Who wants to be a millionaire - your pretty sure of what your doing then this message pops up (50/50) - Are you sure you want to delete / move / copy etc, which makes you doubt yourself i suppose.

Then they take the Phone a Friend option and call me :D

I suppose this is ask the audience :rofl: