Rants thread take 3

Bucky · 12-24-2002, 02:07 AM

Didn't feel like digging up the old P&M thread.

I built myself this rig for gaming, and it is great. Friend asks me to build him one, same story.. runs great. My parents old comp is dying, so I build them one, again no probs.

So.. my older brother is having probs with his old POS, and asks me for help. After going over it with him and explaining what options he has, we head to the store and spend some $$ and I build him out a pretty nice rig.

We bring all the stuff to my place, and he watches me put it together and set it up. When he left it was running like a charm, except for the Zip drive, which I had plugged into the wrong IDE channel, which I fixed the next day.

A week later there is a problem, so I go over to look at it. Suddenly the OS (WinXP) isn't recognizing that there is a vid card installed. I did everything I could, and finally had to reinstall XP to get it to recognize the card. (Gforce2).

This kind of thing keeps happening, he calls me at least once a week, and that is at least 2-3 calls at a time.

I find out from my Mom today that he was braggin to her about messing around in the registry.

I think I'm gonna shoot him.

Nxs · 12-24-2002, 02:36 AM

lol Maybe you need to post a note on his monitor that reads...Never Ever touch the registry

I mess with my reg but I know what to take out

Bucky · 12-24-2002, 02:50 AM

Lot of good that would do me.

He called last night, told me that he "suddenly" was missing a .dll file. Asked what he had done, and of course, he said he hadn't touched his comp overnight, but that Norton Firewall had recorded a probe. Tried to tell him that was nothing, but he....

ready for this?

Reformmated his HD and reinstalled from scratch anyway.

I don't think I will build another PC for somebody else again.

Nxs · 12-24-2002, 04:08 AM

lol! a little drastic for a .dll file missing

Bucky · 12-24-2002, 04:30 AM

No kidding!

I'm at a loss for what to do now. He is my older bro. so I don't want to tell him to just deal with it.

These problems will keep on, I'm pretty convinced of that.

I wish I could give him his damn money back!

*DoInThIs4FuN* · 12-24-2002, 01:08 PM

Well Bucky, either u got it or u don't... lol

Surely U got it, but ur older bro don't...

Nxs · 12-24-2002, 01:58 PM

Well there is always computers for dummies!

Nxs · 12-26-2002, 05:55 PM

Well this is a short rant...My kiddies watch Peter Pan the play..and PETER was played by a girl!!! Now why on Gods green earth would a freakin girl play peter flippin pan???
Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 7 year old why peter pan is a freakin girl? They could have at least used a gay guy sheesh or one of those bull dyke women that look like a man anyway!

Bucky · 12-26-2002, 09:02 PM

Quote (Nxs @ Dec. 26 2002,12:55)
Well this is a short rant...My kiddies watch Peter Pan the play..and PETER was played by a girl!!! Now why on Gods green earth would a freakin girl play peter flippin pan??? Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 7 year old why peter pan is a freakin girl? They could have at least used a gay guy sheesh or one of those bull dyke women that look like a man anyway! [/b][/quote] Peter Pan has always been played by a girl Sandy Duncan was, I believe, the first Peter Pan. __________________ Papajoe r0ckz3rz!!

12-24-2002, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bucky Gamershell Grandpa Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA Posts: 5,712 Hellbux: 99,364	Didn't feel like digging up the old P&M thread. I built myself this rig for gaming, and it is great. Friend asks me to build him one, same story.. runs great. My parents old comp is dying, so I build them one, again no probs. So.. my older brother is having probs with his old POS, and asks me for help. After going over it with him and explaining what options he has, we head to the store and spend some $$ and I build him out a pretty nice rig. We bring all the stuff to my place, and he watches me put it together and set it up. When he left it was running like a charm, except for the Zip drive, which I had plugged into the wrong IDE channel, which I fixed the next day. A week later there is a problem, so I go over to look at it. Suddenly the OS (WinXP) isn't recognizing that there is a vid card installed. I did everything I could, and finally had to reinstall XP to get it to recognize the card. (Gforce2). This kind of thing keeps happening, he calls me at least once a week, and that is at least 2-3 calls at a time. I find out from my Mom today that he was braggin to her about messing around in the registry. I think I'm gonna shoot him. __________________ Papajoe r0ckz3rz!!

12-24-2002, 02:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nxs Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,325 Hellbux: 148,402	lol Maybe you need to post a note on his monitor that reads...Never Ever touch the registry I mess with my reg but I know what to take out __________________

12-24-2002, 02:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bucky Gamershell Grandpa Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA Posts: 5,712 Hellbux: 99,364	Lot of good that would do me. He called last night, told me that he "suddenly" was missing a .dll file. Asked what he had done, and of course, he said he hadn't touched his comp overnight, but that Norton Firewall had recorded a probe. Tried to tell him that was nothing, but he.... ready for this? Reformmated his HD and reinstalled from scratch anyway. I don't think I will build another PC for somebody else again. __________________ Papajoe r0ckz3rz!!

12-24-2002, 04:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nxs Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,325 Hellbux: 148,402	lol! a little drastic for a .dll file missing __________________

12-24-2002, 04:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bucky Gamershell Grandpa Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA Posts: 5,712 Hellbux: 99,364	No kidding! I'm at a loss for what to do now. He is my older bro. so I don't want to tell him to just deal with it. These problems will keep on, I'm pretty convinced of that. I wish I could give him his damn money back! __________________ Papajoe r0ckz3rz!!

12-24-2002, 01:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nxs Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,325 Hellbux: 148,402	Well there is always computers for dummies! __________________

12-26-2002, 05:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Nxs Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,325 Hellbux: 148,402	Well this is a short rant...My kiddies watch Peter Pan the play..and PETER was played by a girl!!! Now why on Gods green earth would a freakin girl play peter flippin pan??? Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 7 year old why peter pan is a freakin girl? They could have at least used a gay guy sheesh or one of those bull dyke women that look like a man anyway! __________________