This reminds me of when I set up my mom (who was in her mid 80s at the time) with a new eMac. I gave her a user account (I kept administrator privileges for myself) and told her that she couldn't break it. Within a week she called me to say "I killed it!" All she did was shut it down. I explained to her where the power button was and she had it up and running in no time.
That's odd, is this common?
I gave my Mom (79) a new E6600 PC (my build) last Christmas. I also kept admin privileges. She called me and said it didn't work anymore. I asked if the power light was lit on the computer. Yes, she verified that. Then I asked if the power light was lit on the monitor. What had happened was that my brother had switched the monitor off. I explained where the monitor power switch (a black switch on a black fascia, not obvious, VP930b) was located. No problems after that, except that my brother pulled out the old Gateway that I had networked to the E6600 to act as a printer and removable drive server. Why he did that I'll never know, I had to kill him. Now I'll have to do a road trip to get the printer up and running. :-) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
