GeeBee Tech Support thread - pose questions, get answers

[lovetoread]

lmao, like I would need tech help. However, I get paid to do these things. So giving away tech support is not something I normally do. And yes, I make lots more if it takes more than an hour.

And I am covered with Sean Cooties!!

 

[islandman]

The only good tech support is free. If you have to pay, they make more money the longer it takes.

I dunno. She had her druthers for tech help, and picked you. Clearly she would prefer your sissified "refined approach" to my manly brute force methods.

Besides, she might have Sean-cooties.

Don't be jealous.

It isn't becoming.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Don't be jealous.

It isn't becoming.

You mistake me, sir.

 

[tactful]

If the numbers are there, do a restart, if nothing, shut off all and unplug the router and switch disconnect the lines as well, for about a minute or so (which is usually longer then a normal minute or so) reconnect and restart once again, still nothing check your numbers.
that's all I got, not much, but it's free, if the problem has already been solved, never mind.

 

[islandman]

You mistake me, sir.

For?

Extra letters

 

[Byron In Exile]

For?

Extra letters

No, not for extra letters. For someone who envies your approach. I am certainly capable of using, and have used, some of the fanciest refined techniques you could imagine when the situation has warranted it. But there are times when a sledgehammer is simply best. If a client values your consistency over my versatility, that decision is theirs to make and there's no reason for me to do anything but to accept it.

 

[Byron In Exile]

lmao, like I would need tech help. However, I get paid to do these things. So giving away tech support is not something I normally do. And yes, I make lots more if it takes more than an hour.

Engineers give away tech support. It's an excuse to take a break from work.

And I am covered with Sean Cooties!!

How big are they? If they're still in the larval stage, topical capsaicin might be effective.

 

[Byron In Exile]

If the numbers are there, do a restart, if nothing, shut off all and unplug the router and switch disconnect the lines as well, for about a minute or so (which is usually longer then a normal minute or so) reconnect and restart once again, still nothing check your numbers.

If the numbers are there? Which numbers... where?

that's all I got, not much, but it's free, if the problem has already been solved, never mind.

There are a couple of problems. And Monsignor Doe has gone AWOL.

 

[tactful]

If the numbers are there? Which numbers... where?

ipconfig

 

[Phelia]

Well, rubber ducks and fiddlesticks. I guess this was my fault. Sorry I-man, I didn't see that you had responded. I also did a pretty rubbish job of explaining what I was looking for - of course I should have included the browser I was using. What a n00b!

I am going on record and saying that I hold an equal affinity for raw brutality and nimble finesse. I usually employ a combination of the two. Take eating pomegranates as an example - I map the fruit with my fingers to find a satisfying equator and trace it carefully with a sharp blade, gently separating the hemispheres. Then I hold it over a big bowl and SPANK THE FUCK OUT OF IT with a wooden spoon until it starts raining fruit. Then I gingerly coax the stubborn seeds out of the pith with the pad of my thumb and lick the sticky-sweet off my fingers. Just think of me as a pomegranate and we'll all be friends.

I have a Macbook pro (bite your tongue) and Chrome is my browser of choice. I'll occasionally dabble in FF or Safari. IE is not allowed within 300 metres of my person. I actually had the click-to-play setting selected on my old machine but I began to find the empty page elements sort of ugly and it made Youtube playlists annoying, and to add Youtube as an excepted domain would've made it vastly less effective. As it's peripherally related to what I do, I also like to see flash ads without having to click on them - it's good for me to notice when they're interesting and creative and eye-catching. It was helpful and sped up my browser, but I wasn't in love with it so I just kept the defaults when I bought this computer about a year ago and let the plugins run wild. It also wouldn't stop HTML5 videos from auto-playing, correct? I found some scripts for greasemonkey but I didn't really feel like fucking around with that and I don't usually see HTML5 vids anyway.

I did find this Youtube Options extension (which is pretty sweet, actually) that'll let me carry some of the settings over to some of the other big sites, but I think you're right - I may just have to go back to click-to-play for plugins. If that doesn't work, a task manager killing spree and a sledgehammer will certainly do the trick.

Skype protip: if you put the pizza emoticon after the squirrel icon, the animations sync up precisely so that it gives them impression that the squirrel is EATING infinity pizzas. You're all welcome.

 

[islandman]

Well, rubber ducks and fiddlesticks. I guess this was my fault. Sorry I-man, I didn't see that you had responded. I also did a pretty rubbish job of explaining what I was looking for - of course I should have included the browser I was using. What a n00b!

I am going on record and saying that I hold an equal affinity for raw brutality and nimble finesse. I usually employ a combination of the two. Take eating pomegranates as an example - I map the fruit with my fingers to find a satisfying equator and trace it carefully with a sharp blade, gently separating the hemispheres. Then I hold it over a big bowl and SPANK THE FUCK OUT OF IT with a wooden spoon until it starts raining fruit. Then I gingerly coax the stubborn seeds out of the pith with the pad of my thumb and lick the sticky-sweet off my fingers. Just think of me as a pomegranate and we'll all be friends.

I have a Macbook pro (bite your tongue) and Chrome is my browser of choice. I'll occasionally dabble in FF or Safari. IE is not allowed within 300 metres of my person. I actually had the click-to-play setting selected on my old machine but I began to find the empty page elements sort of ugly and it made Youtube playlists annoying, and to add Youtube as an excepted domain would've made it vastly less effective. As it's peripherally related to what I do, I also like to see flash ads without having to click on them - it's good for me to notice when they're interesting and creative and eye-catching. It was helpful and sped up my browser, but I wasn't in love with it so I just kept the defaults when I bought this computer about a year ago and let the plugins run wild. It also wouldn't stop HTML5 videos from auto-playing, correct? I found some scripts for greasemonkey but I didn't really feel like fucking around with that and I don't usually see HTML5 vids anyway.

I did find this Youtube Options extension (which is pretty sweet, actually) that'll let me carry some of the settings over to some of the other big sites, but I think you're right - I may just have to go back to click-to-play for plugins. If that doesn't work, a task manager killing spree and a sledgehammer will certainly do the trick.

Skype protip: if you put the pizza emoticon after the squirrel icon, the animations sync up precisely so that it gives them impression that the squirrel is EATING infinity pizzas. You're all welcome.

You're a very complicated lady.

And deadly to nearby fruit.

 

[Phelia]

You're a very complicated lady.

And deadly to nearby fruit.

Complicated is a nice way of putting it. The pomegranate thing is a solid tip, though. It will change your life.

 

[Saint Peter]

I have the best tech support this side of the Pecos.

Or maybe it was the other side of the Pecos.




What time is it?

 

[lovetoread]

Two hours behind wherever you are at.

 

[Saint Peter]

Time is relative





to Colorado.

 

[jomar]

Use Windows 7? Ever have your computer reboot itself after an update, closing every program without saving stuff and totally screwing up hours of work?

Do this:

• Click Start -> Run
• Enter “gpedit.msc”
• Go to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
• Double-click on “No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installation”
• Enable it!
• Reboot the computer

Windows will then never ever ever start closing programs and restarting without your permission again.

Thanks!

 

[jomar]

I've found that 99.999% of computer problems can be solved by rebooting.

If that doesn't work, there's always duct tape.

Amen. Also restoring...and making sure it is plugged in.

 

[islandman]

For those of you who want to go back to the old Gmail interface:

Go to the 'gear', then 'settings', then 'Inbox', then deselect all categories in 'Categories' and click on 'Save Changes' at the bottom of the page.

And, voila!

 

[MonaLittle]

Woah.

Impressive!

 

[Byron In Exile]

After this morning, it's my belief that "tech support" people need to be painted with honey and staked out over ant hills.

 

[John Doe]

FFS. Stupe, it's your firewall. Jesus.

That doesn't explain why a connection can be established to the router through the WAP but not directly via Ethernet.

If the numbers are there? Which numbers... where?

There are a couple of problems. And Monsignor Doe has gone AWOL.

Sorry. Ethernet DHCP was disabled. I don't know how or why.

Now:

 

[yossi]

For those of you who want to go back to the old Gmail interface:

Go to the 'gear', then 'settings', then 'Inbox', then deselect all categories in 'Categories' and click on 'Save Changes' at the bottom of the page.

And, voila!

Bless you, sir.

 

[Byron In Exile]

John Doe lives!

I was thinking maybe your WAP ate you or something.

 

[John Doe]

John Doe lives!

I was thinking maybe your WAP ate you or something.

Very nearly and almost indeededly.

 

[unregistered]