It's the simple things!

[Quartz]

My mother rang me to say her computer - a NUC running Windows 10 - wasn't working. Neither her PIN nor her password worked.

So I visited (a short walk). She uses a wireless keyboard and it was immediately obvious that the batteries in the keyboard needed replacing. After the batteries were replaced, everything worked fine.

It's the simple things.

 

[Danny75]

Nice.

Actually, speaking of wireless keyboards and charging, anyone have an idea if this light-powered one does what it says on the tin? https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/k750-keyboard

 

[freddie64]

Good job she called you and never took it to a local computer repair shop. Imagine the expense and reasons for the fault.

 

[ubersonic]

"My emails have all disapeared! I think I've been hacked!!!"

He had clicked the little ▼ to minimize his inbox tree.

 

[Plec]

"My emails have all disapeared! I think I've been hacked!!!"

He had clicked the little ▼ to minimize his inbox tree.

You don't know my Dad do you?

This is a monthly call for me - along with disappearing toolbars in Word and my all time favourite - "My homepage has changed - and i've not touched a thing!"

And then the dreaded one - "I have this friend whose got a simple PC problem and i've given them your number..." :/

 

[Quartz]

And then the dreaded one - "I have this friend whose got a simple PC problem and i've given them your number..." :/

BTDTGTTS.

And people wonder why I'm looking to do something other than IT.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Only the other day my Uncle thought I was performing witch craft by copying and pasting ...

 

[VKleita]

"Someone's turned my monitor around!"
Yep the desktop is upside down.
Intel shortcut of ctrl alt, up arrow flips it back.

"How did you do that!"

Cue ten minutes of the user randomly flicking there screen upside down every few seconds.