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retoor
retoor · Level 54896
rant

My god, there's so much I can fix but I have that one elderly neighbor always coming to me with things that are impossible. This time, a laptop that just stopped displaying things.

So, they don't know that if you hold power it goes entirely off. Of course I try the function keys to switch display and stuff. Can't know if it's the memory or not because I have no external screen to test it.

But also, I'm completely demotivated to do a full debug run on their stuff. They have five years left to live and I think they're millionaire. Just buy a fucking new one.

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D-04got10-01 D-04got10-01

This supposed to be a favor or is the person planning on compensating you for the help?

retoor retoor

Yeah, a favor, like always. Not sure if they always have the weirdest issues or my hardware / windows knowledge totally outdated.

D-04got10-01 D-04got10-01

Favor... that explains things. It's always as a favor... free IT.

> 'Not sure if they always have the weirdest issues or my hardware / windows knowledge totally outdated.'.

Users can do very weird things w/ their hardware / software. I'd lean towards that one. At least as the first hypothesis.