Comment Re:And it's too bad... (Score 1) 454
I think with this guy you found, as would be the case with anyone, that just a LITTLE education can go a long way with people. I have found this to be the case with the people I have helped.
It's like the saying goes: give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Same with users and their computers. Fix it for them and don't inform them of how it got into the sad state to begin with, they'll have a fine-running computer for a few minutes on the net. While teaching them what happened will not eliminate ALL problems, it will eliminate a large majority of them.
If no one ever told you to change the oil in your car, you'd have issues with it. Why do you change the oil in your car? You weren't born with the knowledge. Ultimately, someone educated you.
Education is not a panacea, but it goes a long way toward helping.
It's like the saying goes: give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Same with users and their computers. Fix it for them and don't inform them of how it got into the sad state to begin with, they'll have a fine-running computer for a few minutes on the net. While teaching them what happened will not eliminate ALL problems, it will eliminate a large majority of them.
If no one ever told you to change the oil in your car, you'd have issues with it. Why do you change the oil in your car? You weren't born with the knowledge. Ultimately, someone educated you.
Education is not a panacea, but it goes a long way toward helping.
