Let no good deed go unpunished!

Flint · 08-26-2008, 10:08 PM

They went and spent $$$ on XP Home Edition because I explained that I couldn't reformat the laptop for them because I got the one-time use OS from MSDNAA and I'm not enrolled in a class that qualifies me for that right now.

So now the laptop is back because they couldn't figure out how to update the drivers. They almost certainly could have bought a better laptop than this P3 1000mhz, 512mb piece-of-crap Dell Ludditude, for the price of XP. I don't even think this thing can quite handle having XP on it, honestly.

I'm taking lookout's suggestion to load the xxxchurch email alert app. BigV, great ideas, but I don't want to have to teach them how to use anything else.

If I can find a good net nanny, I'll set up an administrator account that they don't have the password to, and run it from there. How embarassing that I have to search cNet's "Kids & Parenting" section, to find something for a grown man. Any advice on a good net nanny?

Oh, and they were borderline complaining that the thing doesn't have MS Office apps on it now. Uh, yeah, those aren't free. I gave them to you last time, that's how you had them at all, ever. Maybe I'll grab Open Office for them.

08-26-2008, 10:08 PM	#18
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Update They went and spent $$$ on XP Home Edition because I explained that I couldn't reformat the laptop for them because I got the one-time use OS from MSDNAA and I'm not enrolled in a class that qualifies me for that right now. So now the laptop is back because they couldn't figure out how to update the drivers. They almost certainly could have bought a better laptop than this P3 1000mhz, 512mb piece-of-crap Dell Ludditude, for the price of XP. I don't even think this thing can quite handle having XP on it, honestly. I'm taking lookout's suggestion to load the xxxchurch email alert app. BigV, great ideas, but I don't want to have to teach them how to use anything else. If I can find a good net nanny, I'll set up an administrator account that they don't have the password to, and run it from there. How embarassing that I have to search cNet's "Kids & Parenting" section, to find something for a grown man. Any advice on a good net nanny? Oh, and they were borderline complaining that the thing doesn't have MS Office apps on it now. Uh, yeah, those aren't free. I gave them to you last time, that's how you had them at all, ever. Maybe I'll grab Open Office for them. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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