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  • #1

    Oh Microsoft, you're so silly...

    "Windows cannot configure the wireless connection - to configure a wireless connection please see article (number) on the microsoft.com website".

    Quote Dalesys:
    ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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  • #2
    Err, I'm sorry, I don't get it. Wireless, so run a wire temporarily, or get access to a computer which is already set up. Doesn't seem so funny to me. The old "No keyboard detected, press F1 to continue" is funnier.
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    • #3
      The average user would not think to do that. Methinks that is draggar's point.

      That, and how are you gonna read an online KB article without the benefit of said connection which requires several ranks in Superpower:Common Sense to figure out?
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      • #4
        Quoth EricKei View Post
        The average user would not think to do that.
        No, the average user turns to the nearest person who "knows computers," (AKA has an iPod with more than 20 songs on it) and says "make it work."

        And again, it's wireless connection. Throw some CAT5 at it just long enough to reach the article (see what I did there?).
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        • #5
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          • #6
            Quoth Broomjockey View Post
            No, the average user turns to the nearest person who "knows computers," (AKA has an iPod with more than 20 songs on it) and says "make it work."

            And again, it's wireless connection. Throw some CAT5 at it just long enough to reach the article (see what I did there?).
            Or just throw 5 cats at the user, and they won't be bothering you about the problem - at least not for a while.

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            • #7
              Quoth Bandit View Post
              Or just throw 5 cats at the user, and they won't be bothering you about the problem - at least not for a while.

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              • #8
                It seems like many times when MS OSs encounter a networking issue they try to direct you to MS's website - um, how do we do that w/o networking capabilities?

                But - most poeple wouldn't think to use a wire. "I paid for a wireless damnit! It should work perfectly". Besides - many steal from other people's unsecured wireless networks (and call themselves "hackers" - but that is a different story).
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                ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                • #9
                  Quoth Broomjockey View Post
                  Throw some CAT5 at it just long enough to reach the article (see what I did there?).
                  I must still have sleepystuff in my eyes. I first saw that as throwing CATS at the problem, and I suddenly started wondering whose 10baseT are belonging to whom... >_<
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                  "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                  "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                  "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                  "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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                  • #10
                    Quoth draggar View Post
                    It seems like many times when MS OSs encounter a networking issue they try to direct you to MS's website - um, how do we do that w/o networking capabilities?

                    But - most poeple wouldn't think to use a wire. "I paid for a wireless damnit! It should work perfectly". Besides - many steal from other people's unsecured wireless networks (and call themselves "hackers" - but that is a different story).
                    That reminds me of the so called "hackers" back in the day that thought they were "Leet" because they downloaded AoHell. Speaking of... I wonder whatever happened to the guy that created that?

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                    • #11
                      I hack Tron style... Damn Master Control stealing my programming homework, forcing it to play games...
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                      • #12
                        Yeah, I love that whenever I call Comcast and select the option that my computer is not connecting, that I then get a recorded message telling me that I can probably find all the information I need at the Comcast website. Dumbasses.
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                        • #13
                          Quoth Broomjockey View Post
                          No, the average user turns to the nearest person who "knows computers," (AKA has an iPod with more than 20 songs on it) and says "make it work."
                          That sounds like my brother . . . the least little thing with his clunky old desktop goes stupid and he can't always explain things so I can understand (at least halfway) so it's basically the same thing.

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                          • #14
                            My favorite silly has to be the time I replaced my grandmother's modem. Hmm, no driver. Ok, contact computer company...what do you mean I have to download the driver for the modem that will allow me to connect to the internet in order to download...
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                            • #15
                              Oh Microsoft, you're so silly...

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