win r at boot ???

Hi All,

Google is no help here.

A customer told me she did a Win R at boot
to get into safe mode.

Usually these things are just poor descriptions
on the customer's part. Did I miss something?

Many thanks,
-T

T wrote:

A customer told me she did a Win R at boot to get into safe mode.

Usually these things are just poor descriptions on the customer's
part. Did I miss something?

It's up to YOU to get more details from YOUR customer who is hiring you
(free or paid) to be their technical support staff. We don't deal with
your customer so our guesses what your customer meant to say or what
they actually did would be unknown to us since we cannot query your
customer.

On 02/24/2018 10:06 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
It's up to YOU to get more details from YOUR customer who is hiring you
(free or paid) to be their technical support staff. We don't deal with
your customer so our guesses what your customer meant to say or what
they actually did would be unknown to us since we cannot query your
customer.


Why are YOU acting this way?

What the customer showed me and what she described the issue as
were not the same thing. That is why I ask my customers to
show me what was wrong. This is very, very common and
expected. This is why I try not to speculate on how
to fix a problem before I arrive on site. 95% of
the time it is something different.

A chiropractor customer of mine had a good laugh with me
about such. She tells her patients to "point" at what
hurts and 95% of the time it isn't the body part they
described. And "no", she doesn't make fun of them
either.

And what would you have me do, tell the person that is putting
a roof over my family's head and food on my family's table
that she was an idiot? I respect and appreciate my customers.

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:11:21 -0500, -= Hawk =- wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 03:22:50 -0800, T scribbled:

And what would you have me do, tell the person that is putting a roof
over my family's head and food on my family's table that she was an
idiot? I respect and appreciate my customers.

How much are you offering to solve your customer's problem? You're
getting paid. Why should people do your job for free?

I've wondered about that for a long time. T(odd)'s customers have all
these weird problems he can't solve, he comes here to Usenet and gets
answers, then gets paid for fixing the customers' computers.

AFAIK, he has never offered to share any of the profits.

On 02/25/2018 04:36 PM, Sam Hill wrote:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:11:21 -0500, -= Hawk =- wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 03:22:50 -0800, T scribbled:

And what would you have me do, tell the person that is putting a roof
over my family's head and food on my family's table that she was an
idiot? I respect and appreciate my customers.

How much are you offering to solve your customer's problem? You're
getting paid. Why should people do your job for free?

I've wondered about that for a long time. T(odd)'s customers have all
these weird problems he can't solve, he comes here to Usenet and gets
answers, then gets paid for fixing the customers' computers.

AFAIK, he has never offered to share any of the profits.


The reason for the weird problems is that I never get called for
the ones they can fix for themselves.

And I do help others and post tips on this group as a way of
saying thanks for all the help. I freely share my knowledge.

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
:T wrote:
:
: A customer told me she did a Win R at boot to get into safe mode.
:
: Usually these things are just poor descriptions on the customer's
: part. Did I miss something?
:
: It's up to YOU to get more details from YOUR customer who is hiring you
: (free or paid) to be their technical support staff. We don't deal with
: your customer so our guesses what your customer meant to say or what
: they actually did would be unknown to us since we cannot query your
: customer.



On 02/25/2018 04:25 AM, BurfordTJustice wrote:
Being a dick won't make yours any bigger.

Vanguard has been a bit of a grouch lately. On the
other hand, his knowledge of Windows is almost
encyclopedic.

"Sam Hill" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:11:21 -0500, -= Hawk =- wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 03:22:50 -0800, T scribbled:

And what would you have me do, tell the person that is putting a roof
over my family's head and food on my family's table that she was an
idiot? I respect and appreciate my customers.

How much are you offering to solve your customer's problem? You're
getting paid. Why should people do your job for free?

I've wondered about that for a long time. T(odd)'s customers have all
these weird problems he can't solve, he comes here to Usenet and gets
answers, then gets paid for fixing the customers' computers.


And that's why I don't see any of his posts. That & his infantile name
calling strategy.

--
Regards
wasbit

On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't seem
all that fair really.


And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?
Call it even.

On 02/26/2018 02:29 AM, wasbit wrote:
"Sam Hill" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:11:21 -0500, -= Hawk =- wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 03:22:50 -0800, T scribbled:

And what would you have me do, tell the person that is putting a roof
over my family's head and food on my family's table that she was an
idiot?Â* I respect and appreciate my customers.

How much are you offering to solve your customer's problem? You're
getting paid. Why should people do your job for free?

I've wondered about that for a long time. T(odd)'s customers have all
these weird problems he can't solve, he comes here to Usenet and gets
answers, then gets paid for fixing the customers' computers.


And that's why I don't see any of his posts. That & his infantile name
calling strategy.


Aw shucks ...

On 26/02/2018 21:00, T wrote:
On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't seem
all that fair really.


And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?
Call it even.

I have not seen any of your posts that are helpful; All I see is that
you are always complaining about Windows systems and yet you keep
conning your customers by pretending you know something about Microsoft
products. The fact of the matter is you are a Rogue Trader and sooner
your customers know about this the better it will be for the mankind.

You invented the word "Frankenstein" applied to the Windows system.

Why are you defrauding innocent customers? You are giving a bad name to
experts who are really helping people out there. People like you should
be locked up.

/--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender
software.
//https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/




--
With over 600 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

On 02/26/2018 05:06 PM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:29 -0800, T scribbled:

On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't seem
all that fair really.


And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?

You've never helped me.

Call it even.

That's not how it works.



Then I suggest you black list me and never read my stuff again.

On 02/26/2018 05:06 PM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:29 -0800, T scribbled:

On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't seem
all that fair really.


And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?

You've never helped me.

Apparently helping others doesn't count -- only you.


Call it even.

That's not how it works.

Actually, that is how it work. Give and take.

T(odd) wrote:

On 02/26/2018 05:06 PM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:29 -0800, T scribbled:
On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't
seem all that fair really.

And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?

You've never helped me.

Apparently helping others doesn't count -- only you.

Call it even.

That's not how it works.

Actually, that is how it work. Give and take.

Actually, no it isn't. You are the only one who ends up with cash in your
pocket.

On 02/26/2018 08:05 PM, Sam Hill wrote:
T(odd) wrote:

On 02/26/2018 05:06 PM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:29 -0800, T scribbled:
On 02/26/2018 08:48 AM, -= Hawk =- wrote:
But not the cash. You're making money and paying words. . . doesn't
seem all that fair really.

And do I EVER send any of you a bill when I help you?

You've never helped me.

Apparently helping others doesn't count -- only you.

Call it even.

That's not how it works.

Actually, that is how it work. Give and take.

Actually, no it isn't. You are the only one who ends up with cash in your
pocket.

So all the free consulting I give away here does not count?

The time I spend helping others on these parts FOR FREE, comes
directly out of my bottle line. It is called "non-billable
hours". It costs me a bunch of money. I do it because
other also help me and it is the right thing to do.

Maybe all the folks that have ever helped you on this group
should all count up the hours they spent on you and send
you a bill?

On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:15:11 -0500, -= Hawk =- wrote:

T(odd) scribbled:
On 02/26/2018 08:05 PM, Sam Hill wrote:
[snippage]
Actually, no it isn't. You are the only one who ends up with cash in
your pocket.

So all the free consulting I give away here does not count?

Nope.

The time I spend helping others on these parts FOR FREE, comes directly
out of my bottle line. It is called "non-billable

Your bottle line?

Seagram's 7? Cheap Colorado Rotgut?

hours". It costs me a bunch of money. I do it because other also help
me and it is the right thing to do.

I rarely see T(odd) actually /giving/ advice. His rare "Tips" are just
copy/paste from some web page somewhere.

Doing your job for you isn't the right thing. Helping you keeps you
taking money and credit other people deserve.

Maybe all the folks that have ever helped you on this group should all
count up the hours they spent on you and send you a bill?

No. You, T(odd), are the only one who "sends a bill" after receiving
advice here.

Why? Doesn't seem like anyone else is using this group for commercial
gains.

He's the only one who says, "My *customer* has this problem I can't
solve..." So yeah, you're right.