I think the best solution for this person may be just to take away his computer.
-Cameron On 6/6/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was taking him to command prompt. Which is under accessories, unless you > use it a lot. And we didn't need add/remove programs -- we needed Add/Remove > Windows Components, which is in Add/Remove Programs in XP but not, > apparently, in Vista. > > However, the question is now moot. Further investigation reveals that he has > deleted -- not uninstalled -- big chunks of his operating system. This after > specifically being told not to do anything else to his computer until we set > up a remote desktop. Asked why he deleted Accessories, he said they were > "bothering" him. > > There is a great deal more to this story, including his declaration that > Microsoft Word does not work. Not, mind you, that it does not work on his > computer -- that it never does work on any computer and never has. And that > he never doubleclicks, because that leads to trouble, and that his ISP tech > support has told him to always delete his security software, and never > uninstall. > > Need I say more. > > We have decided that he has more problems than can be solved by us, or by the > campus helpdesk. > > If anyone knows the actual answer to the question though, I would still be > interested, as we do now have a copy of Vista over here now. > > Thanks > Dana > > > > Ok -- anyone know where this is? My three-day quest to remote desktop > > to this guy's computer continues. He has deleted his accessories > > folder now...makes it hard to do ipconfig. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
