A friend of mine had an E-Machines that crashed on him. It had two Restore Discs that he said he couldn't use. So I got the box & started working on it. Turns out the Restore CDs were created by Norton Ghost, they weren't what I'd call restore discs. And, his HD was not bootable at all. So I reformatted the HD, then had to install Norton Ghost just to get it to "restore" his OS. To top that, the 2nd CD had a cyclic data redundancy error so I had to use CDCheck to recover that CD & make him another "Restore CD". Never again will I work on another E-Machines POS.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+convextech=alltel.net at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hogarth Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:00 PM To: Framers List Cc: Free Framers List Subject: RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity Versionitis strikes again! A rigorous (and repeated) application of QA is the only known pallative -- there is no cure. Grant -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Emory Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:56 AM To: Framers List Cc: Free Framers List Subject: OT: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity I was helping a friend who'd just acquired her first computer, an E-Machine with Windows XP. I was demonstrating how to get help, and showed how she could type in a search phrase and get a list of all the help topics containing that phrase. So, to demonstrate how to properly shut down the computer, I entered the search phrase "Turn Off." Sure enough, all the help topics containing that phrase appeared, and I selected the"Turn Off The Computer" topic. Here are the instructions which appeared under that topic: "Click Start, click Shut Down, and then in the drop-down list click Shut Down" The only part of that instruction which is correct is "Click Start." o There is no Shut Down option under Start. It's called "Turn Off Computer." o There is no drop-down list under the "Turn Off Computer" dialog. Instead, there are 3 buttons. o There is no button option under "Turn Off Computer" called "Shut Down" Instead there are three button options: "Stand By", "Turn Off", and "Restart." Dan Emory & Associates <danemory7224 at sbcglobal.net> FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design & Database Publishing _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as convextech at alltel.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/convextech%40alltel.net Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
