Obviously he started thinking like an engineer, and them PC's can sense an engineer. I believe most of them can also sense someone with a 1Kg club hammer and visions of very broken case and electronics
Also I have known systems to automatically go through the OS stages of hardware replacement, 1 step at each boot I.E. Uninstall drivers Remove hardware from startup recognition Newly recognise the hardware Drivers re-installed Application recognises and uses 'newly' installed hardware JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:34 AM Subject: Re: Win98 Modem Problem > James Button wrote: > > Seems that Pete didn't make a backup before he adjusted the files. > > > > Seems that someone's reached the steep bit of the learning curve that most > > of the old IT support people encountered a while ago, > > > > If only I could rely on always remembering that lesson myself.. > > > > ...... All you need to change that from a 1 to a 0 ... > > > > What do you mean it won't boot..... > > Surely you have a booting image restore facility > > > > Yes - on diskette and USB stick - > > > > Ah - The BIOS wont let you boot from USB, and the motherboard doesn't > > support a floppy... > > > > Hmm! I'll have to have a think about that. > > > > JimB > > > > See Pete, it could be worser > > The guy called me just before I went out to dinner to say that he had > shut his computer off and drove over to the local Comcast office to > pick up a cable modem, and when he got home, he booted up and > connected to AOL without thinking about. So I guess we have a case of > spontaneous remission! > > -- > Pete Holsberg > Columbus, NJ > > Treat everyone the way you want to be treated. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
