Upgraded my mum’s computer after she complained about the speed… made it blindingly fast and doesn’t take 15 minutes to log in anymore (looking at you, Vista) . The response? A shouting match about how the desktop icons (Word, Internet Explorer, and Outlook) weren’t in the same places as usual.

So it’s now back the way it was… hard disk like a ruddy bomb site. Even OneCare collapsed trying to back it up. Dunno why I bothered. Email’s being forwarded through Google Apps for a partial backup, but that’s it.

24000 photos scattered all across the disk? “HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MOVE THEM, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE!” I predict crocodile tears if the computer is ever stolen / breaks.

My advice? Don’t ever try to help.

Your mum sounds really nice.

Your Mum’s an idiot and I feel sorry for you.

Don’t ever help her again or you’ll get slapped. Now go for a ride and relax.

It’s not you its her… 😆 Is she married? I feel sorry for the bloke.
If she’s single-no suprise.

Stop visiting her at the mental hospital and offering to fix the pc.

Go ride your bike lad!

Did your mum actually call you a bastard, If so that’s extremely harsh, I couldn’t imagine my parents speaking to me like that.

Did your mum actually call you a bastard

presumably she’d be in a better position than anyone to know?

She is really nice. She just hates the computer… even more so if something changes on it.

She is really nice

Sounds it.

No, of course she didn’t call me a bastard. 🙂

Just emphasis on my part.

This is quite old, but just in case you have not seen it 😉

http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

Episode 1 😉

Thats why you want to consult people while fixing things, rather than just doing it how you do your own 🙂 I know how everyone else lays out their files/icons/apps etc drives me **** nuts, I’m sure my methods would annoy others!

No she’s just crazy.

why did you have to move the icons on/from the desktop ?

If you cared, you’d have moved all the pictures to one file but replaced them with shortcuts in all the random places, so your poor old mum could find them 😥

mind, 24 THOUSAND photos – is your mum really SFB ??