One of the things I do not really like in particular was to "take care" of viruses or other strange phenomenons in computers in the office, particularly when I am not that IT savvy. So, take note: When people introduced themselves as Engineers, it does not matter if they're Electrical, Mechanical or Civil; never ask them to do mundane stuff.
For example, you just cannot ask a Mechanical Engineer to make your Uncle's Tractor to run the Indy 500. Nor can you ask an Electronics Engineer to fix your kitchen blender. The reason is, once they have a go at it, the results are always unpredictable.
Just two days ago, my colleague came to me saying that his Notebook is broken. I have warned him many times before, not to install stuff from the Internet nor look for anymore Angelina Jolie Screensavers. His Notebook displayed the symptoms of a faulty Hard disc because it took ages to have the "Start" menu pop-up and when it did, you cannot get any programs to run properly or run at all. Just to make sure, I rebooted in "Safe Mode" and it was running fine.
So, I took a look at his new "Softwares" and pinpointed on the latest ones, which, (surprise! surprise!) were the Angelina Jolie Screensavers. Once I deleted all his screensavers (save for that annoying Virtua Girl2) and rebooted, his Notebook was running fine.
Not satisfied, I ran the Ad-Aware and AVG anti-virus which picked and deleted a lot of nasty stuff, while making him wait the whole evening for teh scans to complete. Ha ha ha ha ha.
For example, you just cannot ask a Mechanical Engineer to make your Uncle's Tractor to run the Indy 500. Nor can you ask an Electronics Engineer to fix your kitchen blender. The reason is, once they have a go at it, the results are always unpredictable.
Just two days ago, my colleague came to me saying that his Notebook is broken. I have warned him many times before, not to install stuff from the Internet nor look for anymore Angelina Jolie Screensavers. His Notebook displayed the symptoms of a faulty Hard disc because it took ages to have the "Start" menu pop-up and when it did, you cannot get any programs to run properly or run at all. Just to make sure, I rebooted in "Safe Mode" and it was running fine.
So, I took a look at his new "Softwares" and pinpointed on the latest ones, which, (surprise! surprise!) were the Angelina Jolie Screensavers. Once I deleted all his screensavers (save for that annoying Virtua Girl2) and rebooted, his Notebook was running fine.
Not satisfied, I ran the Ad-Aware and AVG anti-virus which picked and deleted a lot of nasty stuff, while making him wait the whole evening for teh scans to complete. Ha ha ha ha ha.
So, this was the spot where all the blood came out....
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