[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

Fri May 16 20:35:54 UTC 2014

I don't know if there is a moderator besides Dave, but I do know it is not me.  The title of this list reflects 
that it is associated with the National Federation in Computer Science division, but the focus of the division has 
changed over the last thirty years.  We were at one time strictly computer professionals who came together to 
figure out how we could program more efficiently.  Over perhaps the last fifteen years or so, though, we have 
becomd much more involved in accessibility although we still try to work out problems of employment in the 
computer field as well.  In some cases, we are better able to understand some of the technology involved with 
making software accessible that gives us the ability to make constructive suggestions.  Anyway, I don't think we 
do want to turn into a tech support list, but I have also found when moderating that the arguments that always 
arise once people start saying something is off-topic always exceed the number of off topic messages being 
discussed.  It is almost an absolute rule.  

I find it interesting that the technical people that he paid didn't figure this out.  A corrupt user profile isn't 
an accessibility problem, and microsoft's disability help line  really should not have had to solve it in my 
opinion.  This is one reason I am so skeptical of people reinstalling Windows as the general solution to so many 
different problems without knowing what the problm was.  

best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 16 May 2014 08:57:08 -0700, Gabe Vega via nfbcs wrote:

>believe it or not Tylor, we actually agree on one topic. it is odd that although this is a Comp Sci list we talk 
more about tech support issues and the most simplistic and basic topics that no where near cover the topics in a 
computer science field I ever heard of. and to be honest what bothers me as well is that the original poster has 
no i.t. background he is just a gentleman looking for free tech support on the NFBCS list. so are we all now like 
free tech support providers if we want to stay subscribed on this list? as far as I knew peter is a marketing 
business owner of sorts and has no business on this list.

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>On May 15, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> I'm sorry to jump in here.
>> When I first joined this list, it looked like computer science and I thought this could be cool: discussions of 
web development, website accessibility and whatever else falls under CS. I've been unable to really reespond to 
much lately, but it seems it's been turned into Peter's daily computer troubles updates with constant requests for 
help and notes about sheling out insane amounts of money and beating people back from daring to open internet 
connections.
>> 
>> So, I'm curious: 1) Was I wrong in my assumption of what this list was for? If not, is there a list that is 
actually for CS? This constant updating is a lot of clutter to dig through to try to read good tidbits.
>> Thanks,
>> On 5/15/2014 9:14 PM, Peter Donahue via nfbcs wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good evening everyone,
>>> 
>>>   I'm happy to report that Mary's computer works normally again. I spent 3 hours on the phone with Microsoft 
this afternoon troubleshooting the problem. Their disability services department was wonderful in helping me solve 
this issue. After performing several different scans some of which needed to be done in safe mode they figured out 
that the problem was not a virus or a trodjan but a corrupt user profile. The technician created a new user 
profile for that machine and set as the default for when the machine is restarted. Computer and the other programs 
that were effected by the corruption are running as usual.
>>> 
>>>   Thanks to Microsoft we won't need to send that computer to the shop and can spend our money on an in-house 
file storage solution. Thanks for everyone's ideas and suggestions.
>>> 
>>> Peter Donahue
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> Ty
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