[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

[David Andrews via nfbcs]

Many IT support organizations are quite busy, in their 
defense.  However, at work, I was having an obscure computer problem, 
so put in a repair ticket.  they said they would have to re-image my 
machine.  I spent 5 minutes on Google, and fixed it myself.

They reinstall because it is either faster, or they think it is.

Dave

At 04:03 PM 5/16/2014, you wrote:
>Steve:
>
>I completely agree with you. We used to debug running systems and fix
>problems. Now although community forums often list some steps to solve
>problems, seldom do I observe techies with enough knowledge to actually go
>in there and fix things.
>
>For example, although I can still take system image backups, the normal
>scheduled backups are kaput because the Task Scheduler service won't run --
>or, more exactly, if I restart the service, it stops immediately. Yet few
>suggestions come to mind beyond doing a "sfc /scannow" or similar stuff and
>if that fails, reinstall or do a Repair Reinstall on Windows. I'm convinced
>it's a simple problem but one can't find a tech guru who will do things the
>old-fashioned way and actually debug what's wrong and fix *only* the
>messed-up components or files.
>
>I don't want to reinstall Windows because I have everything working just
>about exactly as I want (including reducing those pesky system hangs to a
>bare minimum) and don't want to start from scratch doing it all over again.
>
>Perhaps I'll try Microsoft's Accessibility Line but when I tried it the
>other day, as soon as I indicated it wasn't an accessibility issue, I got to
>some gal who said for only $149.95 or thereabouts, they'd work with tools to
>solve the problem. Nuts!
>
>Mike Freeman
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>via nfbcs
>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 1:36 PM
>To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile
>
>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