[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

Sat May 17 13:59:53 UTC 2014

Tyler,

Forward your desire to separate TECH / PC Support issues from
Coding, Programming, Development to the list moderator-- Let Him / Them 
decide.

Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

>I don't think -any- list should be relegated only for professionals in a 
>field. Whether peter is in marketting, business management or porn 
>production he should be welcomed here as should anyone else. My complaint 
>and Gabe's to a point was that this list is turned into tech support 101 
>for Peter's numerous questions and weekly virus help. While leaving is 
>fairly easy, there are good tidbits here that are more CS related and not 
>tech support. I'm just asking if we could perhaps keep this on topic, or if 
>a nfb-techsupport list should be created or... something. Or perhaps I'm 
>far out here and this list was ment for tech support, but it doesn't seem 
>advertised as such.
> On 5/16/2014 12:44 PM, John Heim via nfbcs wrote:
>> I have never heard that this list is for computer science professionals 
>> only. If that is true, it is news to me.  As far as I know, the NFB 
>> doesn't have another list for general computer questions so I seriously 
>> doubt that it was ever intended for professionals only.
>>
>> On 05/16/14 10:57, 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.
>>>
>>> Gabe Vega
>>> CEO
>>> Commtech LLC
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>>> Fax: (480) 535-7649
>>>
>>> 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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> Ty
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> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he 
> that dares not reason is a slave.
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