[nfbcs] Corrupt User Profile

Sun May 18 19:16:19 UTC 2014

I don't plan to appologise for asking why off topic posts are being 
thrown out here. I do plan on just letting it go, as it seems bashing my 
head into a wall would be a more effective means for getting my point 
across. Those who are going to get it have already gotten it, and those 
who won't, well... They're not going to!
On 5/18/2014 1:21 PM, John G. Heim via nfbcs wrote:
> Tyler, just calling it tech support isn't good enought. Now, you made a value judgement and you are ethically obligated to explain it. Why shouldn't Peter be allowed to ask about removing a virus? What is it about that question that doesn't fit into the category of CS? It seems to me that you are going on a personal vendettea here. Am I wrong? If so, just explain. Either that, or let it drop (an apology wouldn't hurt either).
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> On May 16, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
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>> My point was that this was more for computer science-like stuff. If you call troubleshooting a virus cs, awesome. I call it tech support. It's not even occasional tech support, it's constant babbling about crap that clutters the inbox. My point was that this list seems to fit a broad category. I really enjoy reading emails like the current ones where people are talking about adapting things, but when it's another of Peter's tech support problems, updates about money from the brother-in-law, etc etc it gets redundant. Eventually if everyone thinks this list is for tech support everyone will flock here and it won't be the weekely question from Peter, but it will be pretty insane and drown everything else out and I'm sure that'd have to be stopped.
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>> Rule of thumb for any list: If something is sometimes acceptable but only sometimes, then it be accepted. You'll start running into "but he did it, can I just ask this question" type scenarios and everyone will start making acception for their cases. I've heard this week about viruses, cloud solutions, what "benching" is, a brother-in-law who owes them money and what they plan to do about it, a girl who went over and was yelled at for daring to open an internet connection and whatever else I managed to delete. There comes a point when one user floods a list and not much more gets out past the garbage.
>> On 5/16/2014 5:54 PM, John Heim via nfbcs wrote:
>>> But I don't understand why you think troubleshooting a virus problem is not computer science. I don't get why asking about C programming, for example, is computer science and asking about getting rid of a virus is not.
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>>> On 05/16/14 11:52, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> Gabe Vega
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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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>> 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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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.