Topic: ClickPotato

[Yoshi2889]

This is definitely funny...Usually it's the kids messing with the parents computer, not the other way round..
 

Actually she is messing with her own computer...

I only use it when I'm downstairs.

[Faded Glory]

Actually she is messing with her own computer...

I only use it when I'm downstairs.

How computer literate is she? You may need to school her on what malware does to the system and how it threatens her personal info. 

[Yoshi2889]

Is saying "she's a noob at this kind of stuff" kind?

I need to school her on almost everything...EVEN DOWNLOADING A STUPID GAME!!!
The only thing she seems to get is PLAYING the game...

When something is wrong with this thing she tells ME to fix it because "I'm always doing stuff on it".

[bigguy]

My mom is the same way. When it breaks I gotta go fix it for and for my wife and daughter, lol. It's a route I got going that I do monthly, lmao.

[Faded Glory]

Yep that was kind Yoshi2889.  I was just like her about 2 or 3 years ago. I bothered everyone I even suspected knew something about computers! 

Then I met Smoky, who introduced me to HarshReality, and then I found bigguy and the rest of the crew here. Whew, thankfully they took pity on a poor old woman and were very kind and patient with me. I really learned a lot from just reading the posts on all of their sites. Plus I ask questions and they are always quick to answer in language I can understand.   

So you find the info she needs to read on how to keep herself and her machine safe on line and what can happen to the machine from spyware and such. She'll be a pro in no time. 

Me? I still don't really know diddly, but I manage to stay away from serious viruses and can usually fix the problems (short of a fried mother board)  my honeybear gets into.

[Yoshi2889]

Yep that was kind Yoshi2889.  I was just like her about 2 or 3 years ago. I bothered everyone I even suspected knew something about computers! 

Then I met Smoky, who introduced me to HarshReality, and then I found bigguy and the rest of the crew here. Whew, thankfully they took pity on a poor old woman and were very kind and patient with me. I really learned a lot from just reading the posts on all of their sites. Plus I ask questions and they are always quick to answer in language I can understand.   

So you find the info she needs to read on how to keep herself and her machine safe on line and what can happen to the machine from spyware and such. She'll be a pro in no time. 

Me? I still don't really know diddly, but I manage to stay away from serious viruses and can usually fix the problems (short of a fried mother board)  my honeybear gets into.

lol, I need to learn her that too...maybe she'll learn when we have to buy another laptop (previous one was broken; it beeped on startup with a black screen).

I once had a fried motherboard on my old desktop...it refused to turn on lol I was like "WTF if I tell dad he will get SO angry" so I didn't tell...now I have got a new PC. Virus-free, and I'd like to keep it that way.

@ bigguy: same here. Computer problem @ grandma's house; me gets to look at it. Server/computer problems @ school; me gets to look at it.
They've also learnt I'm good for holding things up high because of my length (1.80 meters)...so that's another thing I'm used for, which is extremely annoying.