Are you an IT support person for elderly relations?

andygb

After yet another frustrating visit to "fix" my 80 year old dad's PC (nothing wrong with it), I came across this alternative take on Silver Surfers in the Daily Mash

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/elderly-parents-reveal-plan-to-buy-!!!!-computer-201111184563/

My dad seems to have a complulsion to set his favourites as desktop icons instead of keeping them on the favourites bar in folders. You cannot see his lovely desktop background. Someone must have instructed him to do this, he could not simply make it up - could he?

mart44

Are you an IT support person for elderly relations?

No. Being older, I'm more an IT support person for 'youngerly' relations.

debitcardmayhem

As it says

The government has recently come under renewed pressure to ban the sale of computer equipment to the over-60s.

That'll save me sh-1-t loads next year then

billywhizz

Stick logmein on his PC, it's saved me loads of trips to the folks, they just ring up and I do it from home now.

closed

maybe he just likes to see you

Enterprise_1701C

I have to admit, I was thinking the same as closed!

I hate desktops with loads of icons, my OH's old PA used to keep all the invoices she made as icons, not quite suite where the desktop ended!!

spud17

andygb wrote: »

After yet another frustrating visit to "fix" my 80 year old dad's PC (nothing wrong with it),
My dad seems to have a complulsion to set his favourites as desktop icons instead of keeping them on the favourites bar in folders. You cannot see his lovely desktop background. Someone must have instructed him to do this, he could not simply make it up - could he?

How about starting a mini-rant thread?

Not in a bad way, but just to let off some steam/frustration in the knowledge that others understand your pain.:)

I'm sure many have tales to tell. :rotfl:

Just for the record, the ability to [STRIKE]fu[/STRIKE] mess up a pc is not relative to age, my 'customers' ages range from 14 to 84.

Esqui

Nope, boyfriend does all that! He's an IT Technician anyway, so I sidestep that one.

GunJack

teamviewer..... got my parents & MIL on it, so it's faaar easier

andygb

closed wrote: »

maybe he just likes to see you

No, only when he wants his PC "fixed".

esuhl

GunJack wrote: »

teamviewer..... got my parents & MIL on it, so it's faaar easier

Cheers for that recommendation - I've just had a play around and it looks much better than the other remote apps I've tried. I'll definitely be using it at some point...