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Article #620451Re: testing new computer new isp
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:40
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:40
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J. Clarke wrote: > On 7 Feb 2018 18:10:00 GMT, Your Name Here <username@isp.net.invalid> > wrote: > >>This is a horrible computer . how in the hell do you guys >>deal with smart finger skating pads? > > We mostly curse them thoroughly. If your computer also has a > touchscreen, that may work better for some purposes. But everybody at > work just plugs in a mouse. > So I have a choice between a touchy touch pad or the UDFH (User Device >From Hell)? Now to debug my shit. The software wouldn't let me enter my name in the field which had "Your name here" in it. It appears that I have an identity crisis w.r.t. the computer address. I don't know how to fix that. I have absolutely no idea what the router's name is (I had Comccast install a router and provide Cable TV last month). I received zero documentation about getting started. I went to the library to access Comcast's on-line help and the bitch wouldn't answer anything until I typed in my social security number. I told her I wasn't going to do that and she said that she wouldn't answer any questions until I did type it in. So I blew her off. There was a mention of a "red folder" on their web site. Now, it that a physical slash folder which should have come with the router box or is it a file hidden somewhere with a red folder icon. I'm about 45% convinced to cancel and say the hell with being on-line. I'm very used to figuring things out with no documentation because that was the norm in our shop; docs weren't available until we hit field test. But finding anything in the GUI menu hell is impossible. I'll stop ranting now. Do you guys see anything else which is wrong or odd or impossible? /BAH
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