Digg this article! What do you do if your mum and dad ask you to set up a PC for them? Your mum insists on using Windows because it’s "what she’s used to". "I’m not interested in Umbongo Linux " says your dad. This guide presents some tips I’ve learnt from setting up and fixing PCs for friends and relatives. Resign yourself to having to help out again in the future If you’re setting up a Windows PC for a close relative like your mum or dad, it’s probably going to be a long-term commitment. That’s OK though, you do actually like these people, right? Make a restore CD Make a CD or DVD that installs Windows with their favourite apps and your settings automatically . When (not if) they screw up their PC, they can just pop in the bootable CD and reinstall. Consider setting up restricted accounts Install all the software they need and set them up with restricted accounts. That way they are unlikely to screw up your lovely installation...
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Post Date: 2006-09-09 03:09:00
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