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Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?
From: Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg () ripe net>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:48:19 +0200
On 03.10 10:36, Erik-Jan Bos wrote:
Hey, it's working! If it ain't broken ....I doubt this. Recently, I worked with a couple of people that each had their PCs infected. Their own virtual neighborhood complained to them, and they surely were embaressed about the situation, but... They just did not know how to fix it, i.e. where to start. Call it cluelessness, call it lack of education.
There is that too; but I have frequently observed people not doing it even when provided detailed step-by-step instructions. On the other hand they would proceed relatively quickly once "it stopped working", e.g. the Internet plug was pulled. Some of them would use the instructions provided, others would get help; but not before "it stopped owrking". The most successful tactic I have seen is for providers is to block all Internet access except the one to the site containing the instructions and the fix. Of course that is often not a viable business proposition.... Daniel
Current thread:
- Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Sean Donelan (Oct 03)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Daniel Karrenberg (Oct 03)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Erik-Jan Bos (Oct 03)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Daniel Karrenberg (Oct 03)
- RE: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Terry Baranski (Oct 03)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Oct 03)
- RE: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Kee Hinckley (Oct 04)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Oct 04)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Kee Hinckley (Oct 04)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Oct 04)
- Security v. Privacy (was Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?) Sean Donelan (Oct 05)
- Re: Security v. Privacy (was Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?) Suresh Ramasubramanian (Oct 05)
- Re: Security v. Privacy (was Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?) Sean Donelan (Oct 05)
- Re: Security v. Privacy (was Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?) Suresh Ramasubramanian (Oct 05)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Erik-Jan Bos (Oct 03)
- Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers? Daniel Karrenberg (Oct 03)