https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004589#M381950 <P>Learning computers on my own was, to say the least very frustrating period of time for me. Each time I figured out 1 solution another thing would come up with say a peripheral and more frustration. Fortunately for me I kept working at it and over years learned to solve many of the problems and try my best to keep up with technology, but am not always successful for sure.</P> <P>Since I have been involved with some type of electronics since my high school years I have never let them get the best of me. Had many a time when I would walk away from whatever I was doing to clear my head and start thinking again without the frustration entering my mind. This always helped and at times I would stay away for hours or days to do this.</P> <P>If it is something I feel I can figure out on my own and am usually up to the task. If I know I need help I have a couple friends that are in different areas of technology as their occupation and they know a lot more than I do about certain things pertaining to this topic.</P> <P>Strange things happen with these high tech machines and I learned a long time ago that the solution to me is more important that "what might have causes the problem". I learned early on it would take me much more time trying to learn the "why" of it and finding a "solution" to fix it was more important to me in the long run. Much different that when I was working on race engines where without knowing what caused the problem could be very expensive and usually without that knowledge there was never a long term solution. Not so with most of the high tech gadgets of today. Find the solution and I move on.</P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:47:16 GMT hckynut 2014-06-28T16:47:16Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004557#M381944 I spent an hour tonight trying to delete from the printer queue a 50 page PowerPoint color print out that I intended to print 4 per page instead of full-page. Stupid document would not delete and kept trying to print. Great way to spend an evening. Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:06:36 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004557#M381944 bikerbabe 2014-06-28T05:06:36Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004563#M381945 <P>I HATE that............I've had a few of those nights myself, not fun..........................raven</P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:08:48 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004563#M381945 raven-blackbird 2014-06-28T05:08:48Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004569#M381946 <P>I just tell them that I am the mother here and cut off their power for a couple of days.</P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:28:22 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004569#M381946 Still Raining 2014-06-28T14:28:22Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004574#M381947 <BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN class="quote_author">On 6/28/2014 <STRONG>Still Raining</STRONG> said:</SPAN> <P>I just tell them that I am the mother here and cut off their power for a couple of days.</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Love IT! That's the way I handle that situation, too.<IMG src="http://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/thumbup.gif" alt="{#emotions_dlg.thumbup}" /></P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:42:10 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004574#M381947 Preds 2014-06-28T14:42:10Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004579#M381948 <P>I feel your pain!</P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:36:56 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004579#M381948 scotttie 2014-06-28T15:36:56Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004584#M381949 <P>Whenever that's happened to me I have to shut the computer down to make it go away.</P> <P> </P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:47:49 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004584#M381949 CelticCrafter 2014-06-28T15:47:49Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004589#M381950 <P>Learning computers on my own was, to say the least very frustrating period of time for me. Each time I figured out 1 solution another thing would come up with say a peripheral and more frustration. Fortunately for me I kept working at it and over years learned to solve many of the problems and try my best to keep up with technology, but am not always successful for sure.</P> <P>Since I have been involved with some type of electronics since my high school years I have never let them get the best of me. Had many a time when I would walk away from whatever I was doing to clear my head and start thinking again without the frustration entering my mind. This always helped and at times I would stay away for hours or days to do this.</P> <P>If it is something I feel I can figure out on my own and am usually up to the task. If I know I need help I have a couple friends that are in different areas of technology as their occupation and they know a lot more than I do about certain things pertaining to this topic.</P> <P>Strange things happen with these high tech machines and I learned a long time ago that the solution to me is more important that "what might have causes the problem". I learned early on it would take me much more time trying to learn the "why" of it and finding a "solution" to fix it was more important to me in the long run. Much different that when I was working on race engines where without knowing what caused the problem could be very expensive and usually without that knowledge there was never a long term solution. Not so with most of the high tech gadgets of today. Find the solution and I move on.</P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:47:16 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004589#M381950 hckynut 2014-06-28T16:47:16Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004594#M381951 <P>When I first started working in automation support back in the 80s, the line printers we had were Diablo brand. I learned very quickly that Diablo (the devil) was the PERFECT brand name for a printer. Even the new printers and printer software have times that they make the most astute automation person NUTS!</P> <P> </P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:32:34 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004594#M381951 Buck-i-Nana 2014-06-28T17:32:34Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004599#M381952 <BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN class="" quote_author="">On 6/28/2014 <STRONG>Still Raining</STRONG> said:</SPAN> <P>I just tell them that I am the mother here and cut off their power for a couple of days.</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Funny. That's one of the reasons I preferred working with computers and even nasty printers over working with people.....that off switch!</P> <P> </P> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:33:58 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004599#M381952 Buck-i-Nana 2014-06-28T17:33:58Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004603#M381953 My first computer was an Apple IIe with a dot matrix printer. I can't remember if it was an Okidata or an Epson. Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:03:59 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Stupid-computers-and-printers/m-p/1004603#M381953 bikerbabe 2014-06-29T04:03:59Z