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To: ShadowAce; daniel1212

My mother does not know those things, and she’s used Windows in some form since 3.1. She used a DOS 2.0 transportable Compaq, before that.

Unbelievably, she’s a “computer expert” to relatives in assisted living.

She gets them to buy Dell and get Dell’s onsite and other support.

She didn’t know what a “URL” was until a couple years ago, because she just always came to Bing and clicked on search results.

Finding and understanding File Explorer is beyond her, but she knows how to find her photos. She only knows that her Word files are available by first double-clicking on Word, then choosing “Open.”

She has thousands of files in the default folder for Word and did not know how to attach any file to an email without using the creating program’s “Send” option. I found this latter thing out two months ago.

It does not matter how patient you are with your time to teach her, because she has a complete mental block and you can’t tell her anything because she’s her own “expert.”


15 posted on 02/25/2021 6:31:37 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind
My mother does not know those things, and she’s used Windows in some form since 3.1. She used a DOS 2.0 transportable Compaq, before that. Unbelievably, she’s a “computer expert” to relatives in assisted living. She gets them to buy Dell and get Dell’s onsite and other support. She didn’t know what a “URL” was until a couple years ago, because she just always came to Bing and clicked on search results. Finding and understanding File Explorer is beyond her, but she knows how to find her photos. She only knows that her Word files are available by first double-clicking on Word, then choosing “Open.” She has thousands of files in the default folder for Word and did not know how to attach any file to an email without using the creating program’s “Send” option. I found this latter thing out two months ago. It does not matter how patient you are with your time to teach her, because she has a complete mental block and you can’t tell her anything because she’s her own “expert.”

Most all I know was by searching the Internet, thank God, but you can be the phone for hours with some who have a hard time with basic PC issues.

29 posted on 02/25/2021 10:51:38 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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