Your right, he has every right to be confused, but to try to get him to run any non-Microsoft operating system would only make matters worse. It has taken him years to get where he is today with windows, I can't even imagine what he would do with Linux or another OS.
I guess it just set me off to read this article, after spending an hour on the phone with him just last night.
Dad: I can't open my file, your sister and I are trying to rename it and now it won't open.
me: What is on the screen?
Dad: There is a box that says "open with"
me: ok, you renamed the file but removed the extension.
Dad: extension of what?
me: the "dot" cc5 (it was a calander file I made for him.)
Dad: but it won't open now, I think we erased the file.
me: no you didn't erase it, you just need to put the "dot" cc5 at the end of whatever you renamed the file to.
Dad: -long pause- It says I can't rename the file that my access is denied.
Me: -banging head on desk- ok, I'll be over tonight to fix it...don't touch anything else...
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So, will they have the right to break into my home and destroy my backup CD I burned of all my music files? What will be next? This is unbelievable.
I guess it just set me off to read this article, after spending an hour on the phone with him just last night.
An actual conversation with my Dad last night.
Dad: I can't open my file, your sister and I are trying to rename it and now it won't open.
me: What is on the screen?
Dad: There is a box that says "open with"
me: ok, you renamed the file but removed the extension.
Dad: extension of what?
me: the "dot" cc5 (it was a calander file I made for him.)
Dad: but it won't open now, I think we erased the file.
me: no you didn't erase it, you just need to put the "dot" cc5 at the end of whatever you renamed the file to.
Dad: -long pause- It says I can't rename the file that my access is denied.
Me: -banging head on desk- ok, I'll be over tonight to fix it...don't touch anything else...