There are some things you should never ask.

( Wanderer, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:57, 7 replies)

click
clack - I once asked my dad how he was managing to perform a computer task, and the answer was so horrifying I could barely sleep for a week.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:35, closed)

My dad...
...put all the e-mails he wanted to keep in the recycle bin of his e-mail software

He was very lucky I didn't empty it and he still doesn't acknowledge that it's anything but a logical place to put them
(Scary, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 21:13, closed)

FTW
http://xkcd.com/763/
( Yell Whoop continued to be a nin-com-poop on, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:41, closed)

^ this.

(minimalist ..., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 23:59, closed)

Organise yourself like my Dad:
1) search for "*.exe"
2) open a new, blank Word document
3) drag all the exe's into it - it creates shortcuts inside the doc
4) launch all your apps from there - one convenient location
5) refer to this Word doc as your desktop
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 15:12, closed)

This has a practical use too
When I was at school and the desktops were locked down so we couldn't create new icons, I created a shortcut to command.com and winfile.exe (this was Windows 3.1 days) in a word document. Instant admin access. (DOS/Win31 weren't known for their security features)
(bblgoose, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 11:48, closed)

I did
...something like that too.
And being something of a geek I often assisted others in my IT class. Once they found out I could get passed the adminlock I got much school kudos by customising everyone's desktop under the guise of "Prof, how do I do XYZ again?"
(TheProfessor For all your redbearded intellectual needs, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 14:56, closed)