| > This was subsumed into answers.microsoft.com and it's turned into a few of those original "good with computers" retirees spending all day answering from within their own knowledge, Ah yeah, this is exactly what I was referring to! > If the asker persists through enough (5 - 8?) turns until the copy paster grasps that they don't understand the problem, then it turns into (paraphrasing) "no clue, I'm not real but was just trying to help, try Microsoft support". Yes! And if you are doing anything even slightly out of their grasp that requires doing something 'different', they assume you are doing something wrong or messing with stuff you shouldn't be, e.g. "You shouldn't be touching the registry" - ugh. > This is so consistent, I wonder what is driving it. They seem to try to look official, but eventually say they are not actually Microsoft, and punt. What is this accomplishing? Why are they spending all this time? Is it some kind of training exercise or on-ramp to support jobs? Inquiring minds want to know! I think it really is just older people who 'like' computers but never learned that much about them. They found a zone where they can mostly be helpful to people who know a little less then them, which is fine, but they don't understand maybe they should not try and solve every problem. |