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TECH SUPPORT AT ITS FINEST
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A guy rings tech support to report that his computer is faulty.
Tech: "What's the problems?"
LUser: "There is smoke coming out of the power supply."
Tech: "You'll need a new power supply."
LUser: "No I don't! I just need to change the startup files."
Tech: "Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll need to replace
it."
LUser: "No way! Someone told me that I just needed to change
the startup and it will fix the problem! All I need is
for you to tell me the command."
10 minutes later, the LUser is still adamant that they are
right. The Tech is frustrated and fed up.
Tech: "Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our customers this,
but here is an undocumented DOS command that will fix
the problem."
LUser: "I knew it!"
Tech: "Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the
CONFIG.SYS. Let me know how it goes."
10 minutes later.
LUser: "It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking."
Tech: "Well, what version of DOS are you using?"
LUser: "MS-DOS 6.22."
Tech: "That's your problem there. That version of DOS didn't
come with NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft and ask them for a
patch that will give you the file. Let me know how it
goes."
1 hour later.
LUser: "I need a new power supply."
Tech: "How did you come to that conclusion?"
LUser: "Well, I rang Microsoft and told him all about what you
said, and he started asking questions about the make of
power supply."
Tech: "Then what did he say?"
LUser: "He told me that my power supply isn't compatible with
NOSMOKE."
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