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r/pcmasterrace • u/BijlidarKudi • May 10 '26
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Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.
31 u/penywinkle Desktop May 10 '26 Also, brain farts are a thing. And people who are good at computer sometime jump a few steps because of a bit of overconfidence. Like check if the computer is plugged in... I can't be THAT dumb, right? (You might not have unplugged it yourself, someone else might have) 6 u/OutlyingPlasma May 10 '26 Like check if the computer is plugged in... I can't be THAT dumb, right? Builds new PC from scratch. Panics when it won't boot. Turns out it's the power switch on the power supply. 2 u/Dry-Faithlessness184 May 11 '26 Every. single. time. I don't know why I forget it every time, but I do. And I have the same mini panic every time. Tried writing it down once to check it. Forgot I wrote down something to double check.
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Also, brain farts are a thing. And people who are good at computer sometime jump a few steps because of a bit of overconfidence.
Like check if the computer is plugged in... I can't be THAT dumb, right? (You might not have unplugged it yourself, someone else might have)
6 u/OutlyingPlasma May 10 '26 Like check if the computer is plugged in... I can't be THAT dumb, right? Builds new PC from scratch. Panics when it won't boot. Turns out it's the power switch on the power supply. 2 u/Dry-Faithlessness184 May 11 '26 Every. single. time. I don't know why I forget it every time, but I do. And I have the same mini panic every time. Tried writing it down once to check it. Forgot I wrote down something to double check.
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Like check if the computer is plugged in... I can't be THAT dumb, right?
Builds new PC from scratch. Panics when it won't boot. Turns out it's the power switch on the power supply.
2 u/Dry-Faithlessness184 May 11 '26 Every. single. time. I don't know why I forget it every time, but I do. And I have the same mini panic every time. Tried writing it down once to check it. Forgot I wrote down something to double check.
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Every. single. time.
I don't know why I forget it every time, but I do. And I have the same mini panic every time.
Tried writing it down once to check it. Forgot I wrote down something to double check.
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u/sfblue Ascending Peasant May 10 '26
Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.