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6 Comments
Oh god, Yes. Just reading this strip made me anxious. I’ve never had to control my irritation levels so much as when doing phone support for my dad. I heavily recommend setting up some flavour of remote control software.
Yes thats what this is about, I was trying to get him to load MSN - that’s what I use to remote.
Ahh. If you use windows, you could try crossloop.com It involves less parental interaction. Everything is in big writing. Basically a wrapper around VNC.
Been there! Great strip!
Parental technical support is definitely one of the biggest stresses I can think of. I tried to help my mom purchase something online once. I swear clumps of my hair just fell right out.
My dad’s really an idiot when it comes to computers, but he does know, like, the basic stuff. Opening windows, clicking things, etc, so if I go slowly, at least he gets what to do.
Still, I used to rip out my hair in frustration every once in a while, so when I was there recently I installed VNC and Hamachi (which is a VPN-product, so I can always reach his computer easily without having MSN or knowing his IP), and Jesus Christ, that made everything so much easier. I’m like “Ok, dad, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!”. Then I hang up and five minutes later everything works like dandy!