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What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's helpful to take a few steps back from time to time to reassess where we're each coming from on our knowledge of tech (or anything) to better communicate.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Turning it off and on again fixes so many things.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

"Turning it off" today just turns modern tech to standby mode. Those who has learned the long-press to get up a reboot menu magic are chosen as the families new tech guru.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not if you're shutting down Windows, you have to do the restart option to really be effective. Thanks for that Microsoft, totally worth the support headache to be able to boot up in 32 seconds instead of 38.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I complained enough at my business that we turned off fast boot. I haven't had to have a conversation about restart vs shutdown in like a year now which is sweet, but my own computer takes significantly longer to start up so jokes on me I guess.