A guy rings tech support
to report that his computer is faulty.
Tech: What's the problem?
User: There is smoke
coming out of the power supply.
Tech: You'll need
a new power supply.
User: 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.
User: No way! Someone
told me that I just needed to change the startup files and it will fix
the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the command.
Ten minutes later, the
user is still persistent that he is right. The tech is frustrated and gives
up.
Tech: Sorry, Sir.
We don't normally tell our customers this, but there is an undocumented
DOS command that will fix the problem.
User: I knew it!
Tech: Just add the
line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the CONFIG.SYS. Let me know how it
goes.
Ten minutes later.
User: It didn't work.
The power supply is still smoking.
Tech: Well, what version
of DOS are you using?
User: 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.
One hour later.
User: I need a new
power supply.
Tech: How did you
come to that conclusion?
User: Well, I rang
Microsoft and told him about what you said, and he started asking questions
about the make of power supply.
Tech: Then what did
he say?
User: He told me that
my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE. |