Re: please somebody help me
Soul Bandit
"please helpppp" <please hel...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hello i am having a problem with my computer i am not a computer wiz so
> this
> is a big problem for me. i write alot and i had a word pad document that i
> would write in everyday and 2 days ago i was writing in it and on the
> internet at the same time i was switching back and forth from window to
> window and while i was on the internet something went wrong with my
> connection and since i have dial up service my whole computer stalled so i
> decided to close my word pad document so i did and clicked saved and
> turned
> off the computer and next day i tryed to open document. the document opens
> but all ive written is gone and thei is a wierd long line of small boxes
> insted i dont know what to do i feel heart broken because i dont know how
> to
> fix this or undo it. this document ment alot to me so please somebody
> please
> help me to tell me how to fix or undo this problem please. thank you
Phil Weldon
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Judging from your post, the best path would be to get a reliable computer
technician to recover the file. It is entirely impossible to do more than
guess what has happened from your post. It may be that the file has been
corrupted. It may be that something else is wrong.
At any rate, at this point you should still have an earlier version (the
previous time you saved the file) still on your hard drive that can be
completely and easily recovered. The more you use your computer, the
smaller that chance becomes.
It must be your decision on how much recovering your work is worth, and how
much you are willing to pay for the safest possible recovery.
Phil Weldon
Stan Brown
cGxlYXNlIGhlbHBwcHA=?= <please hel...@discussions.microsoft.com>>:
> hello i am having a problem with my computer i am not a computer wiz
Your Shift key seems to be broken too.
Those of us who are over 13 generally post in standard English,
because it's easier to read than the pseudo-kewl all-lowercase style.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Phil Weldon
A helpful answer is always useful.
Phil Weldon
"Stan Brown" <the_sta...@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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Gordon
> And you know your comment is appropriate how?
Because posting in "standard English" makes posts easier to read, possibly?
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Ubuntu 5.10
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to email me replace the obvious!
Al
That really was a technical insite to the problem.................
Ken Blake, MVP
> And you know your comment is appropriate how?
> A helpful answer is always useful.
Although you apparently don't think Stan's answer was helpful, you didn't
take it properly. Let me spell out his point in a little more detail: the
easier you make it for people to read and understand your question, the more
likely that somebody be be able to, or be willing to, help you.
Take me, as a single example. I started to read pleasehelpppp's question,
but my eyes glazed over and I quickly stopped. I have only so much time I
can spend in these newsgroups, and I try to spend it as productively as
possible. Trying to decipher cryptic messages is not a good use of my time
and I don't do it.
I don't know whether I know the answer to his question or not, but because
of the way he wrote it, he lost me as a possible helper. I'm sure he
similarly lost many others.
You (and he) can take this message as a complaint if you want to, but it
isn't at all meant that way. It's meant as practical constructive advice.
Don't make your messages easy for yourself; make them easy for the people
you are asking for help. That means clear standard English, with standard
punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
Stan Brown
<kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain>:
> Although you apparently don't think Stan's answer was helpful, you didn't
> take it properly. Let me spell out his point in a little more detail: the
> easier you make it for people to read and understand your question, the more
> likely that somebody be be able to, or be willing to, help you.
>
> Take me, as a single example. I started to read pleasehelpppp's question,
> but my eyes glazed over and I quickly stopped. I have only so much time I
> can spend in these newsgroups, and I try to spend it as productively as
> possible. Trying to decipher cryptic messages is not a good use of my time
> and I don't do it.
>
> I don't know whether I know the answer to his question or not, but because
> of the way he wrote it, he lost me as a possible helper. I'm sure he
> similarly lost many others.
>
> You (and he) can take this message as a complaint if you want to, but it
> isn't at all meant that way. It's meant as practical constructive advice.
> Don't make your messages easy for yourself; make them easy for the people
> you are asking for help. That means clear standard English, with standard
> punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Thank you, Ken. You put this in to words much, much better than I did
(obviously), and perhaps even better than I could. Once this hits the
Google archives I'm going to bookmark it and add it to my "Playing
nice on Usenet" Web page.
Ken Blake, MVP
> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:48:09 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
> <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain>:
>> You (and he) can take this message as a complaint if you want to,
>> but it isn't at all meant that way. It's meant as practical
>> constructive advice. Don't make your messages easy for yourself;
>> make them easy for the people you are asking for help. That means
>> clear standard English, with standard punctuation, capitalization,
>> and spelling.
>
> Thank you, Ken. You put this in to words much, much better than I did
> (obviously), and perhaps even better than I could. Once this hits the
> Google archives I'm going to bookmark it and add it to my "Playing
> nice on Usenet" Web page.
You're welcome, thanks for the kind words, and feel free to do so.
Phil Weldon
| Although you apparently don't think Stan's answer was helpful, you didn't
| take it properly. Let me spell out his point in a little more detail: the
| easier you make it for people to read and understand your question, the
more
| likely that somebody be be able to, or be willing to, help you.
Yeah, I thought it showed a snotty attitude.
And your reply justifying that attitude is a defense of the indefensible.
Problem with computers come to us all. Should the response to a question be
a helping hand or be a putdown and venting?
This is a 'windowsxp.basic' newsgroup; it will naturaly attract some of the
most inexperienced users.
A genuinely helpful approach is to give the best advice possible within the
limits of the information supplied, and ask for more specifics if necessary.
THEN suggest a way to post more readable messages.
Phil Weldon
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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