Miscellaneous: Today, I let my mother use my computer for school work. Later...

By artiemilano - 15/10/2009 19:42 - United States

Today, I let my mother use my computer for school work. Later that day my mom asks me what's wrong with the computer. I look at it, only seeing a "Welcome to Windows XP" screen. She said that she saw a blue screen and pressed L and C when it asked her to. My mom managed to clear my hard drive. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2017 20:00

Today, my mom borrowed my computer without my permission and downloaded a virus. I came home to a blue screen of death. She refuses to admit fault and pay for a new computer. FML

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By lel - 06/11/2018 13:30

Today, I got a blue screen of death on my brand new computer. Why? My parents installed an "anti-virus" before I got home. FML

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By not living happily ever after - 02/12/2014 17:02 - United States - Virginia Beach

Today, I deleted a load of junk that was messing up my mother's computer. I don't know how I'm going to tell her I accidentally wiped out all of her wedding photos. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/06/2009 17:52 - United States

Today, my mom thought it would be a good idea to see what websites I go on from my computer while I wasn't home. She clicked the link that gave my computer a virus that I just got rid of a few days ago. FML

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By Sadmom - 17/09/2009 23:58 - United States

Today, my 7 year old daughter decided to use my laptop without my permission. She accidentally got SpaghettiOs on the screen, then used the hard side of a sponge, filled with soapy water, to scrub both the keyboard and screen of my laptop to clean it off so Mommy wouldn't know. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/07/2018 01:30

Today, our work computers are down so I've been trying to fix it via my home computer for 3 days. My 12-year-old son took one look at the screen, changed 2 settings on a drop down menu, and the problem was fixed. My 12-year-old is better at my job than I am. FML

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By graduate - 06/06/2009 13:17 - United States

Today, I got a computer. When I opened it, I found out that my dad had made himself the administrator. He made it so everything shut off after 11 o'clock, and made it so I couldn't download anything without his password. FML

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By rebeccaremily - 04/10/2009 07:03 - Canada

Today, my computer stopped working. Me, the technology challenged one, decided to do a system recovery on it hoping that I could make it better. Turns out, system recovery means deleting all the files off the computer including family photos, music and assignments and starting fresh. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/02/2021 04:01 - United States - Weyauwega

Today, while trying to fix a corrupted USB hard drive with my wife’s computer I accidentally wiped her laptop drive instead of clearing the external drive. I’m not allowed on her computers anymore. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2012 05:06 - United States - Appleton

Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML

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fmlreader1359 0

Friday 16 October 2009 3:10

that's why I never let my family members touch my electronics

lGreenspanl 2

Friday 16 October 2009 3:08

This is why i am always careful when i let other people use my electronics

Comments

Darrian 2

Friday 16 October 2009 23:46

If she got a blue screen her options would be to stare at the error like a dumbass or reboot the computer. Pressing L and C are not options, nor would they do anything if pressed. Even if that part was truthful and the hard drive was cleared you would not see "Welcome to Windows" anywhere because there would no longer be an OS and the computer wouldn't ******* boot.

bugmenotmofo 34

Saturday 17 October 2009 0:38

my computer booted when i deleted the system file (i was clearing it out to install ubuntu) but it couldn't load the kernel

kirbz 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 0:57

blue screan of death xD

GreenHacker 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 2:58

So hopefully you learned not to leave the install disc in the cd drive, especially if your computer is set to boot form the disc drive. YDI

Jernau_Gurgeh 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 4:25

YDI for using Windows. Srsly. http://ubuntu.com/ new release is coming this month. Who needs hyped-up crap like OS X or Windows Vista 7 ? Plus, it's really easy to keep updated, doesn't need anti-virus, and has an insane amount of software available.