Took my freshly re-cobbled together computer to local computer guy after an upgrade with hand-me-down parts. He asked what was wrong and I said there was an alarm for the CPU fan, and that I'd torn the case open and hooked a second fan into the CPU fan connection and it also didn't work, and the I plugged the CPU fan into a different connection and got it working, so by elimination I was pretty sure the fans were good and the connection in the motherboard was bad.

He seemed mildly amused/impressed by my spiel. I'm not really a computer person, but swapping out parts to narrow down the source of the problem seemed logically basic.

I ended up chilling with him while he worked on things. He found WinZip on my desktop and let out a "whoa retro." which hurt me deeply.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 104 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m not really a computer person

Yes, you are.

seemed logically basic

See. You are.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

winzip

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, retro.

Did it display the payment nag screen ironically or seriously?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You thinking of WinRAR? I always assumed that was for enterprise use and they knew everyone was content to be nagged.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's exactly what it's for. If you use it commercially without paying winrar will come for you, but as a personal use case it's just ad ware. You get the product, and deal with their ad every boot. You could pay for it, but it probably the least annoying ad on the internet right now.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago

And we've all moved to 7zip now anyway. Half expecting to be told that's outdated now too.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I've thought about it, because I almost feel a little guilty. I've used WinRAR for a decent chunk of my life, across a multitude of systems.

I still haven't, but I think about it sometimes when I see the window.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did they ever come for anybody though?

Enterprises are very averse to risks, and it's very cheap, so it's a non-brainier. But I'm not sure there's any actual enforcement there.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

I remember hearing that they have gone for companies before, but that was a while ago and, ya know, just something I read that may or may not be particularly accurate.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 71 points 4 months ago

If you are messing around the inside of a desktop pc, you are already more of a computer person than the average person.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Use 7zip