On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:16:30 -0400, webster72n wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:03:39 -0400, Nil wrote:

On 24 Sep 2012, webster72n wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

Trouble is it doesn't work for me, Gene.
In the open-file dialog it tells me that it cannot find the file,
specifically "C:\ Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log" (w.o. the quotation
marks).

Of course it won't find that file. That location does not exist. There
is no folder called "C:\ Windows" - notice that there is a spurious
space character before the W.

:-)

Grazie. You saved me the trouble of pointing that out.

I wonder if webster72n has turned off the displayh of hiddeen filies and
the display of system files. And if so, would that make theminvisivble
to NOtePAd?

OK, I tried it. The answer is twofold:

1. Either way, when I go to Windows\Logs, CBS.log is not visible in the
NotePad Open dialog's file pane.

2. If I then type the name CBS.log (or cbs.log) in that dialog's
Filename line, NotePad opens it even though it was not visible in the
file pane.

Then I decide what I want to do next.
Don't need a 'mentor', but in all probability an expert who can
help me with this.

You need someone to sit at your computer and fix it. I don't think an
internet newsgroup is the right venue for you.

Thanks for the support, Nil.

I'd like to add that, in this context, I don't see a difference between
an assistant to whom I gave the nickname "Mentor" and an expert who can
"help me with this", or, for that matter, any difference between a
mentor and an expert who can "help me with this". webster72n is just
playing some sort of semantic game...


Support? For what?

Support for the some of the opinions I expressed.

By now I have come to the realization that this was the wrong place to
seek help for my problem. Please, accept my apologies.
Thank you for trying.

We tried hard. More accurately, I tried hard. I gave you lots of good
info, and you basically ignored it.

This was not the wrong place to seek advice. Instead, you were the wrong
seeker of advice.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:04:40 -0400, webster72n wrote:

When using the command prompt 'sfc scannow' in administrator mode,
I get 'Access denied' after trying to open the log file command
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
in order to find the name of the corrupted or lost system files.

My question: How do I gain access?

Harry.

You said in a reply below,
"Sorry you feel the way you do".

OK, *assuming* that you're not a troll, I have some serious - and
constructive - advice based on this thread.

This venue is a totally unsatisfactory way to help you.

You need to find someone knowledgeable in Windows who can sit with you
while you mess with your problems. You'd be up and running an less that
10 minutes, in my estimation.

First, this person - call him or her Mentor - could see what you are
doing, and most importantly, what you are forgetting to say and what you
mean by what you do say. Also, by seeing how you carry out instructions,
Mentor would instantly know what you misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Secondly, the feedback from Mentor would be instantaneous, instead of
delayed by a couple of days.

Thirdly, Mentor could teach you how to describe what you are
experiencing, and show you directly how to do the things that I have
described unsuccessfully - and Mentor would see immediately when what
you do is not what was described to you.


You actually helped more than you think you did, Gene.
After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good, I found out that I knew
more than he did, a lot more. That makes me an expert, elevating me from
my previously assumed position as 'Advanced'.
You falsely accused me of not following your instructions, when you
totally ignored my 'indicators'. But that's all 'water down the drain',
as they say.
You can look up my latest reply to the next post, to find the status of
my current situation.
Thanks again for your and everyone's contribution.

Harry.

On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good,

If he only charged $40.00 for 2.5 hrs work, he was no expert. Going
rate for competent computer work is better than $40 PER HOUR (much
better than that around here in fact). As with many things, you get
what you pay for when it comes to computer techs.

--
Zaphod

Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt

On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, webster72n wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:04:40 -0400, webster72n wrote:

When using the command prompt 'sfc scannow' in administrator mode,
I get 'Access denied' after trying to open the log file command
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
in order to find the name of the corrupted or lost system files.

My question: How do I gain access?

Harry.

You said in a reply below,
"Sorry you feel the way you do".

OK, *assuming* that you're not a troll, I have some serious - and
constructive - advice based on this thread.

This venue is a totally unsatisfactory way to help you.

You need to find someone knowledgeable in Windows who can sit with you
while you mess with your problems. You'd be up and running an less that
10 minutes, in my estimation.

First, this person - call him or her Mentor - could see what you are
doing, and most importantly, what you are forgetting to say and what you
mean by what you do say. Also, by seeing how you carry out instructions,
Mentor would instantly know what you misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Secondly, the feedback from Mentor would be instantaneous, instead of
delayed by a couple of days.

Thirdly, Mentor could teach you how to describe what you are
experiencing, and show you directly how to do the things that I have
described unsuccessfully - and Mentor would see immediately when what
you do is not what was described to you.


You actually helped more than you think you did, Gene.

It couldn't have been less :-)

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good, I found out that I knew
more than he did, a lot more.

See what Zaphod said. $16/hr is nowhere near enough for an expert. I've
even charged $50/hr, and I'm not an expert. That said, my client was
happy with the results.

That makes me an expert, elevating me from my previously assumed
position as 'Advanced'.

I hope you're kidding. If not, your opinion of your skills is very
different from mine.

You falsely accused me of not following your instructions, when you
totally ignored my 'indicators'. But that's all 'water down the drain',
as they say.

Everything you said indicated that you never followed my instructions.
Nothing you said indicated that you ever followed my instructions.

If there's a false accusation, it's yours above, falsely accusing me of
falsely accusing you of not following my instructions.

Thanks for the opportunity to write that last sentence - I had fun doing
it:-)

You can look up my latest reply to the next post, to find the status of
my current situation.

Try posting a message ID. I can't find any other new post by you, and
your description above is much too vague to help.

Thanks again for your and everyone's contribution.

Harry.

We really *did* try to help. I'm sorry we didn't match your hopes.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good,

If he only charged $40.00 for 2.5 hrs work, he was no expert. Going
rate for competent computer work is better than $40 PER HOUR (much
better than that around here in fact). As with many things, you get
what you pay for when it comes to computer techs.


This guy has been doing it for over 35 years, according to him.
He supposedly was an engineer working for NASA and shook hands with
Neill Armstrong.
His hourly charge is $40, plus $20 to come to the house, but he agreed
in advance to only charge me the $40.
Whatever the case may be, I am safe right where I am.

Harry.

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, webster72n wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:

OK, *assuming* that you're not a troll, I have some serious - and
constructive - advice based on this thread.

This venue is a totally unsatisfactory way to help you.

You need to find someone knowledgeable in Windows who can sit with you
while you mess with your problems. You'd be up and running an less that
10 minutes, in my estimation.

First, this person - call him or her Mentor - could see what you are
doing, and most importantly, what you are forgetting to say and what you
mean by what you do say. Also, by seeing how you carry out instructions,
Mentor would instantly know what you misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Secondly, the feedback from Mentor would be instantaneous, instead of
delayed by a couple of days.

Thirdly, Mentor could teach you how to describe what you are
experiencing, and show you directly how to do the things that I have
described unsuccessfully - and Mentor would see immediately when what
you do is not what was described to you.


You actually helped more than you think you did, Gene.

It couldn't have been less :-)

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good, I found out that I knew
more than he did, a lot more.

See what Zaphod said. $16/hr is nowhere near enough for an expert. I've
even charged $50/hr, and I'm not an expert. That said, my client was
happy with the results.

That makes me an expert, elevating me from my previously assumed
position as 'Advanced'.

I hope you're kidding. If not, your opinion of your skills is very
different from mine.

You falsely accused me of not following your instructions, when you
totally ignored my 'indicators'. But that's all 'water down the drain',
as they say.

Everything you said indicated that you never followed my instructions.
Nothing you said indicated that you ever followed my instructions.

If there's a false accusation, it's yours above, falsely accusing me of
falsely accusing you of not following my instructions.

Thanks for the opportunity to write that last sentence - I had fun doing
it:-)

You can look up my latest reply to the next post, to find the status of
my current situation.

Try posting a message ID.

"Internet Explorer has stopped working correctly", the last reply and
w.o. the quot. marks.

I can't find any other new post by you, and
your description above is much too vague to help.

Thanks again for your and everyone's contribution.

Harry.

We really *did* try to help. I'm sorry we didn't match your hopes.


******

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:54:27 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good,

If he only charged $40.00 for 2.5 hrs work, he was no expert. Going
rate for competent computer work is better than $40 PER HOUR (much
better than that around here in fact). As with many things, you get
what you pay for when it comes to computer techs.


This guy has been doing it for over 35 years, according to him.
He supposedly was an engineer working for NASA and shook hands with
Neill Armstrong.

All of which is meaningless - unless you think that shaking hands with
a celebrity imparts some magical technological abilities, or working
for a huge governmental agency in one discipline implies expertise in
another discipline, or that decades old knowledge applies to current
technology.

The fact that the supposed (and patently incapable) "expert" botched
the job is evidence enough that my observation was valid, no?

--
Zaphod

"So [Trillian], two heads is what does it for a girl?"
"...Anything else [Zaphod]'s got two of?"
- Arthur Dent

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:07:31 -0400, webster72n wrote:

You can look up my latest reply to the next post, to find the status of
my current situation.

Try posting a message ID.

"Internet Explorer has stopped working correctly", the last reply and
w.o. the quot. marks.

I said "Try posting a message ID" above, and I meant it.

I don't plan to search around, sorry.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:54:27 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:31:01 -0400, "webster72n"
wrote in article ...

After employing a so-called 'Expert' and paying him $40.00 for 2&1/2
hours of work, which did more damage than good,

If he only charged $40.00 for 2.5 hrs work, he was no expert. Going
rate for competent computer work is better than $40 PER HOUR (much
better than that around here in fact). As with many things, you get
what you pay for when it comes to computer techs.


This guy has been doing it for over 35 years, according to him.
He supposedly was an engineer working for NASA and shook hands with
Neill Armstrong.

All of which is meaningless - unless you think that shaking hands with
a celebrity imparts some magical technological abilities, or working
for a huge governmental agency in one discipline implies expertise in
another discipline, or that decades old knowledge applies to current
technology.

The fact that the supposed (and patently incapable) "expert" botched
the job is evidence enough that my observation was valid, no?


Your observation is concurrent with mine, after the effect.
How in the world does one obtain trustworthy assistance, when testimony
cannot be believed? I am familiar with the saying:
"Believe only half of what you are seeing and nothing of what you hear".
Consequently I trust in my own capabilities w.o. over estimation.
Now I ask myself: what does that have to do with solving my problem?
Go figure!

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:07:31 -0400, webster72n wrote:

You can look up my latest reply to the next post, to find the status of
my current situation.

Try posting a message ID.

"Internet Explorer has stopped working correctly", the last reply and
w.o. the quot. marks.

I said "Try posting a message ID" above, and I meant it.

I don't plan to search around, sorry.


And I don't plan to continue this nonsense, sorry!