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What's the dumbest thing you've done to fix a tech issue? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 22 hours ago by Evkob to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Told someone to take their headset off their keyboard when help application kept appearing on their screen.

[–] Undearius 13 points 21 hours ago

I had to get someone to find a wireless keyboard they left in a random box because they never used it, yet they still connected the USB receiver for it.

[–] Evkob 10 points 22 hours ago

I can't say I've never been confused by keystrokes from objects laying on my keyboard, but I do usually figure it out within a couple of seconds at most.