About me
My name is James Williams, I'm a system administrator born in 1975.
I started with ZX Spectrum in 1987 and reached Windows 11 in 2023.
If your computer won't boot and you don't know what a floppy disk is - you've come to the right place!
My motto:
My skills
- Launching Windows 1/2/386/3x/NT/95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 (except Millennium Edition)
- Know how to properly blow into Nes cartridges
- Setting up a 56K modem (with sound)
- Data recovery from floppy disks (sometimes)
- Finding viruses without antivirus ('by eye')
- Installing Windows in 3 hours (and 5 reboots)
- Explaining what 'the internet' is to people over 60
Admin evolution
| Year |
Technology |
My actions |
| 1987 |
ZX Spectrum 48K |
Loading games from cassette recorder (15 minutes wait) |
| 1991 |
IBM PC/XT 8086 |
Learning Norton Commander and Basic |
| 1994 |
Windows 3.1 |
First encounter with blue screens |
| 1998 |
Windows 98 |
Searching for drivers for unknown device |
| 2001 |
Windows XP |
Explaining what 'sleep mode' is |
| 2007 |
Windows Vista |
Refusing to work with this system |
| 2015 |
Windows 10 |
Fighting automatic updates |
| 2021 |
Windows 11 |
Searching for the Start button |
IT jokes from James Williams
- Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
- Because Oct 31 = Dec 25!
- Advertisement:
- Selling computer. Used. Never repaired. Doesn't turn on.
- Conversation between two admins:
- - Do you have an extra piece of twisted pair?
- Yes, but it's 15 cm shorter than needed.
- No problem, I have wire cutters!
How to contact me
VIA PM HERE for winpx2
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