Below are some of our favorites, exactly as they were received, with only identifying information removed. The, um, creative spelling, has been left intact, giving you a good idea of the kinds of queries real IT help desk staffers get.
Baseball prospect
my name is carlos im 19 yrs old ive been playing baseball all my life. i know i am pro meterial all i need is a chance i play for the braddock braves in pittsburgh pa please send a scout to see me
Soap operas
my question is to help me out getting to the cbs soap operas as the guiding light as the world turns ok since its computer thing looks like that i could go at start of these two soap operas and watch them when they first started on cbs tv i mean watch them over from the very start.
Sounds legit to us
please check this websit out for me this guy email that I have won 263,some owe dollars allI need to do is pick a courier and pay $500.00 for the winnings thanks for your help marva please write me right back before I pay this guy one penny this may be for real so I really need to know ASAP
He's on the way
hell
some prob in my PC, send yuor man to check it out, i unable to use internet.
thanks
Up in the ozone
i have an email address at the school i attend. i can get into my ozone it is called but when i click email a window pops up from novellwebapplications. it asks for a user name and a password. i dont know what to give it.. can you help?
Prlinter prloblems
My friend is giving me a HP 820cxi printer, but I don't have the cd to install it. How can I do this? I have a HP computer already and want to use my "new" prlinter right away. Please help asap. Thanks.
New line of business for Computerworld?
Please call me to discuss details for purchase of a Desktop.
We can't either
I cannot print an e.mail I wrote last night.
Need a little more info
i,m a computer science student in the university pls do help me.
Hey, it's not us
I don't know what you are doing with your e-mail links to cause them to open in a browser "of their own choosing", and then to close with without warning and without any action on my part, but it suggests to me that you are attempting to probe my system, otherwise learn its capabilities, defeat the pop-up stopper, or something... Whatever is going on, it has become sufficiently irritating I'm about to turn off Compuworld e-mails. What's going on?
Have you tried filing a missing OS report?
i have an advent 7340 laptop and it has a missing operating system and wont run at all?
I have inserted the windows 98 cd, but there is no difference?
What should i do?
Not the kind of CDs we deal with
Hello, I have a CD with yoiur firm, my account number is 5001750982, it looks like you are still sending mail to me old address I have moved now please correct your records.
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