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On 04/11/2020 16:22, Brad Rogers wrote:
Very good advice. I need to step back, start again later, and no doubt it will all get resolved eventually. Meanwhile I can still print from my desktop computer via the USB cable. It is just the wifi I need to sort out. So at least I have a working printer. Which I did not have before.On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 15:54:21 +0000 Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Neil,No, I am the problem, I know. My previous printer, eight years ago, was so simple to set up.As was mine, IIRC. I have to confess IDK what it's like now. All you need to do is slow down; Be methodical - read instructions. Watch tutorial videos. Such are bound to exist, because you aren't the first person to run across these sorts of issues, and you certainly won't be the last. Be thorough - write notes about each step. Preferably in a notebook, or at least on a separate computer from the one you're trying to work on. Then you can refer to those notes when asking for help, saying what you've tried, etc. Be careful - get one thing working before moving on to the next. Not easy (or even possible sometimes) I know, but at least try. Ask for help - you have been. Good. Most people *like* to help. Call it 'showing off', if you will, because 'they' already know stuff you are just learning. Remember, several people here do this sort of thing for a living. They *have* to know it. You and I don't; It's just something we have to do when necessary. Be patient - _Wait_ for those answers. Don't rush off and try something else, just on the off-chance, before answers to your question(s) come in. It can be frustrating for those trying to help, because they may not be able to keep up with what you're doing - 'stuff' getting in the way at work, at home, the kids' school. Wherever.
I will try to remember what the word 'patience' means. Not very good at that!
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