Is it normal to upgrade things on friend's computers while using them?

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Just now I was using my mother's laptop for a few minutes to check my email while visiting the 'rents. When I was done checking my email I realized that her Firefox version was out of date, so I took a few minutes and upgraded it for her.

I also frequently see long overdue "system update ready to install" messages on people's computers and I just have to click on them and install the stuff because I know that the clueless owner of that machine will never do it themselves.

Is it just me, or is this normal geek behavior?

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  • Adennymint
    14 years ago

    you should probably tell the person that their programs and stuff need to be updated and ask them if it's okay if you can update it for them, because sometimes people would rather stay with the old program then get a new one.

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  • Mastersash
    13 years ago

    you should ALWAYS ask them first. If it's ur own, then go for it! INDULGE in tour OCD, sir phillip!

    *now frolic.. frolic with the wind..

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  • Legion
    12 years ago

    I would ask first.

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  • takeiteasy12
    13 years ago

    Yes i like to do that to but always ask them first.. Thats what you got to do. If they dont want it updated it there problem let them deal with viruses and slow programs, lol

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I'm a geek and I do the same thing

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  • iGornet
    14 years ago

    It's because we crave a perfect world, so you feel the need to improve the world a tiny bit, and do so by proceeding to upgrade the computer. I wouldn't do it to every computer that needed updated, unless i knew the owner truely was clueless about computers.

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  • blueweb
    14 years ago

    Old people do not like change.

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  • hotchickie81
    14 years ago

    I do it too, though I normally tell them about it first, lol.

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