CAD System Error and Bug Report Form

1. Describe your problem:
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2. Now, describe the problem accurately:
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3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem:
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4. Problem Severity:
Minor__
Minor__
Minor__
Trivial__

5. Nature of the problem:
Locked Up__
Frozen__
Hung__
Strange Smell__

6. Is your computer plugged in?

Yes__ No__

7. Is it turned on?

Yes__ No__

8. Have you tried to fix it yourself?

Yes__ No__

9. Have you made it worse?

Yes__

10. Have you had "a friend" who "Knows all about computers" try to fix it for you?

Yes__ No__

11. Did they make it even worse?

Yes__

12. Have you read the manual?

Yes__ No__

13. Are you sure you've read the manual?

Maybe__ No__

14. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual?

No__

15. If you read the manual, do you think you understood it?

Yes__ No__

16. If 'Yes' then explain why you can't fix the problem yourself.
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17. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?
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18. If you answered 'nothing' then explain why you were logged in?
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19. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem?

Yes__ No__

20. Does the clock on your home VCR blink 12:00?

Yes__ What's a VCR?__

21. Do you have a copy of 'PCs for Dummies'?

Yes__ No__

22. Do you have any independent witnesses to the problem?

Yes__ No__

23. Do you have any electronics products that DO work?

Yes__ No__

24. Is there anyone else you could blame this problem on?

Yes__ No__

25. Have you given the machine a good whack on the top?

Yes__ No__

26. Is the machine on fire?

Yes__ Not Yet__

27. Can you do something else instead of bothering me?

Yes__

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Please note the above was given to me by Steven LaKose, who like myself, has spent way too many hours doing this to not have a sense of humor about it.

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