So I’m going for my daily swim and decide to stop by the management office to pay my monthly service charge. I meet up with Tony, our building supervisor, an affable guy. He mutters about his Yahoo Mail, saying that somehow or other the darn thing has been in Malay for the past few weeks, and for the life of him, he can’t get it back into English. He told me that he’s asked three other guys (supposedly IT geeks) to solve the problem for him. They tried, they tried for hours, and failed to resolve it.
He asked me whether I was game for the challenge. Heh, you know me. “Yeah,” I said. “I’ll give it a shot.”
Now I know next to nothing about Yahoo Mail, as I use Hotmail myself. But the settings and options should be pretty similar. Only thing is, all the text is in Malay, and my Malay frankly isn’t that good. Click this link, click that link—nothing works. It won’t revert to English. Now I remember what the wise computer sages advised: “When all fails, read the #!@$ manual.”
Well it’s not cheating, is it. I do a search for language and sure enough, find some stuff. There are a few steps to follow, so I do it and presto! The man’s Yahoo Mail is back to English again. Took me about 10 minutes. The management office staff said I was a genius. Nah, but I’ve always liked a challenge (typical of us computer geeks).
Tags: English, Malay, Yahoo Mail
YH geek to the rescue! It’s all about appearing like you know it all.
The least I can do is help, and I think that’s the most important thing. Even if I had not been successful, at least I tried.