Farm PC 'maintained' by a 14-year-old dumped support chap in a steaming pile of tech mess

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By Simon SharwoodOct 30, 2026, 2:33 am104 ptsTrending
Welcome to another instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column The Register publishes each Friday as a cathartic service for readers who know that dealing with tech support BS can be a cow of a job. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Jason" who told us he had helped an agricultural equipment…

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