Re: The dirtiest four-letter word...
For family emergencies like this, there's the ThinkGeek "No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer" t-shirt, backed up by "no, I mean it"
https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/388b/
And I'm in the "I'll convert it to Linux" camp, as it's far easier to ssh in from my phone when I'm 300 miles away on vacation and get "MAH COMPOOTER DIED" plus it's far less susceptible to the usual virus-laden emails from Nigeria.