We have asset tags on our PCs and monitors, whenever I ask someone what the asset tag is on their PC most of the time I end up with the monitor tag so I can't find it to remote in.. ----- Original Message ----- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:05 AM Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day
Well, we have a body of students who use whatever computer is not occupied by its full-time assigned user. The computer name is in big black letters on a big white lable. Still, these students, again working at whatever machine they can find available, send me an email saying "My computer did this...". (Hey, I just checked the DNS and AD tables. "MyComputer" doesn't exist!) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote on 07/31/2009 10:00:11 AM: > Good read, one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone calls me and asks if > the system is down. That get me pissed every time. > > James > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Rankin" <kz2...@googlemail.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > > Glad to hear you like it! > > > > On 7/31/09, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com> wrote: > >> That was great. Where can I get that on poster size? > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > >> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:45 AM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day > >> > >> > >> Happy SysAdmin Day to all! > >> > >> I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a > >> system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. > >> > >> http://raythestray.blogspot.com > >> > >> PS - I take no responsibility for any offence taken by anyone reading > >> any of my earlier blog posts. I am a bit irreverent and non-PC at times. > >> But if you do decide to read any earlier stuff, I can heartily recommend > >> the Star Wars-related stuff (yes, shameless blog plug). > >> -- > >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > >> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am > >> not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could > >> provoke such a question." > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > -- > > Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am > > not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > > could provoke such a question." > > > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~