+1 Time is money. Having said that sometimes I will troubleshoot out of curiosity even after it's obvious blowing away and starting over is faster - I get a burning desire to know WHAT happened. Sometimes that tidbit pays huge dividends later, or sometimes knowing exactly what happened amazes other tech's.
Dave From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed "lost art"? Or (in most cases) it's just not cost effective. ________________________________ From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed That's how our field techs resolve a lot of issues. Troubleshooting is a lost art form, to most techs today. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Lee Douglas [mailto:lee.doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Our profession has been exposed One thing they left out is to format the drive and start over - I've heard that a lot on this forum <g> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Ziots, Edward <ezi...@lifespan.org<mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org>> wrote: Sigh, Who Ratted us all out... they should be TARRED and feathered... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org<mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org> Phone:401-639-3505 ________________________________ From: Candee Vaglica [mailto:can...@gmail.com<mailto:can...@gmail.com>] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Our profession has been exposed I *love* it! On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: Now anyone can be a sysadmin/tech support person: http://xkcd.com/627/ ~ 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/> ~
