Overheard on a helpdesk after a tech gets off the phone with a user... "My job would be so much easier it it weren't for the users....."
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can hear it coming: > > "My users are so stupid!" > > "How stupid are they?" > > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: > what you do today might burn your butt tomorrow. > > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Lee Douglas <lee.doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can top that. Boss's wife has a net book she regularly moves around the >> house. Calls me one day with no sound, so I remote into the machine and it's >> not muted. Since I can't see the machine, I couldn't tell that she had >> plugged a spare charger into the speaker port on the netbook. Good thing she >> didn't have the power plug for the charger plugged into the wall, I suppose. >> Sigh. >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:02 PM, John Aldrich < >> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: >> >>> Nahh...no big deal. I just thought it was kinda funny how it was >>> something >>> that easy. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:37 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Re: Stupid User Tricks >>> >>> That's crazy! Can't stand those guys... >>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:32 PM, John Aldrich < >>> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> >>> wrote: >>> Got a call from a user across town who was having trouble with sounds on >>> his >>> PC, so I knew there was an extra set of speakers at his building and told >>> him to try those. 10 minutes later, he calls me back saying those don’t >>> work >>> either, so I log into his computer using VNC so I can see what he’s >>> seeing >>> and check his sound config… turns out he’d clicked on “mute all”. Duh! No >>> wonder his sound wasn’t working. :D >>> >>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >>> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin