Gonna be a great day!
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Call number one from a manager. "My computer is making weird noises when I turn it on, beeping and whatnot, before the login screen. Want to hear?" "Sure." Fumbling of the phone, then . He comes back on the phone after a bit. "Did you hear that?" "No." "You're kidding?" "No, I'll be down." Sauntering down, me thinks of the possibilities. Application, O.S., hardware, user error. Ah, must be user error. Arrive at the manager's desk. On the PC screen, an Invalid Profile message, choose a profile from below, you'll loose your settings... Well, this doesn't look good. "Mind if I reboot?" I ask. "No, go ahead." Comes up normally to Windows loading. "It should have started beeping already," I'm told. It is then that I notice the 1.5 pounds of bundled mail sitting next to his keyboard :wtf: . "Was the mail laying on the keyboard by any chance?" I ask. "Yes... Oh... Never mind... :-O " It's gonna be one of those days! Gary
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Most user problems can be solved by the use of a slap, often hard, across the back of the user's head!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Most user problems can be solved by the use of a slap, often hard, across the back of the user's head!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Most user problems can be solved by the use of a slap, often hard, across the back of the user's head!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Amen. Call # 2. "The text on the Westlaw site is really small. I can't read it." "Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel." "The one in the middle?" "Yes." "I already tried that." "Scroll the other direction." "Do I have to push it in?" "No." "Okay, that's better now..." It's hard to get any development done when smacking head against desk. :) Gary
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Amen. Call # 2. "The text on the Westlaw site is really small. I can't read it." "Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel." "The one in the middle?" "Yes." "I already tried that." "Scroll the other direction." "Do I have to push it in?" "No." "Okay, that's better now..." It's hard to get any development done when smacking head against desk. :) Gary
ghle wrote:
"Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel."
IMO, it's a bad solution to a real problem.
Watched code never compiles.
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Most user problems can be solved by the use of a slap, often hard, across the back of the user's head!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
More CSI
Probie... Just joking, I watched a lot of CSI (the 3 series) but got bored when I realized that H. killed more people than the criminals... I like a lot more NCIS, I like the characters (DiNozzo/Gibbs in first place). Criminal Minds is really good, sometime is really creepy (like the cannibal case).
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I would suggest NOT using this technique on the wife when trying to work on certain issues that might .... Oh never mind! :)
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Call number one from a manager. "My computer is making weird noises when I turn it on, beeping and whatnot, before the login screen. Want to hear?" "Sure." Fumbling of the phone, then . He comes back on the phone after a bit. "Did you hear that?" "No." "You're kidding?" "No, I'll be down." Sauntering down, me thinks of the possibilities. Application, O.S., hardware, user error. Ah, must be user error. Arrive at the manager's desk. On the PC screen, an Invalid Profile message, choose a profile from below, you'll loose your settings... Well, this doesn't look good. "Mind if I reboot?" I ask. "No, go ahead." Comes up normally to Windows loading. "It should have started beeping already," I'm told. It is then that I notice the 1.5 pounds of bundled mail sitting next to his keyboard :wtf: . "Was the mail laying on the keyboard by any chance?" I ask. "Yes... Oh... Never mind... :-O " It's gonna be one of those days! Gary
That goes under my category of PICNIC. Problem In Chair Not In Computer
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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That goes under my category of PICNIC. Problem In Chair Not In Computer
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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Most user problems can be solved by the use of a slap, often hard, across the back of the user's head!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
I had to deal with a user's problem (not a user problem) last week. In my new job, we all do everything, so I took it on myself to help a colleague out who had removed a user's PC from the domain. All local accounts (Administrator and Guest) were disabled. I used my l33t h2x0r skills and enabled local Admin and reset the local Admin password. Then I reset the machine account on the domain controller, and the user account. I could still not log on to the domain, even using the domain admin account. We left the poor user with a working local logon, and I doubt he will see the domain for some time. Gist of my story is the user was totally innocent.
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Amen. Call # 2. "The text on the Westlaw site is really small. I can't read it." "Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel." "The one in the middle?" "Yes." "I already tried that." "Scroll the other direction." "Do I have to push it in?" "No." "Okay, that's better now..." It's hard to get any development done when smacking head against desk. :) Gary
ghle wrote:
"Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel."
You have any idea how long I have been using Windows and did not realize that you could do that? :-O
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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PEBKAC my good man person! (sorry if you aren't a man ... or good for that matter) Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair edited due to potential gender issues! :)
modified on Monday, December 13, 2010 12:06 PM
The old 1D10T error.
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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ghle wrote:
"Hold the Ctrl key, then scroll the mouse wheel."
You have any idea how long I have been using Windows and did not realize that you could do that? :-O
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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PEBKAC my good man person! (sorry if you aren't a man ... or good for that matter) Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair edited due to potential gender issues! :)
modified on Monday, December 13, 2010 12:06 PM
Joe Simes wrote:
PEBKAC my good man person!
FTFY - You were correct in your original post. One of these days I'm going to have to upload my picture. I like your acronym too even though it just doesn't roll off the tongue like PICNIC. ;P
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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Call number one from a manager. "My computer is making weird noises when I turn it on, beeping and whatnot, before the login screen. Want to hear?" "Sure." Fumbling of the phone, then . He comes back on the phone after a bit. "Did you hear that?" "No." "You're kidding?" "No, I'll be down." Sauntering down, me thinks of the possibilities. Application, O.S., hardware, user error. Ah, must be user error. Arrive at the manager's desk. On the PC screen, an Invalid Profile message, choose a profile from below, you'll loose your settings... Well, this doesn't look good. "Mind if I reboot?" I ask. "No, go ahead." Comes up normally to Windows loading. "It should have started beeping already," I'm told. It is then that I notice the 1.5 pounds of bundled mail sitting next to his keyboard :wtf: . "Was the mail laying on the keyboard by any chance?" I ask. "Yes... Oh... Never mind... :-O " It's gonna be one of those days! Gary
Several years ago I got a call from the operators in our data centre to say they were having a problem with a PC system that was located there - "All of the menu items have disappeared and we need to use it today to make sure overtime payments go into the payroll run!" I had to jump into a taxi to travel the five miles to the data centre, and wait 15 minutes before someone buzzed me in. I walked over to the PC, examined it for about 30 seconds, switched up the brightness on the monitor, then walked out!
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