IT SupportOur IT support guy has been in the job since 1979, and never misses an opportunity to pick up a mouse and say "Hello computer" into it, Star Trek-style. Tell us your tales from the IT support cupboard, either from within or without.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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Word v.6.0Back in the days of Windows 3 we had a brand new shiny machine come in for the manager of our Studio department.
It was a DX2 66mhz 486 - the likes of which we could only dream of having. This beast also had 8meg or RAM, as opposed to our lowly 2 or 4 meg machines.
Still, made no f'ing difference.
I was called to this blokes desk about 10 times a day, each time explaining that he didn't need to open MS Word 6 for each and every document he wanted to view.
The most times I found it open was 146 - yes, I did count! How the hell that poor 8meg managed I'll never know.
(, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 12:06, 1 reply)
Ah, I remember similar happeningsTrying to delete everything in the My Docs folder on 95\98, pressed ctrl+a, then automatically reached out and pressed enter, not delete.
Cue every single file opening a new instance of any application. And me watching my computer slowly grind to a halt.
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 15:09,
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