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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I generally don't buy too much into the "everyone over 50 cannot program their cooker" school of thoughtThere are people who are interested in keeping up with technology, others who aren't. There are people who are able to learn about new technologies and how to use them, others who aren't.
If people want to learn, they will usually manage fine.
Saying that though, my Dad does still keep sending me emails with the recipient email, subject line and email body ALL in the "To:" line of his email program.
He wonders every time why he recieves large numbers of "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)"s back when he sends them.
"Delivery to the following recipients failed.
Hello"
"Delivery to the following recipients failed.
son"
"Delivery to the following recipients failed.
how"
"Delivery to the following recipients failed.
are"
"Delivery to the following recipients failed.
you"
etc
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Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 7:56,
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Hahahaha, my Mum does that!Plus, as she's on AOL it saves that as the default address.
So when she starts typing her nephew in Australia's email address it auto-fills with 'hello and merry xmas to you and the kids'.
She panics and clicks on it and the email's bounced back indefinitely.
I tell her to go and have a cup of tea and it'll be all fixed when she gets back, then log into her account and delete all the messed-up email addresses.
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