Many years ago we had a virus outbreak and immediately pulled the internet plug
I was logging into mailboxes to remove the emails and then emptying the "Deleted Items" folders when afterwards one of our developers complained that all his important files had gone.

Me: "Where were they held?"
Him: "Deleted Items folder"
Me: "....."
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:14, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS?

( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:15, Reply)

INORITE
I'll keep all my important documents VITAL for work in the bin
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:16, Reply)

Or on the desktop, the only other place with no backup.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:18, Reply)

i keep everything on my desktop cos it's quickest and easiest

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:27, Reply)

TGDGI^

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:28, Reply)

yeah but it's EASIEST
and to be honest, I don't know how to map drives or which letter drive I should use, so desktop it is
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:29, Reply)

If only there was an IT department to ask, eh?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:30, Reply)

yeah, like they are going to be any help
have you listened to yourselves recently?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:31, Reply)

I'll have you know that I'm exceedingly helpful
even to cunts
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:32, Reply)

But why is it all P drive and M drive
I just want a file called 'Put stuff here' I want it on the desktop and I want it from day one
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:32, Reply)

Two second job that

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:33, Reply)

for you maybe

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:34, Reply)

Damn right

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:35, Reply)

Open command prompt and type
net use *: \\servername\drivename$
( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:33, Reply)

1. WTF is command prompt?
2. why would I type that?
3. Why can't you do it for me?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:34, Reply)

1: Start, All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt
2: Try it
3: Because I don't work for your company, dumbass.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:35, Reply)

i ent trying shit, it's probably virus or malware or something

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:36, Reply)

also you don't even know if I'm using a dell or Asos or IBM
so it probably won't even work
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:38, Reply)

Firstly Asos are a clothing company
Secondly if you're using Windows it'll work.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:39, Reply)

ok, nothing happened

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:41, Reply)

That's because you actually typed
\\servername\shareddrive$ instead of the server the drive is on and the name of the share you want to connect to, isn't it?
( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:44, Reply)

HOW DO I KNOW WHAT THE SERVER IS CALLED AND WHAT DRIVES TO SHARE WITH??!
this is my whole point, just save it to the desktop and be done with it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:46, Reply)

I do love it when Kroney tries to explain something to you.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:47, Reply)

I wish he was better at it, I never know what the fuck he is on about

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:49, Reply)

This is why your IT department refuses to help you.

( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:52, Reply)

i don't really want their help tbh
I just want them to do it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:53, Reply)

It's no wonder they give him all the shit jobs at his place.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:53, Reply)

I think my work here is done, think I'm pop off home now

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:55, Reply)

This is just like cars
A BMW has a completely different way to drive it than an Audi.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:42, Reply)

I typed in net use *: \\servername\drivename$
and nothing happened, I'm not sure Kroney even works with computers
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:43, Reply)

ffs

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:44, Reply)

He does! Why he sent me a pic of him working busy busy the other day

( Theoban What of it, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:48, Reply)

Depends, if the run box or cmd prompt is disabled by group policy he won't be able to.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:43, Reply)

that's when you make a .bat file and doubleclick it.

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 15:16, Reply)

Yeah, but he prints emails, so you would expect that kind of thing from him.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:30, Reply)

yeah well when kroney has to "rebuild" my "computer" and "sync" the "files"
I'll be the one laughing as I leaf through my correspondences
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:32, Reply)

you can set up a desktop sync

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:29, Reply)

There's a plug in

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:30, Reply)

The bin, by the way, that tries to destroy everything in it on a regular basis
unless you specifically tell it not to.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:19, Reply)

Yeah
That bin
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:20, Reply)

Ahah, no-one will think to look in my deleted items!
It's the last place I'd hide something TRULY important
( Theoban What of it, Tue 17 Sep 2013, 14:17, Reply)