That re-application of NT Service Pack 6 seems to have done the trick on that PC. I even managed to get that mini-cd out of there and the CD drive put back together again without damaging the drive, which I wasn’t feeling too confident about going in, I must admit. I have the printers and…
You know those promotional mini-cd’s? I have always thought they were kind of pointless, but today I have a whole new reason to hate them. One of my users, who in their constant desire for desk space took their desktop PC and placed it on it’s side on the floor beside their desk, rather than…
For something like the 5th straight year, our summer intern showed up today, with no advanced notice given anyone in the IT Department (me), again! For an even extra-added bonus, this year he showed up two days before our Annual Meeting, which, of course, means that all of our extra equipment, and some not so…
It’s been a crazy week, as you all have read. Made none any less crazy by the fact that our Annual Meeting is coming up next week, which brings about it’s own flurry of activity that I haven’t even talked about on here. What do I take away from this week? The whole battle between…
From a Register article: “Symantec has turned off this auto-responder feature by default for the last two years but systems admins insist on turning it back on, according to Chris Miller, a Symantec mail security product manager.” Well I guess I can quit blaming Symantec for all those “virus bounce” messages and start blaming email…
The station I usually tune into at work, WOXY, is in it’s final days. The owners sold the station and it will cease broadcasting, and net-casting. The station was a constant companion on many a road trip down to the Cincinnati area for years, and when they starting webcasting it became constant companion through the…