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Then pen forum gives us this little gem: How to defraggle your motherdisc (Thanks to LonMabonJovi for the link) I have to say there is some good advice there. I found myself critiquing their technique at several points, but overall their dedication is admirable. Our forum also included a quote from another sites review of [...]

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Huh. This is new… The thing is, “nothing to do” is why I was on the computer to begin with. Who knew my computer could get bored too?

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Last Friday I walked into my office to find a coworker sitting at my workbench. He had a server taken apart, and was spraying parts of the mainboard with canned air about every ten seconds. This in itself isn’t all that strange. What was strange is that he was holding the canned air upside down [...]

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I discovered something new today. I discovered that if you walk into a large data center carrying nothing but a hammer that you will rapidly become a very popular person. I was only trying to move a stuck rail in a rack, but they kept acting like I was going to seriously punish a server. [...]

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It was cloudy out today. At least, thats what the people that kept calling me were saying; I didn’t have a window nearby so I couldn’t verify their tales. When people calling in for tech support start talking about the weather I have a feeling they’re just feeling helpless. In some way they are trying [...]

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Some days I feel like a social worker, or possibly a health inspector. *phone rings* Me: This is Clem, what can I do to you today? User: Hi Clam, I have a… wait, what? Me: What is the nature of your issue today? User: Oh. This is Nancy downstairs, and I just put a ticket [...]

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Part of the problem with resisting the lure of management is that I still find myself chained to a phone from time to time. Take last Friday for example… *phone rings* Me: I.T. Support, this is Clem. User: Hi Ken. My printer isn’t working. Me: Ok. When did it stop working? User: Yesterday sometime. Me: [...]

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I’ve recently had some issues with my Microsoft mouse driver on an HP laptop running Windows Vista. Details (and a resolution) here, if you’re interested. Funny, it just works on my Ubuntu laptop.

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This post has been merged with several others, and moved to a new location. You can view it here: Make Vista Look Like Win2k Thank you.

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This post has been merged with several others, and moved to a new location. You can view it here: Make Vista Look Like Win2k Thank you.

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