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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 [...]

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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 in [...]

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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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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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Backup drive #1 died today after a short battle with the controller card. The plug was pulled after doctors noticed that it was spinning up but there was no brain activity.
It is survived by one operating system drive, four grand data drives, and two great-grand backup drives.
There will be a small private service [...]

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One of the nice things about Vista Ultimate is the ability to easily use the ‘Previous Versions’ tools that are built into the operating system.
Previous Versions (Also known as Volume Shadow Copy) is a feature that was introduced in Server2003, and a precursor of it exists in Windows XP as ‘System Restore’. [...]

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How else would you honor the confirmation that coke is an excellent spermicide?

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