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PSA: Make Sure To Check Your Votes! [video]

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This was submitted to us via Twitter. Thanks for the sharp eye, team! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpGd74DrBM] via:

Oh hey, on your way out, can I have the root password please?

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This story takes place while I was a consultant working for a firm out of Texas. For this gig I was sent to a...

You Don’t Need To Spell “at” [story]

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Hi, I have many stories as I’m working as a System admin/IT manager at a place where 90% are people above 40. Without saying where...

DB_Admin != ‘efficient’

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From the Daily WTF: After weeks, months, or even years of setting up and preparing to sell, it’s always exciting to get those few customers....

Keyboard has an ID10T error

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One of my users requested that she get a new keyboard, preferably an ergonomic  keyboard. We had one in stock so I replaced her...

Go Phish

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I work on a University Help Desk and you'd think our users would be at least slightly smart.. Below is an email I sent...

You know these people.

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I work in a school. So I get a LOT of stupid questions, from staff and students. Just recently I've put up the classic...

Boot sector (sector 0) Inaccessible [story]

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This is an actual email I received from a user back in '05. This email has been sitting on my hard drive just for...

The scoop on Iphones [Pic]

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Sometimes you just need a PC to do a Mac's job.

…the monitor didn’t fit!

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So, many many moons ago I worked for a major PC manufacturer whose cow prints shall remain nameless. I was green in support so...