If at first you don’t succeed, FORCE IT.
This morning, I walk into the office to a ticket labeled "Broken Laptop". Clicking it open, it's from a manager that is well known...
Pro Tip: As an AV company, try not to flag your own software as...
Sophos had a little issue this week.
After a typical update - since AV products update frequently - update, their AV was then detecting various...
May cool heads prevail. Now make me some coffee.
As is usually the way with these things, a year-end upgrade was planned out for our full-disk encryption software to upgrade it to the...
Wired presents: 7 Videos Of A Sysadmin’s Worst Nightmares
Found this some time ago... via Wired.com.
I have to say, these are definitely the stuff of nightmares as a sysadmin - heck, we had water...
“Patch, then reboot a server? That’s unneccesary.”
In 2003, my boss was of the opinion "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I had pushed to get some sort of patch...
On The Surface, It Seemed Okay To Use A Hair Dryer [pic]
...well, on the Surface keyboard, anyway.
Spiceworks Community member ianmoore recounts:
"User came up and asked if we had a new surface keyboard, turns out he...
Just because you’re in IT doesn’t mean you know IT
Background: I work on the support desk for a niche, business-only ISP. Our broadband products are expensive because you get direct support to people...
Holy Dustbunnies, Batman.
Supposedly, this is a pic of a system board from a hospital computer. I don't doubt it - it's probably from a cast area...