Sunday, September 12, 2004

Computer Stupidity Of The Day

I've been doing tech support for the Internet division of our company now for almost two years. I recently came into work one morning, and on my desk was a letter that was written from one of our customers, who was having some problems with the Internet. Here is the letter, typed exactly as it was written.


Dear sir,

I have a problem with inlet hookup,
1) No (company name) home page
2) Unable to get to my e-mail
3) Micro, which do not know
4) Crazy action on micro
5) A call from you about a verse, which i do not about
6) I call the local office at (city) and told what was wrong and all i got was a chac number from the person answer the call - it was a woman
7) It Been 6 day now
8) What wrong (I do not know)?
9) Is this going to be set right?
10) I Done not know how to correct it (you may has to send a tech to fix it.)
11) Each time you make a change but, one time, something happy craz,
12) Never set in, away make differ move, which i do not know why?
13) Each time update, add things which do not know what all about.
14) Each time make more problem
15) I do not know why or what is gone on, when thing happen

What is wrong?
Why?
Can you fix it?
Need a set up of my compelet to correct the problem

* Look like i am in dark and losing money

Thank You!

P.S. Why is it not smoot to run this with all problem and each time, when update more thing go wrong, than straight out.
I had a hard time reading that letter. I went to my boss and asked him if he read it, and he said he only read part of it.

I decided to call, against my better judgment, to see what was going on. I was on the phone with him for 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get him to get Internet Explorer up on the screen. I asked my boss if I could have him bring in the machine.

The machine came in, and I took a look at it and found out exactly what the problem was.

Every time we did a maintenance on our network, he changed his Windows 98 desktop theme. All his icons changed in size and shape. He wanted to have all his icons "locked in place," because apparently they kept moving on him. He kept moving his start bar around the sides of the screen, shifting the window and the icons around.

The "verse" he makes reference to was the KAK viruses I had called him about earlier in the week. I also found out that his references to "micro" were either about Microsoft Internet Explorer or Outlook Express.

The main problem was that Outlook Express wouldn't open. It just needed a re-install, and he would have been fine.


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Saturday, September 11, 2004

   Honoring Those Lost

This flag below was made by me today to honor all lost in the World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, as well as the people onboard the plane that crashed near Pittsburgh.

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Friday, September 10, 2004

   Computer Stupidity Of The Day

I had just come across a Compaq 386 Deskpro motherboard. Since I was just getting into PCs, I thought it would be cool to wire it up for my brother. But I had no idea what the pinout for the power supply plug was, as it was non-standard. So I called up Compaq tech support.


(Me:) "I just got an old 386 Deskpro motherboard, and I wondered if I could get a pinout for the power supply plug, so I can power it up and see if it works."
(Tech Support:) "What happens when you turn it on?"
(Me:) "Ummm...nothing, I don't have a power supply for it. I need a pinout to wire up a standard power supply."
(Tech Support:) "I see. Can you get into Windows?"


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Thursday, September 9, 2004

Computer Stupidity Of The Day

(Co-Worker:) "I just bought a new computer."
(Me:) "Oh? How fast is it?"
(Co-Worker:) "It's a 56K."
(Me:) "No, no, the processor speed."
(Co-Worker:) "Ohh!! DVD."
(Me:) "..."

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~Lata~

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YAY!! IM SOMEWHAT POPULAR!!!!

YAY! Today, i reached #4000 on the list!!! Im so good!:) Anyone wanna give me a digigift? Thats quite a milestone for me!!

~Lata~

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004

   Computer Stupidity Of The Day

A friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) bought a brand new Toshiba laptop computer last year since his "old" one was a model from the year before. He worked in the computer services office on campus here at our university. He decided one night that to impress his co-workers he would make his new laptop more decorative. He bought a can of emerald green Krylon spray paint and sprayed his entire computer (screen, mouse, keyboard, casing, and all) with it. He was shocked to find that his computer wouldn't work afterwards and decided the paint must be at fault. So the next day he bought a can of Goo Gone and a bottle of paint thinner and poured them both on his computer, then rinsed it off in the sink.

Again, he was shocked when his computer wouldn't work. He was even more shocked when Circuit City told him they wouldn't refund his money or exchange his computer for a new one.

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Sunday, September 5, 2004

Computer Stupidity Of The Day

(Me:) "I have put this Movie Magic screen-saver on for you."
(Manager:) "Wow, that's a nice picture."
(Me:) "Yeah, it's not bad, is it?"
(Manager:) "Can you set the screen-saver so the picture doesn't change?"
(Me:) "Huh?"
(Manager:) "You know, so the same picture stays there while we work?"
(Me:) "Oh! You want this as the wallpaper?"
(Manager:) (angrily) "No! I don't want you to start decorating the office!"

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Saturday, September 4, 2004

Computer Stupidity Of The Day

(Customer:) "I had an important document that was password protected, and I can't get in it. I don't know the password."
(Tech Support:) "Ok, we do have a program the get passwords from Word documents. Can you email me the document?"
(Customer:) "No, it is very sensitive. That's why it was password protected. I won't even keep the file on the server. I keep it secure on a floppy."
(Tech Support:) "It would be much safer if you kept it on the server. Floppies are easily corrupted. At least on the server it would be backed up each night."
(Customer:) "That is exactly what I don't want to happen. For legal reasons, I don't want any copies of this file. I want you to come down here and get the password for me."
(Tech Support:) "I'm not in the same office as you are, so I'll need to send someone there to your desk to help you out."
(Customer:) "Have them call ahead first so I can get security here when they are work with the file."
(Tech Support:) "Security? Sir, We sign a non-disclosure agreement, so that won't be necessary."
(Customer:) "Yes, it will be necessary! This is a very important and sensitive document, and we don't want anyone touching it without some security."
(Tech Support:) "Ok, that's fine. I'll let them know to bring the password software so they can get the password you forgot."
(Customer:) "I didn't forget it!"
Tech Support: "Excuse me?"
(Customer:) "I didn't have to remember it."
(Tech Support:) "What do you mean?"
(Customer:) "The password was written on a yellow post-it note attached to the disk and must had fallen off. It has be somewhere on my desk, but there are so many papers here I can't find it!"

I had to mute the phone so they wouldn't hear me laughing.

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SS-NAP!!

I was sitting in my chair down here, using the computer when I hear a snap, and the chair turns to the right and lowers itself. The wheel chewed through the wood, and it broke off. Yay ,i get to sit on the floor.

Also, I was wondering, when does Inu Yasha come on again? I forgot...

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MY NEWEST QUIZ RESULT

TheOtaku-What Ninja Class Are You?

WOW!! I never thought that iwould have been the highest... I thought i was going to be the lowest...

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