Hahahaha!
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I recently replaced a programmers 200Mhz workstation with a 950Mhz. No sooner did I walk away when I start hearing how
'slow' this new pc is. As usual I try to ignore this, but after about four days I figure I should look into it. After trying to
convince this woman for twenty minutes that its not possible that her new machine is slower, she insists on showing me. "See,
when I click on this network share, it takes forever for anything to show up" ... Sure enough she clicks on it and there is nothing
there. So I say "Do you suppose thats because there is nothing in that particular network folder?" .... Silence .... "Oh, I guess..."
Programmers.....
XP= X-treme Pain!
Well, I've just about finished upgrading our computers to Win XP, a job I've found fascinating, considering the programs and
hardware we use in our office are not XP compatible (for the most part).
Of course, with a new operating system comes new problems from the ID10T's with whom I work. For example:
1. "It's telling me to press C-t-r-l A-l-t Delete, what do I do??
me: Uh, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete
them: Oh wow!
2. After they figure out how to get to the logon screen: "I can't logon"
me: why not?
them: I don't have a password
me: what was your password before?
them: (password)
me: exactly. Type that in and press 'enter' (make sure you always tell them to press 'enter')
them: Oh wow!
3. While upgrading their computer, they used a "piggy-back" computer.
them: I can't find my documents
me: that's cuz this isn't your computer, they are on the shared drive until I get your computer done, see, here.
them: Oh wow!
(ten minutes later)
them: I can't find my favorites for the internet
me: that's cuz this isn't your computer, they are on the shared drive until I get your computer done, see, here.
them: Oh wow!
(picture this scenario happening every ten minutes for two hours straight!)
4. After the upgrade.
them (in an absolute panic): I can't find my files, I have to have these files! It would take me days to recreate these files!!
me: where were they located on you computer?
them: they were used for the (program name) program
me: okay, well, I pulled everything out of that directory and put it on the shared drive, then put it back. If they were there, you
would have them. Are you sure they were kept on your computer, or were they saved on the shared drive?
them: my computer, I told you, i used them on my computer! now you've GOT to get them back! You brought them back for me
once before!
me (remembering when I was trying to free up space on the shared drive, and he had told me those files were useless, then
about died when he realized he needed them. luckily they were on the last full backup I did): Oh yeah, those ARE on the shared
drive, see?
them: Oh wow! (funny how simple things amaze them). A Little Computer Joke
Jesus and Satan were arguing over who was better with computers. Finally, God suggested they settle it: Each would spend two
hours using spreadsheets, designing web pages, making charts and tables - everything they knew how to do.
The two sat down at their keyboards and began typing furiously. Just before the two hours were up, a thunderstorm knocked
the power out. Once it came back on, they booted up their computers.
"It's gone! It's all gone!" Satan began to scream. "My work was destroyed!"
Meanwhile, Jesus began quietly printing out his work. "Hey, he must have cheated!" Satan yelled. "How come his stuff wasn't
lost?"
God shrugged and said simply, "Jesus saves."
-from Reader's Digest
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These were gathered from here:
http://www.techtales.com/tftechs.html
