User: Help I can't find so and so's email address!
Me: Did you look in the Address Book in Outlook?
User: There is an address book in Outlook??!!
This person has been working with Outlook and Office for 15 years. And probably used Outlook somewhere before that.
The best is after you format a machine and all the autofill stuff disappears and they lose their mind.
about 5 or so years ago I pushed an outlook patch, and for reasons that to this day are still not apparent, it completely broke autofill for everyone. thankfully it was only 150 users.
The problem was that the autofill entries were still there, but users would get bounceback messages. I've never seen so many lost users at one time.
we had to create a script to run on everyone's machines to delete the autofill. It was a nightmare.
No, I swear to god there's a fix for this but i'm sick and i can't be bothered to remember how it works or google it. I ran into the same problem on a small scale though and I know there's a fix within the outlook client. It was like 3 years ago that I ran into it and I dont remember enough. Also I'm sick.
After I migrated our exchange to googlemail and took off outlook and replaced it with thunderbird my email worries have pretty much faded to nothing.
The only issue now is my boss is super fucking cheap (and we have a high turnover rate), so we keep all the secretaries on one email. So if all 10 secretaries open thunderbird at once, gmail bitches about concurrent connections to the same user.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I almost want to email google and ask them if they'd up our concurrent connections for the same user so I get to stop listening to people bitch or have them call me when that message pops up even though they know my answer because it's the same every time.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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Anyone have any recommendations for multi-display signage management? I'm investigating finally putting a bunch of wall mounted TVs to good use and have found some HDMI to Cat6 Extenders with the range I need, but I'm clueless on the display management end of things, software-wise.
yea that kind of stuff can actually get super complicated, with switches, etc. I've actually seen a system that uses cisco gear that turns off and on specific ports on the switch to send the signal to the TV's.
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Handling the output on the physical level is easy, we've spec'd out systems with a bunch of HDMI outs before. Bitigy nailed it, I'm after software to manage the setup. That Industry Weapon thing seems like the right direction, with the caveat that I need independent per-TV control, and live updating content capability (like literally displaying one of our dashboards or webapps).
Yea, I'm really familiar with that side, I know how to set up a TV for it and a couple of things to try when it's not working. I am pretty sure we have different feeds for different locations though. Some common elements like produce futures and farmy shit and then like area news stuff.
Just over 4 months of working the help desk and one of the field techs takes a job elsewhere so I got promoted off the desk, should be fun. Will probably get one of the company cars too so that's an extra $350 per month just by saving on gas.
Because if you're going to attempt to squeeze that big black monster into your slot you will need to be able to take at least 12 inches or else you're going to have a bad time...
Christ am I ever done trying to fix things that don't go on Jira. What is the point of system ownership as a concept if we don't go with the notion that the "owner" should be able to take rectifying actions when there's an immediate problem and then notify of what the end state wound up being.
If the sole result is going to verbal reprimands for changing things without change requests, when things are broke now, then I'm more then happy to start killing processes and then leaving things broken while change requests possibly percolate or get forgotten.
Doubly so when the entire management layer disappears for 2 days to a leadership training event.
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
Though complaints are down about that - wonder if Windows Easy Transfer moves that stuff. We used to just copy docs folder and favorites, desktop shortcuts but started using the easy transfer instead.
Newer versions of Outlook save them as "suggested contacts", IIRC. Or maybe it's an Exchange-side mailbox thing?
In any case, the days of ALL MY CONTACTS ARE GONE?! are behind us.
I fucking hate it when a user comes up and tells me that I told them to do something that breaches protocol. I know the fucking protocol. Why would I knowingly tell you to breach protocol and delete a bunch of shit when I know damn well what the State's retention policy is? And then to tell me "Well you have backups of that stuff, so I don't really care..." Backups are not used for archiving purposes; they are for restoration purposes. And to call me out as a liar, you can go fuck yourself, because when your supervisor talks to mine, you're going to be made out to be the asshat.
Fuck, I hate users.
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
I fucking hate it when a user comes up and tells me that I told them to do something that breaches protocol. I know the fucking protocol. Why would I knowingly tell you to breach protocol and delete a bunch of shit when I know damn well what the State's retention policy is? And then to tell me "Well you have backups of that stuff, so I don't really care..." Backups are not used for archiving purposes; they are for restoration purposes. And to call me out as a liar, you can go fuck yourself, because when your supervisor talks to mine, you're going to be made out to be the asshat.
Fuck, I hate users.
You sound mad. Here is a picture of two kittens in mugs.
I fucking hate it when a user comes up and tells me that I told them to do something that breaches protocol. I know the fucking protocol. Why would I knowingly tell you to breach protocol and delete a bunch of shit when I know damn well what the State's retention policy is? And then to tell me "Well you have backups of that stuff, so I don't really care..." Backups are not used for archiving purposes; they are for restoration purposes. And to call me out as a liar, you can go fuck yourself, because when your supervisor talks to mine, you're going to be made out to be the asshat.
Fuck, I hate users.
I'd really push for them to get fired.
If they don't get at least the threat of it from their boss and make it sounds like you're the one deciding this is going to get a lot more common place as the rumor mill gets going with the user's clique.
You probably don't have that kind of power, or maybe don't want to rock the boat, but fuck terrible users, fear is the only way to rule idiots.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
It's pretty hard to get fired from here. You'd have to do something like embezzlement, tell managers to "Fuck off," stop showing up to work, etc. It's just not going to happen like that. I did what I could and was supposed to do, which was inform my boss and he's on my side with this.
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
Is this a good place to share a workplace chuckle?
Rius: Ok (manager-user), can you let me know which shared drives (new-user) will need access to?
MU: All of them - thank you!
Rius: MU, please be more specific; I need to enable her accesses individually. I doubt she needs access to Regional Finance, for example.
MU: Ok! Drives C, L, S, T please.
Harmless facepalm moments like this are good reminders to myself that sometimes I need to be very explicit when I ask people for information
my users call our file shares "servers" It drives me bananas. "I need access to [x] server"
Is this a good place to share a workplace chuckle?
Rius: Ok (manager-user), can you let me know which shared drives (new-user) will need access to?
MU: All of them - thank you!
Rius: MU, please be more specific; I need to enable her accesses individually. I doubt she needs access to Regional Finance, for example.
MU: Ok! Drives C, L, S, T please.
Harmless facepalm moments like this are good reminders to myself that sometimes I need to be very explicit when I ask people for information
my users call our file shares "servers" It drives me bananas. "I need access to [x] server"
Old job users called it the Public On Server
(Because the mapped drive was called Public)
No matter what share my users talk about they call them all the L: drive.
All of them.
Because once I used to map public to L. I don't even map it there anymore.
Mostly just huntin' monsters.
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I'm trying to get apache to run sidekiq (with passenger) automatically after apache starts, ideally as a child process and as a specific user. Any way I can do that just by editing some files? I want to stick with systemd, but every resource I turn to says "oh use upstart", but my boss says systemd suffices.
A user comes in to inform me that she has a meeting and needs equipment setup which she never reserved in the first place. The meeting is in 10 minutes. Before I give a chance to give the stinkeye, she hands me fresh brownies with chocolate chips. That shit got set up wicked fast.
Also the brownie was delicious.
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
I'm trying to get apache to run sidekiq (with passenger) automatically after apache starts, ideally as a child process and as a specific user. Any way I can do that just by editing some files? I want to stick with systemd, but every resource I turn to says "oh use upstart", but my boss says systemd suffices.
Note: I am not trained as a sysadmin
Huh, I can't figure out what you're trying to do but I imagine what you are trying to do is going to be super complicated and involved and be way out of your league if you're not a sysadmin.
Unless you just mean you don't have a degree, which is fine to not have in this field.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
A user comes in to inform me that she has a meeting and needs equipment setup which she never reserved in the first place. The meeting is in 10 minutes. Before I give a chance to give the stinkeye, she hands me fresh brownies with chocolate chips. That shit got set up wicked fast.
Also the brownie was delicious.
Finally someone who understands how the system works.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
A user comes in to inform me that she has a meeting and needs equipment setup which she never reserved in the first place. The meeting is in 10 minutes. Before I give a chance to give the stinkeye, she hands me fresh brownies with chocolate chips. That shit got set up wicked fast.
Also the brownie was delicious.
Finally someone who understands how the system works.
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No, I swear to god there's a fix for this but i'm sick and i can't be bothered to remember how it works or google it. I ran into the same problem on a small scale though and I know there's a fix within the outlook client. It was like 3 years ago that I ran into it and I dont remember enough. Also I'm sick.
The only issue now is my boss is super fucking cheap (and we have a high turnover rate), so we keep all the secretaries on one email. So if all 10 secretaries open thunderbird at once, gmail bitches about concurrent connections to the same user.
We use Industry Weapon: http://industryweapon.com/
Course, I put 60k miles on the last one in less than three years so ...guess we earn them
If the sole result is going to verbal reprimands for changing things without change requests, when things are broke now, then I'm more then happy to start killing processes and then leaving things broken while change requests possibly percolate or get forgotten.
Doubly so when the entire management layer disappears for 2 days to a leadership training event.
Newer versions of Outlook save them as "suggested contacts", IIRC. Or maybe it's an Exchange-side mailbox thing?
In any case, the days of ALL MY CONTACTS ARE GONE?! are behind us.
Fuck, I hate users.
You sound mad. Here is a picture of two kittens in mugs.
I'd really push for them to get fired.
If they don't get at least the threat of it from their boss and make it sounds like you're the one deciding this is going to get a lot more common place as the rumor mill gets going with the user's clique.
You probably don't have that kind of power, or maybe don't want to rock the boat, but fuck terrible users, fear is the only way to rule idiots.
And disable the delete key.
Old job users called it the Public On Server
(Because the mapped drive was called Public)
No matter what share my users talk about they call them all the L: drive.
All of them.
Because once I used to map public to L. I don't even map it there anymore.
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I'm trying to get apache to run sidekiq (with passenger) automatically after apache starts, ideally as a child process and as a specific user. Any way I can do that just by editing some files? I want to stick with systemd, but every resource I turn to says "oh use upstart", but my boss says systemd suffices.
Note: I am not trained as a sysadmin
Also the brownie was delicious.
Huh, I can't figure out what you're trying to do but I imagine what you are trying to do is going to be super complicated and involved and be way out of your league if you're not a sysadmin.
Unless you just mean you don't have a degree, which is fine to not have in this field.
Finally someone who understands how the system works.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
We have a test kitchen here.
Lets just say they get prompt service.
The best was last year when they were testing rib rubs.
I wish I could hate you to death.
I hear this summer it's steak seasoning. And cornbreads.
How are you a Sysadmin without this valuable skill?
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