I’ve always found this system administrator’s price list rather humorous. Calling me with a question – $10.00 Calling me with a stupid question – $20.00 Calling me with a stupid question you can’t quite articulate – $30.00 Implying I’m incompetent because I can’t interpret your inarticulate problem description – $1000 + punitive damages Asking me [...]
Archive for November, 2008
November 13, 2008
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Update Re: Print Issues
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyTwo posts ago, I wrote about the printer issues at work. At the end, I mentioned that the print role had been moved to a dedicated server, a move I agree with. What is puzzling and perturbing to me is that EXACTLY the SAME drivers were used on the new print server. With the new [...]
November 10, 2008
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Printer Issues
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyUpdate: I’ve gotten an insane amount of hits for “you do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer”, “windows cannot connect to the printer 000006be”, and “hp printer You do not have sufficient access”. (start reading at the 3rd paragraph if you want to jump straight to the details [...]
Tags: Microsoft, Print, Server, Troubleshooting
November 8, 2008
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Imaging Issues
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologySorry for the delay in posting. It’s been a hectic week. We ran into a few issues this past week while applying our Windows XP image to the new T400 laptops. When the computers were turned on, all the USB ports worked except one. And Windows kept complaining about a PCI driver not being installed, [...]
November 7, 2008
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Interesting Outlook 2007 Client Issue
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyIn June we deployed Outlook/Exchange 2007 to our organization. We received a call a few days later from someone asking about the Calendar Details print view. When she printed the Calendar Details view, it printed the date, but failed to print the weekday. She was used to having the weekdays printed with Lotus Notes. We [...]
November 6, 2008
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Windows Vista Deployment Resources
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyAfter my post this morning about the new Windows Vista Deployment & Administration guide, I thought perhaps I should post a list of some of the resources I’ve used over the past year in my own experience with the Vista Deployment. Beside each name and link, I’ve written a brief summary of what I used [...]
Tags: Deployment, Microsoft, Vista, Windows