THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: xnikki118x on January 15, 2008, 03:46:05 PM
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You know what sucks? When there are 2 USB ports per computer, and like 14 computers in a lab, and you just keep getting this:
(http://i18.tinypic.com/869vgqc.jpg)
I haven't tried every computer because I was just going to use run Miranda from my USB drive to talk on AIM until my next class, and I only tried 3 computers, but shit. This happens all the time and it sucks when you're like trying to print something out for class.
Also, look at everything that's running on startup. WTF?
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Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k36/SlinkyT82/hicks_onlywaytobesure.jpg)
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As somebody who works in one of these labs; I can tell you this, the machines are either epic fail or running like a dream. There ain't no middle ground.
Make sure that they know something is wrong.
Also, yeah WTF? We've got a few things but fuck these machines are used by A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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I'm not like mean to the IT people or anything--my boyfriend does the same thing at his school. The thing about our IT department though is that they're just chock full of fail.
I brought James with me to one of the labs once and he couldn't believe how everything is set up. He can explain it better than I can so I hope he comes into this thread, but yeah, they're really fucked up.
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Use meebo.com
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Nikki, when I was there with you, I unplugged the memory stick and plugged it back in, and at that point it started working.
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Nikki, when I was there with you, I unplugged the memory stick and plugged it back in, and at that point it started working.
That's why you get paid the big bucks!
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So how bad was the lab ecro?
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Nikki, when I was there with you, I unplugged the memory stick and plugged it back in, and at that point it started working.
:lol :lol no offense but is she blond?
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Nikki, when I was there with you, I unplugged the memory stick and plugged it back in, and at that point it started working.
:lol :lol no offense but is she blond?
Yes and Polish!
:P
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:lol
Well, Nikki says she tried unplugging it / plugging it back in and it didn't work. The only other thing I can recall doing is going into computer management, but I don't recall giving it a drive letter there.
But as to the status of the PCs at her campus, it's pretty abysmal.
They don't have a domain set up, and each lab is on its own individual workgroup. On top of that there's one user account on each PC, and it's a restrictions-free administrator account. Needless to say, this leads to problems. People leave their documents on the PC, and usernames and passwords are saved for things like AIM and whatnot.
To tell you the truth, I don't even know if that setup is legal. At the college I work at we're complying with some kind of government regulations whereby we can't have generic user accounts that multiple people can use.
I sort of feel bad for the IT staff at Nikki's school. Sure, they did this shit to themselves with the lack of a domain or any real security, but it's got to be a bitch to go around constantly cleaning up the shit people do with the PCs.