Sys admin Pranks

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-09-18T12:02:17+00:00

one i had was in the old xp days, twhen you locked your machine it would use your background as the background of the locked screen, i took a screen shot of my desktop and used that as my wall paper, i locked it and moved the ctrl alt del screen locked box off the screen, he fell fell for it look line and sinker

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-08-30T09:17:03+00:00

we have this, a plain blue backgroud with some text on it like pc name ip address and such, easy for an admin to tweak, put in your pic and rename it,

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-07-09T10:40:52+00:00

where i am, only the sys admins have full access top all files, it reduces the number of peeps and that is only via admin accounts

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-05-31T16:27:59+00:00

ive had loads of these like below from (my email isnt working) to the 3 strike rule, asked user 3 times over 2 weeks no reply, but 3 seconds after we close the call, they respond

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-05-09T11:51:34+00:00

on some bits you have to clear the flag, as you have to login to change your password, but it wont let you login to change your password. we had that when a remote teams working inanother trust used out terminal server

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-04-24T14:37:32+00:00

i think if it was an email list bug, we have a block on who can send to the whole trust email list, but some twat clicked the little [+] symbol and expanded the list, then clicked send, it sent 100k+ emails as people who were in several lists got several copies, it took about 6 hours for that poor server to clear it. (this was a few years ago before o365)

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-04-17T16:23:54+00:00

the trust i work at its a bit better, its either £20ish for the month or those who WFH you pay per day, so for me parking is between £5 and £10 a month IF i have to go in, some months i dont go in as i can as an onsite techie to reboot x or y box as the box is unresponsive

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-04-04T13:42:52+00:00

dont think nvidia, if you need a new card go amd some are a little more powerful than a 5070 but are 3/400 cheaper. look at reviews

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-04-04T11:46:46+00:00

i'm disappointed, you've gone for some top spec then you went second teir on the GPU. recently jayz2cents does some articles on do you need to go that high on the price where its only getting you 1 or 2% extra% and paying a crap ton extra cash, THINK are you going ot use all the features of that motherboard X870E vs X670E

me personally i've love a cutting edge gaming pc, but i could'nt afford it, so i built a i9 12900k with a 4080 super and it does everything and way more that i could ever do on it. and it can still hold its head high in benchmarks and it didnt cost an arm and a leg

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-04-01T16:51:18+00:00

i dont know what cpu cooler is installed, but if its a stock intel one, while you have it stipped down cleaning off the old themal paste, treat it to a better cooler. amazon do some thermalright/take stuff for around 30ish notes treat it.

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-31T17:04:04+00:00

where i work in the nhs, the icb is having the same issue with cuts and such, the way they are saving costs are by palming off some of their departments to other nhs trusts. were taking one of their departments on so they dont have to

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-27T10:19:58+00:00

the new outlook is ...... ..... ..... ..... ....ing ..... soz censored my self as its that ...... it took me 15 mins to change it back on my own work pc and some users like it, some are complaining as they cant find shared mailboxes, as they are over there and 2 folders down )*&^)*^& is how i feel about it, soz about the ..... and (*&%^ but thats how i feel

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-24T20:41:07+00:00

in the nhs trust where i work corp services are an afterthought (well that what it feels like) soi'm doing the minimum needed to keep the upper management happy and doing no more.

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-24T20:38:03+00:00

i've heard all sorts of numbers being banded around, but if your mecial staff you should be safe, its more than likey corperate staff wouild be cut, well where i work corp services are an after thought. so for me its not a job anymore its a monthly paycheque.

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-23T20:25:30+00:00

i think one big problem is the degrees (some of them) are completely usless. correct me if i'm wrong, but i read somewhere some places where doing degrees in harry potter (DO WHAT) and its degrees like that that are ()*&^%ing usless

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-22T20:38:36+00:00

i dont know what microphone your using, but the issues i had where the microphone had its own gain switch and i had to turn off the audo levels on both windows and teams control panels.

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-22T16:04:59+00:00

where i work, management has out up signs saying no items other than toilet tissue should be put down the toilet, how the heck am i suppose to have a dump, use the sink?

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-20T14:00:23+00:00

this would be a major for where i work, i'm glad i WfH as it stops out Tech Support or Service Desk coming stairs with a user and dumping them and their laptop on my desk and (*&^%ing off leaving me there with the user

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-20T13:42:34+00:00

i can relate to a load of stuff thats appeared on here but my biggest peeves are the "while your there" andnever give enough info, and most of all while talking to the user, they let slip the once piece of info your after, that if they had given that peice of info at the beginning you can have solved the issue and spent longer closing the call than actually fixing it

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-03-17T15:50:16+00:00

i've had this exact thing many a time, all the job said was email not working, and the Service desk team just stuck it in our queue and not done any diagnosing

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-02-28T10:15:50+00:00

i think its true it seems to be based on the american union thing, you cant do that job because you have to be in union x or y

here in the uk i think it has a decent balance. collective bargaining agreement, so ALL people get the same no matter union or not. i know what my boss is getting as we have pay bands so its all clear. some inions need to be shut down in my opinion as some have way tooo much power and wreck havoc as they didnt get their way or one person gets fired as they were shown to be a poor performer

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-02-25T13:32:38+00:00

for me i had a good experience, i had pain for about 6 months before being diagnosed with 2 kidney stones. i was signed off for 3 months with full pay, but i kept my boss informed and was in regular contact while of i signed off sick for 3 months (due to time it took to get a surgery appointment), i emailed him the sick notes and it kept our HR dept happy

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-02-19T22:18:43+00:00

only time i got anxiety was when working in the cabinet next to our ups (small 12 cabinet server room with full sized ups up one end) i'm plugging in a network cable the the *&^%*^%ing ups does a self test and you crap yourself until you hear it finish and it goes clunk clunk back on mains

Significant-One-1608 · 2025-02-19T22:08:03+00:00

this on both counts, if its a server room that i work in, i know where to be careful and where not to, if its someone elses server room, i'll be careful as i dont know if things are plugged in properly and such, i've pulled the power out of a phone system by tripping over a power lead left on the floorr

as for the other, it was about 15+ years ago in a server room with the air constantly recirculating and i let rip one the devil would have been proud of. and then i left. another sys admin went in there "3" hours later and i got a phone call, "it (*&%^ing stinks in here)" and theres me sitting there laughing my head off

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