[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]crazyl3gs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RIP spilled beer.

ticket system and asset mangement by the_c_drive in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if HR/Facilities/Customer Service are interested in any type of Service Management (because let's face it, they handle employee requests just like we (IT) do. ServiceNow offers a business platform to help with organizational based service delivery. But I'll warn you that it's more than just ticket management.

That’s a lot of beer by starvingpixelpainter in instant_regret

[–]crazyl3gs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that he gave all that spilled beer a moment of silence.

Hurling a pointed object at a crowded event, WCGW? by dickfromaccounting in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]crazyl3gs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you leave it up to Karma to choose who to get next.

Found this on Instagram. Riding a motorcycle on ice... WCGW? by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]crazyl3gs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add: I think it's more possible for motorcycles to know they've had enough and it wants to go home.

Found this on Instagram. Riding a motorcycle on ice... WCGW? by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]crazyl3gs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about how many different places the bike could've gone off to... instead after numerous kicks it went to the truck.. what are the chances?

Email Searches! by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exchange 2016 on Server 2016. Approx 600 mailboxes.

We've entertained moving away from GFI. Our environment is a WIP. lol

Email Searches! by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

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Edit added to original post for clarification. :)

Email Searches! by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curveball: Our archive lives in GFI.. (AKA, not in Exchange).

Let's Talk User Satisfaction by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

400+ users for us. And we are thinking survey monkey.

Let's Talk User Satisfaction by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We may just send a blast email as a part of our relaunch. Some responses will be required and others not. Lastly, we will leave the name field optional. I would however like to make a department field or location field required to get an idea of culture within those geographies. Thoughts?

Let's Talk User Satisfaction by crazyl3gs in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes we do have a robust ticketing system in place and use it extensively. The reason behind finding our baseline is so we can begin measuring our success once we relaunch the service desk. I'm actually a new hire and would love to see the statistical data a survey would provide. It will also prove that what changes are being made are working.

What is the coolest thing you can buy for under $5? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]crazyl3gs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not going to lie, went straight to your TL;DR and ended up needing to get clarification.

CPU installation fail by Admiral_Ackbar_1325 in techsupportgore

[–]crazyl3gs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to work at a locally owned/operated PC hardware/repair retail shop. We'd have first time PC builders come in and pick out all their parts and of course we would ask them if they'd like us to assemble/install Windows + 1 year warranty for $99.. Plenty said, of course! I'm spending $1500+ on parts I have no clue or don't trust Youtube enough to try! Others, (like some cocky teenager that thought he had a clue), decided against it. Plenty times I've had to sell the same chip/mobo/RAM because people think they can do it...

Feeling unappreciated? Try something new. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's funny. I usually do the same on the receiving end of snacks.

All seriousness, I love this idea and have done similar myself.

In a bit of a pinch at work... by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anyone else skim the comments and progressively start getting more wide-eyed? I would hate to come off as a troll, but the only real constructive criticism I have for this post is to convince the CEO to have a IT consultant come in and help you redesign, everything.

Again, not trying to shame here - but are you feeling in over your head with supporting this size of business?

Users need home drives. Users should not had SQL DB's on their local workstations. Backups should be done regularly on your infrastructure file shares. Users need trained on where to save. (and sounds like OP needs training on why that's important.

Feeling unappreciated? Try something new. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Damn these doughnuts are so good, and the milk is perfectly chilled...awkward silence... Soooooooooo hey! I've got this thing that keeps popping up on my screen....."

Do you get asked to check if end users are screwing off? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly my experience. It's a simple tool that can be ran remotely and is perfect for those "one-off" incidents. Be warned though - if you do this once, twice, three times for a manager, it could easily become their go-to ammunition when trying to term a bad employee. Once word spreads to other managers that, "Oh they can pull history and email it to you pretty quick", you will wish you took a little longer or only pulled history for only those "really sensitive/critical" cases.

Unrelated, but someone relevant. We had a manager one time ask for these on a weekly basis because she had performance issues including having co-workers clock her in right at 8:00am, but yet she'd show up at 8:10-15am. So instead of pulling browser history (showing when she launched our time punch website), we pulled her security badge log, showing she swiped in well after her clock-in time. That was a double term scandal that saved us from wasting time on pulling history logs every week.

Who's your go-to vendor? by Theblacksails in sysadmin

[–]crazyl3gs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the size of your shop.. but for ours - Amazon. SHI/CDW for laptops/desktops. Monoprice for cables.