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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 15:13 GMT
#1
So I just got to work, and I get a call. Go help Joe, give him the loaner laptop, and Tell Steve when he comes in to fix Joe' computer.

Simple enough, i go down do a quick check and it says the System32 files are gone (lol) So Joe is not there, i just leave the laptop in his office.

He comes by 20 mins latter bitching that there is no docking station in the bag, took 3 hours to help him, and starts complaining about the IT people and demanding to see my boss.

well one IT hours are 7am to 7pm, i helped him at 8:30 when i got in. and he was probably helped by someone out side of the location when he got there. So I find a replicator and setup the laptop, which hes probably only going to use for a couple hours till Steve comes in and fixes it. Sigh. btw he doesn't have an office with a window (joe)

He just came down and started bitching that he can't get to files/links that are on his desktop (no shit you broke your desktop) Sigh.

All I can say is Please don't dl porn at work.

Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
July 30 2009 15:18 GMT
#2
Lol, this story reminded me of this instantly
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=17562

Can't believe it's been 5 years....damn.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 15:37 GMT
#3
wow that thread is great xD
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
poilord
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Germany3252 Posts
July 30 2009 15:47 GMT
#4
So he accidentally the whole thing?
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 15:52 GMT
#5
nah apparently, its a file in System32/config/system

but wont' boot and we just did a repair on the system32 file and its able to boot in safemode now... but thats it.
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
July 30 2009 16:00 GMT
#6
Haha, i remember trolling people in IRC and getting them to deltree C: -r -d etc, hit alt+f4, type /quit, and all sorts of other funny things. The particular favorite of most people was to say "Delete system32" and then guide them through the steps to do it. Maybe this guy did that?
U Gotta Skate.
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
July 30 2009 16:04 GMT
#7
On July 31 2009 00:18 Falcynn wrote:
Lol, this story reminded me of this instantly
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=17562

Can't believe it's been 5 years....damn.


This thread title instantly reminded me of this. Haha.

I can't really help, but wouldn't a system reformat be the best option here? Make sure to save the files beforehand.
#1 Sea.Really Fan / #1 Nesh Fan / Terran Forever~
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 16:12 GMT
#8
Well its not my problem now being the intern i can now surf TL
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Smorrie
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2925 Posts
July 30 2009 16:39 GMT
#9
Ahhhh, I thought this was gonna be a veg spoof/parody blog >.<
It has a strong technique, but it lacks oo.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
July 30 2009 16:39 GMT
#10
LOL
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 16:44 GMT
#11
On July 31 2009 01:39 LuckyFool wrote:
LOL


now don't you wish you did help desk? You get to meet all these wonderful people and help them when they do something stupid.
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
July 30 2009 16:58 GMT
#12
On July 31 2009 01:00 ghermination wrote:
Haha, i remember trolling people in IRC and getting them to deltree C: -r -d etc, hit alt+f4, type /quit, and all sorts of other funny things. The particular favorite of most people was to say "Delete system32" and then guide them through the steps to do it. Maybe this guy did that?

i really don't see what's funny in tricking people like this, it's just mean. Being able to trust your fellow man is essential for the progression of the human race. I am not kidding, don't do these things.
Fuck you
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 30 2009 17:02 GMT
#13
VEG!?!?



aww, let down.

Gj Storr...help those nubs
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
July 30 2009 17:05 GMT
#14
On July 31 2009 01:00 ghermination wrote:
Haha, i remember trolling people in IRC and getting them to deltree C: -r -d etc, hit alt+f4, type /quit, and all sorts of other funny things. The particular favorite of most people was to say "Delete system32" and then guide them through the steps to do it. Maybe this guy did that?

That's actually... really mean. Lots of nice, reasonably intelligent people exist in this world who just aren't good with computers I think it crosses the line between harmless tomfoolery and you're a complete asshole when you teach someone asking for help how to break their computer. Certainly it's a skill set in and of itself to be able to detect what is trustworthy and what is not, but you've probably caught a few people totally frustrated with their computers who just lost their common sense for a minute.

That makes it sound a lot like it happened to me, haha... But I am only recalling when I went to an internet forum (geeks2go?) for computer help because I was desperate. I was totally unsure if any of the advice was safe to take, but I figured my computer was such an old beater it wouldn't have mattered too much... My dad would have been pissed though, which made me scared. If that forum had just been a bunch of dumb jokers like you, I'd have been screwed. Ten years later I'm extremely competent with computers, but I have friends who only know how to play music and get on MSN. I always tell them to come to me if they want a little computer help because I don't want them to run into someone like you :O
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 17:15 GMT
#15
I'm Not a big guy, but i know a thing or two about computers, and if you get on my bad side well woops My bad
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
July 30 2009 17:58 GMT
#16
Hahahahahaha. At first I didn't think of Veg, but when I looked at the thread title, my memory snapped back into place. Just gold!
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 30 2009 18:17 GMT
#17
man so is Veg just a pro computer user around here?
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
July 30 2009 18:22 GMT
#18
rofl -_-
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
July 30 2009 18:33 GMT
#19
On July 31 2009 02:05 Chef wrote:
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On July 31 2009 01:00 ghermination wrote:
Haha, i remember trolling people in IRC and getting them to deltree C: -r -d etc, hit alt+f4, type /quit, and all sorts of other funny things. The particular favorite of most people was to say "Delete system32" and then guide them through the steps to do it. Maybe this guy did that?

That's actually... really mean. Lots of nice, reasonably intelligent people exist in this world who just aren't good with computers I think it crosses the line between harmless tomfoolery and you're a complete asshole when you teach someone asking for help how to break their computer. Certainly it's a skill set in and of itself to be able to detect what is trustworthy and what is not, but you've probably caught a few people totally frustrated with their computers who just lost their common sense for a minute.

That makes it sound a lot like it happened to me, haha... But I am only recalling when I went to an internet forum (geeks2go?) for computer help because I was desperate. I was totally unsure if any of the advice was safe to take, but I figured my computer was such an old beater it wouldn't have mattered too much... My dad would have been pissed though, which made me scared. If that forum had just been a bunch of dumb jokers like you, I'd have been screwed. Ten years later I'm extremely competent with computers, but I have friends who only know how to play music and get on MSN. I always tell them to come to me if they want a little computer help because I don't want them to run into someone like you :O


We didn't do it to just random people, but to assholes who came in telling us how badass they were and how we were all noobs and then asked how to create a new partition in his hard drive or something else dead simple.
U Gotta Skate.
SingletonWilliam
Profile Joined April 2008
United States664 Posts
July 30 2009 18:59 GMT
#20
haha, I deleted my rundl file once too, but it got my mother to upgrade me from Windows ME to XP, best move I ever accidentally made.
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