Microsoft Bob? He knew ALL about computers. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote:
> " It was all done before I got here, by some guy named Bob who knew all > about computers. " > > ROFL! > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:22 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OT: Bean Counters > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Sherry Abercrombie<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Just had a question from an accounting type person of "Do we still > > have > > > backups of the Pic system?" Now the system in question was in place > > in the > > > late 90s ... > > > > I've got a virtual Windows 95 client networked to a virtual Windows > > NT 4.0 server on a virtual LAN in VMware, all for access to a legacy > > accounting system. Once in a blue moon some VIP will say they need > > something from it, and I have to fire that up on my workstation. All > > I need is some virtual dust to blow off it when that happens. ;-) > > > > Both server and client were P2V'ed, because the prospect of actually > > trying to install either client or server from original media was > > frankly terrifying. It was all done before I got here, by some guy > > named Bob who knew all about computers. Erk. (Documentation? What's > > that?) And I think they lost some of the install disks, too. > > > > One neat thing about that system (back when it was in production) > > was that Bob had somehow found a way to get the C: partition to be the > > entire 9 GB first hard disk (RAID? what's that?). NT 4.0 couldn't > > read past 7.8 GB during bootstrap. Things were fine until we > > installed SP4 (updates? what are those?), and the new version of > > NTOSKRNL.EXE was placed past the 7.8 GB line on the disk. Black > > screen of death on reboot. (It apparently didn't even have enough > > marbles to generate the color blue.) Ah, that was fun, fixing that. > > Digging around for a copy of Partition Magic that could boot off > > floppy -- at 10 PM in the evening... > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
