If they call me, I can ask for this information. It's when I get an after-the-fact email, and nobody has a clue where that person was working...
James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote on 07/31/2009 10:16:10 AM: > We have asset tags on our PCs and monitors, whenever I ask someone > what the asset tag is on their PC most of the time I end up with the > monitor tag so I can't find it to remote in.. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: NT System Admin Issues > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > Well, we have a body of students who use whatever computer is not > occupied by its full-time assigned user. The computer name is in > big black letters on a big white lable. Still, these students, > again working at whatever machine they can find available, send me > an email saying "My computer did this...". (Hey, I just checked the > DNS and AD tables. "MyComputer" doesn't exist!) > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote on 07/31/2009 10:00:11 AM: > > > Good read, one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone calls me > and asks if > > the system is down. That get me pissed every time. > > > > James > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James Rankin" <[email protected]> > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:21 AM > > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > > > > > Glad to hear you like it! > > > > > > On 7/31/09, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> That was great. Where can I get that on poster size? > > >> > > >> ________________________________ > > >> > > >> From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > > >> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:45 AM > > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > > >> Subject: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day > > >> > > >> > > >> Happy SysAdmin Day to all! > > >> > > >> I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a > > >> system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. > > >> > > >> http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > >> > > >> PS - I take no responsibility for any offence taken by anyone reading > > >> any of my earlier blog posts. I am a bit irreverent and non-PC at times. > > >> But if you do decide to read any earlier stuff, I can heartily recommend > > >> the Star Wars-related stuff (yes, shameless blog plug). > > >> -- > > >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > > >> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am > > >> not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could > > >> provoke such a question." > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > > > > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > > > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am > > > not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > > > could provoke such a question." > > > > > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > ~ 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/> ~
