It would depend on the size of the company and its culture. For most small shops (less than 35 or so) this should quite doable. 200+, not so much.
A bigger factor is the company's culture - I would think this could be done at a place like Google. My company here is about 350 users and we could damn near get away with something like this. They do allow some oddball stuff here and I'd bet with some planning IT could get away with an April 1 joke and not adversely impact productivity. You could think of it as a litmus test of how uptight a company is. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Sometimes I can't believe my users I resigned years and years ago to NOT pull April Fools jokes on my end users, no way I want to damage my credibility even for one day's fun. ( they are fair game one by one other times of the year though ! <grin> ) On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bill Lambert <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I sent this email this morning to all my users...being April Fool's day and all... Hello all... For those of you that had your computers on overnight, a new security system has been installed for restarting your computers. This is a hands-free method that was published some time ago by Microsoft. To restart your computer, say your name then say RESTART. Direct your voice towards your computer and it will reboot. For those who didn't have their computers on overnight, this should work once you log into the domain this morning. Please let me know if anyone has problems. Thanks! I've heard at least three people trying it and, God as my witness, one of our east Indian users came up to me and said "I think we have an accent problem, Bill. It's not working for me!" Gotta love it!! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 [cid:[email protected]] The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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