Yep. Very true. There was a story on NPR this morning about a similar phenomenon -- how someone could miss seeing something going on right next to them because they were concentrating on something else. I think this is probably a related phenomenon.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks If 4,999 out of 5,000 times you don't need to type something in a field, you will stop even looking at the field, much less registering what it says. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks Oh, yeah... seen that sort of thing a couple times. Even had MY admin account locked out because a user didn't notice to change MY name to theirs in the login box. :D I, too, have users who can't remember their login name (despite the fact that it's the first half of their email address! *grin*) and can't figure out why they can't log in... 'Course they're always embarrassed about that when I see the problem, but still. :D -----Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks > Didn't they have enough sense to log on >as the correct user before calling??? Shall we compare notes:) Recently I was called to a desk of a lady who was pissed off six ways to Sunday at me as she couldn't log in. She was typing her password into someone else's username, and proceeded to lock their account out? After that, another one gave me shit that she couldn't remember her login name that she had been using on her desktop daily for years and her iphone? I was like "Stare, blink, blink, stare..." My bad, I guess? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
