Ah yes, stupid IT tricks. My bank launched a new login screen to *great fanfare*. The old system had you enter username & password on the initial screen. The new version has 1 screen for username and a new screen for password - which shows the username from the first screen - much more secure, they said <g>
Then there's my favorite. Entering contact information - if you have a zip code, isn't it reasonable to assume you are in the US, and therefore to look up and furnish city and state instead of using a drop down for state? BTW, how about just letting me enter the 2 state abbreviation - far less clicks than rolling down 2/3 of the way on the drop down. I know it's not a big deal, but IT is supposed to be smarter - right? On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Shauna Hensala <[email protected]> wrote: > stupid user tricks = job security. We could instead talk about stupid IT > tricks. > > [image: Red rose]Shauna Hensala > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks > > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:28:39 +0000 > > > > 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 > ~ 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
