My list is too long to post. I have to do my own electrical wiring here, that's how bad things are in Illinois. No money for electricians. (Just for the record I sort of know what I'm doing but wish someone else could be doing this type of thing. Like a license electrician.) But, if I want a outlet to plug in my printer, you have to do, what you have to do.
Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career Center 1608 Fifth Avenue Sterling, IL 61081 Email, [email protected] Website, www.wacc.cc Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW AAS - Network Administration BA - Information Systems MS - Instructional Technology -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heath Henderson Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! What about those teachers who have a broken smartboard. Upon entrance into their room discovering the projector is on but can't connect to a video source I look on the wall next to the computer and see the video cable looped up and the end dangling over the laptop. After connecting the cable I walked across the hall and told her and the other three people who worked on it until heir hair was pulled out. "I fixed your smartboard!" -Heath Henderson On Aug 24, 2010, at 4:18 PM, "Williams, Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to pat the back of a teacher today that is finally realizing 4 years of > work are down the drain. > > I recycled 150, 10 year old machines this summer and of course all her work > was on one of those old GX-150's local hard Drive. > > > I don't know how many times I preach that if it's of any importance, please > save it on their Home (H:) drive for safe keeping. MAYBE even put it on your > own thumb-drive just incase since it's so important. > > Maybe, to be PC, I should not have patted her on the back, but my only other > option in my head was a firm grasp around the neck. > > > Scott > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ben Story [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:00 PM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > I've gotten to the point where I spoon feed the parts list and diagrams to > the architect and/or general contractors if I can't just use my own cabling > vendors. > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Steele, Thomas C > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > As Ron Egolf has pointed out countless times – architects don’t have a clue > about voice and data! > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Bob Morse > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:32 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > Last year during planning stages of adding multipurpose rooms to each school > and also swapping the Jr High Office with the Jr High Library I posed the > question “will all new phone wiring be tied into the existing system?” and I > got the response from the architect and engineer “everything will be taken > care of”. Last Monday, which is a week and 3 days before school starts (it > starts this Thursday) I had a call from the Jr High Principal stating “when > will “I” get the phones up and running?” which I replied “the plans were that > “they” would take care of everything”. After contacting my Buildings and > Grounds guy and the architect I was told it had been taken care of. Their > idea of taking care of it was punching it down to a new block without tying > it into the existing system. I then had to call my existing phone people to > beg them to come out and tie the whole thing together ASAP! As you can > imagine they were not happy and we just got our phones up and running in > that building yesterday. Talk about YIKES and AACK!!!!!!!!!!! > > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Dan Ragen > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:23 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > My ACK is simiiar, but with READ 180. > > Teacher - My students can't login. > ME - I told her my pa and login and said to try that, they all have basically > the same and it don't vary > to much unless a brother or sister are involved and she said OK. > Teacher - (Next Day). My kids can't login > ME - Did your try the method I gave you? > Teacher - Yes, Ok I look at it after classes. > Spent and hour after classes login in kids, etc. in different reading lab > machined - No problems. > Next Morning - > HS Principal - (He's wise to her). Did you give those kids password, etc.? > Me - I gave all the kids login and passwords and they all worked last night. > Principal - No these are the NEW kids she gets in the class. > Me - What new kids? > Principal - The kids we assigned her last Friday. > Me - She never told me abut them. > > To shorted the story, I talked to her again his morning and she still has not > given me the kids names to enter. > > This stuff really wastes my time this time of year. How many days until the > end of May????? > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Nancy Sullivan > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > First day of school for us yesterday…this was one of my head-desk moments. > > Lab supervisor: The computers in the lab won’t work. > Me: What specifically is wrong with them? > Lab supervisor: Well, there is some sort of installer running. (He knows this > because there is a big graphic on the screen that says “STOP: Technical > Services is installing software on this machine. Do not turn it off or > restart. When the installer is finished, the computer will restart > automatically.”) > Me: That would be the installer that is putting your new software on the > machines. > Lab supervisor: But we need to use the computers. > Me: Why do you need to use the computers? > Lab supervisor: We need to use the new software. > Me: That is what is being installed on the computer now. The new software > won’t be on the machines until the installer finishes. > Lab supervisor: OK. > > Ten minutes later… > Lab supervisor: The computers still aren’t working. > Me: Is the installer still running? > Lab supervisor: Yes. > Me: Your new software (CAD program and simulator) does take quite a while to > load. > Lab supervisor: Well, I thought it would be quicker if I just restarted the > computers. > Me: WHAT?!?! > Lab supervisor: I restarted the computers. I thought that would fix the > problem. > Me: There was no problem to “fix.” Your new software was being installed. > Lab supervisor: But we couldn’t log in. I figured I’d just reboot them all so > we could log in, but that installer is running again. > Me: That’s because it needs to install your new software before you can use > the software. You have to let the installer finish BEFORE you can use the > software. Don’t turn them off…let the installer finish running. > Lab supervisor: OK. But we need to log on to use the new software. > Me (internally): AACK!!!! > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > Daniel E. Ragen > District Technology Coordinator > Dupo CUSD 196 > 600 Louisa Ave > Dupo, IL 62239 > Phone - 618-286-3214 x2141 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > 'My reading of history convinces me > that most bad government > results from too much government.' > Thomas Jefferson > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > -- > Ben Story > CCSP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. -- > Abraham Lincoln > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
