Comments on: Biggest IT Pet Peeves http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/ NMCC's Computer Guy Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Shellie http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-2025 Shellie Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:11:51 +0000 http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/#comment-2025 Amen! I'm really glad #1 isn't just me. And again, I must stress these were hypothetical. Much more of this happens at work than at church. But there are always exceptions. :) Amen!

I’m really glad #1 isn’t just me.

And again, I must stress these were hypothetical. Much more of this happens at work than at church. But there are always exceptions. :)

]]> By: Dave Mast http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Dave Mast Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:25:09 +0000 http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/#comment-2014 To wrap up my thought on your [hypothetical] domino effect issue, I certainly don't think it's laziness on your part. If the person wanting to intercept the new PC (hypothetically of course) has a very justifiable need for it, then I can see it making sense. However, I still would question the need for the rest of the hand-offs ("give my old PC to such and such, and move THAT one over here, and then after THAT..." you know what I mean). Outside of that, and barring emergencies...the new PC should go where it was originally intended, that way you can focus on more important things. My $.02.. ;-) To wrap up my thought on your [hypothetical] domino effect issue, I certainly don’t think it’s laziness on your part.

If the person wanting to intercept the new PC (hypothetically of course) has a very justifiable need for it, then I can see it making sense. However, I still would question the need for the rest of the hand-offs (”give my old PC to such and such, and move THAT one over here, and then after THAT…” you know what I mean).

Outside of that, and barring emergencies…the new PC should go where it was originally intended, that way you can focus on more important things.

My $.02.. ;-)

]]> By: Dave Mast http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 Dave Mast Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:59:06 +0000 http://www.nmcctech.com/2007/07/01/biggest-it-pet-peeves/#comment-2013 As far as the domino effect is concerned, that's simply something I don't allow unless there's a VERY *VERY* good reason to do it. When a new PC arrives, it gets prepped and goes to the user it was intended for. The biggest reason? Migrating machines and reconfigging them for different users takes TIME. If I knew everything there was to know about IT, and had no reason to read or research anything, then I might think differently about spending my time in such ways, but for now, PC "hand-me-down" process only happens under excruciating circumstances. As far as personal pet peeves, the one that stands out in my mind is when a user calls to report an error happening, either in an application or the OS itself. However, when I inquire about the error, the response usually is "Oh I don't know, I didn't read it. I just know it's giving me an error message." DAAH! Work with me, people! ;-) As far as the domino effect is concerned, that’s simply something I don’t allow unless there’s a VERY *VERY* good reason to do it. When a new PC arrives, it gets prepped and goes to the user it was intended for. The biggest reason? Migrating machines and reconfigging them for different users takes TIME.

If I knew everything there was to know about IT, and had no reason to read or research anything, then I might think differently about spending my time in such ways, but for now, PC “hand-me-down” process only happens under excruciating circumstances.

As far as personal pet peeves, the one that stands out in my mind is when a user calls to report an error happening, either in an application or the OS itself. However, when I inquire about the error, the response usually is “Oh I don’t know, I didn’t read it. I just know it’s giving me an error message.” DAAH! Work with me, people! ;-)

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