Time-Machine Tuesday: Not so much | Computerworld True tales of IT life, fresh every weekday. Got a story of useless users, hapless bosses, clueless vendors or adventures in the IT trenches? Tell Sharky! A little learning is an arrogant thing. Thank youYour message has been sent.SorryThere was an error emailing this page. Computerworld / IDG "); }); try { $("div.lazyload_blox_ad").lazyLoadAd({ threshold : 0, // You can set threshold on how close to the edge ad should come before it is loaded. Default is 0 (when it is visible). forceLoad : false, // Ad is loaded even if not visible. Default is false. onLoad : false, // Callback function on call ad loading onComplete : false, // Callback function when load is loaded timeout : 1500, // Timeout ad load debug : false, // For debug use : draw colors border depends on load status xray : false // For debug use : display a complete page view with ad placements }) ; } catch (exception){ console.log("error loading lazyload_ad " + exception); } }); This supply manager at a big medical center back in the aughts has a degree in MIS — and a reputation for requesting the moon, reports a pilot fish on the scene.“Most of his requests violate corporate policies, HIPAA regulations or common sense,” fish says.The latest trouble ticket from this user is a complaint that his computer is sluggish, freezing and generally flaky. Fish investigates, and it turns out the reason for the PC’s problems isn’t hard to identify: The user hasn’t rebooted in several days and system resources are dangerously low.Which is no big surprise, since on the user’s desktop fish counts 32 instances of Excel, 26 Internet Explorer windows and more than a dozen other resource-hogging applications.But when fish calls the user to talk about the problem, user has a ready response.Yes, he tells fish, he knows he’s pushing the physical limits of the machine. But he thought he’d report the problems anyway, because he knew that if he had administrative privileges on his computer, he could free up memory. “See,” user concludes, “I really am a geek and know what I’m talking about.”Sharky knows what YOU’RE talking about. So send me your true tale of IT life at Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter. Computerworld The Voice of Business Technology Follow us Copyright © 2019 IDG Communications, Inc.Explore the IDG Network descend

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