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RobinKa
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 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:54 am Post subject: Terrible Monday |
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My co-workers were making an OS upgrade on our office's computers. Something went wrong and they didn't even call me, just to warn me, because they upgraded the f****** system on Saturday. 
This morning I found my intranet user erased, my settings deleted, no files on my disc, no mail. Nothing.  And a back-up I had made on Friday vanished mysteriously 
When I asked, what had been wrong, they said: bad luck. I had no further questions.
Now I have to... I don't know... I hate Mondays.
Sorry for babbling. 
Robin
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Vilwarin
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Ah, you poor! Something like this happened to me too a time ago. The differenece is that it happened at our home-intranet. There were important things I never managed to restore. All the work for nothing. There were also some of my best fanfictions and the first few chapters of a novel I was writing. I could have screamed!
So, you are not the only one out there to have experianced the disaster.
I hope you find your backup again, Vil
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Ilmatar
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:26 am Post subject: |
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You two certainly have my symphaty. It has happened to me too. I tend to use Unix for my e-mail and stuff, and all my important files are supposed to be securely in my account on my uni's server. Unfortunately this fall all myfiles and e-mails disappeared mysteriously. It is not very nice to lose every CAD picture and CAM file you have ever done. Thank goodness I had my fanfics on my home computer. Otherwise I might have lost it.
"Bad luck!" Doesn't that comment make you want to yell and throw something. |
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RobinKa
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| Vilwarin wrote: | | There were important things I never managed to restore. All the work for nothing. (...) I hope you find your backup again |
I don't think it's possible. Fortunately I have saved few important files on my home computer also but I can get them here tomorrow.
I know that sometimes things just happen and there's nothing you can do about it. But that's not a point. They should have called me.
| Ilmatar wrote: | | "Bad luck!" Doesn't that comment make you want to yell and throw something. |
You know, I thought: "I wish I had a gun or something". I left my office and had three cigarettes one by one 
Thanks 
Robin
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DarkElfChilde
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Wow...seems to me that they have no clue how to do things without messing anything up. I upgraded my OS and still had all my files and stuff. The only way I would lost everything is if I did a boo boo, which I haven't for a while.
They should have Symentec Ghost. Or do they?
Shall DEC talk to them? 
- DEC
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krazykataave
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Mondays suck. Our server was moved this weekend and in the process a code for the main program i use didn't make it. So today not only am i losing 8 hours of "immediate" work, but drowning in a sea of paperwork that i had neglected because i was under the gun to get the first thing done. To top that our main offices server is down and there is no way to get it back up for a few days so we can't get help from them until at least wednesday.
Typical monday.......bloody monday.
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Eruanna
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Terrible Monday |
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| RobinKa wrote: | My co-workers were making an OS upgrade on our office's computers. Something went wrong and they didn't even call me, just to warn me, because they upgraded the f****** system on Saturday.
This morning I found my intranet user erased, my settings deleted, no files on my disc, no mail. Nothing. And a back-up I had made on Friday vanished mysteriously
When I asked, what had been wrong, they said: bad luck. I had no further questions.
Now I have to... I don't know... I hate Mondays.
Sorry for babbling.
Robin |
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RobinKa
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| DarkElfChilde wrote: | | Shall DEC talk to them? |
Be my guest
| krazykataave wrote: | | Typical monday.......bloody monday. |
The best day for having a heart attack... God knows I've almost had one today.
| Eruanna wrote: | | Try to relax and realise that there will indeed be a Friday! |
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Ceana
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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My heart goes to all of you with the Monday "surprises" from your computer people. There is NOTHING more irritating. Of course, my favorite thing is when, as you're trying to explain that the missing information is important, they're doing the equivalent of patting you on the head in an attempt to calm you down. Grrrrr indeed.
Our IT people decided to upgrade our email server right in the middle of a pledge drive. Chaos insued. I got all Vin Diesel on their collective beehinds I'll tell you. Unfortunately, it did nothing. That was two weeks ago. I still trying to find old messages that went "Poof!"
Gotta love modern technology. 
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Shanalir
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Ceana wrote: |
Gotta love modern technology. |
Doncha know it! I work in the Customer Support section of a Communications center, so when our servers or our network are having a problem, I get to deal with the panicky people, assuring them that their Internet access will be back soon, so they can go back to surfing the web at work, or the faulty section of cable will be replaced ASAP so people can go back to sending personal emails on company time.  Fortunately, no surprises today (as far as I know. I was out at appointments all day ) |
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Ceana
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Shanalir wrote: | | Ceana wrote: |
Gotta love modern technology. |
Doncha know it! I work in the Customer Support section of a Communications center, so when our servers or our network are having a problem, I get to deal with the panicky people, assuring them that their Internet access will be back soon, so they can go back to surfing the web at work, or the faulty section of cable will be replaced ASAP so people can go back to sending personal emails on company time. Fortunately, no surprises today (as far as I know. I was out at appointments all day ) |
Then, of course, there IS that side of it as well. Hope your Tuesday is filled with the same no surpirses. 
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Ceana
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Oops! Maybe I mean "surprises". Sorry!
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RobinKa
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| Ceana wrote: | | Then, of course, there IS that side of it as well. Hope your Tuesday is filled with the same no surpirses. |
So far no surprises
I know what is like to be an IT specialist. My husband works in a software company. It's hard for him to bear people's complaints sometimes. That's why I left instead of yelling though this "bad luck" remark drove me mad.
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