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[lpetersson]

So, one of my machines couldn't see the rest of my network after I put Win2k Server on it.
Tried all sorts of configurations, pinging, tracing and so on, and yet, there was no joy.
I then decided that maybe the awesome power of my mind wasn't enough and that maybe I should plug the the network cable in.
Oddly it works now...

Comments

[scioptic.livejournal.com]

lol dont you just love those kinds of days! :P

[cbr-paul.livejournal.com]

You're not one of our customers, are you...?

[sublevel3.livejournal.com]

I keep getting paranoid that my computer problems are something like that. Actually I wouldn't mind feeling foolish if the bloody thing worked.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

I think we've all done that one.

[elvenforest.livejournal.com]

oh dear oh dear mind you saying that i have done that one to i had it ofline for nearly a week before i realised so!!! i cant say much really

Oh no, not again.

[(Anonymous)]

Ha - yes we've all done it at some point.
Thanks for the laugh - in a day full of management fuckwittage it's nice to share the pain when it's one of us :)
But surely it's not your first time...?
O.

Re: Oh no, not again.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, it happened some time ago, I didn't perticularly look into it until it started annoying me :)

[wuggy.livejournal.com]

Back when I worked in an electronics engineering place, one of my colleagues bought all the essential parts to build himself a machine, including a new monitor. Having built inumerable machines myself, I was drafted in as the expert.

I built it. It was all plugged in perfectly. Turned it on... nothing appears on the monitor. Hear it beep, and start booting... but no display.

Off it goes and out all the bits come. Everything checked, and double checked. Video card is plugged in properly. Everything is tickety boo. Turn it on... no display. Check the monitor is plugged into the video card. It is...

Next we try the uber-minimal configuration: just processor, memory, graphics card and all the related wiring. Still no display on the monitor.

Two hours, and several "let's try it with a different " later... one of my colleagues comes over and turns the brightness up on the monitor.

*sigh*

[elvenforest.livejournal.com]

you poor sod i have to give you hugs for that one!!!

sorry i am in stiches cant type

[helena-draven.livejournal.com]

Wahahahaha! *hugs* Silly billy!