On Tue, 04 May 2004 01:18:49 -0400, kylevan@telus.net (Kyle
Vanditmars) wrote:
>I hear ya Bill, and totally agree. I don't deal with tech support or
>anything like that, but I'm the "IT guy" for my parents.
Hah. I guess I have a double (or maybe triple) working against me
then. I do some tech support, I'm the stand-in "IT guy" for several
companies, and the "IT guy" for just about all of my friends and
family (except the relatively small number who can actually operate a
computer successfully on their own.. heh)
>This is the jist of a phone call I got today:
>
>"AAAAAAAAH! Kyle, have you heard about the new virus that's going around
>and infecting loads of computers!!!"
>
>"Yeah, I downloaded the update that prevents it a week ago."
>
>"Oh, good..."
>
>Best part is, my dad's work got hit and it took down a number of machines
>there - the gas utility, no less. They are an all-M$ shop, and worked
>closely with microsoft to get their systems set up. You'd think that they
>would have a more rigorous update schedule, but no.
Or a nice hardware firewall box at least? Sheesh. Hopefully they
don't use the M$ systems to control the regulator valves or anything
;-)
-Bill
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