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Submitted by Sara Smith on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sometimes, technology that's unreliable is worse than no technology at all. This entrant into our technology makeover contest laments a finicky wireless network, hit-or-miss antivirus protection, and computers that may (or may not) fail at any moment...
"Our in-store system is a hybrid of a 'new'...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
What happens when your computers outlive the makers of your business-critical software? The answer isn't pretty ...
"In 2008 my wife and I purchased a local business. The company, which had been operating for 18 years, relied on a proprietary software application. A single e-Machines PC provided...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
This entrant in our technology makeover contest proves that you can't always buy your way out of technology problems. In addition to good equipment, you need a reliable expert to install it, show you how it works, and keep it from breaking.
"Oh my word ...where to begin. We have a web of cords...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Friday, October 15, 2010
Sometimes the monster in an IT horror story isn't a bad tech guy -- sometimes it's the equipment. This contributor sent chills up our spines with a tale of equipment gone bad ...
"The back room where the gruesome 'Wall of Wires' resides keeps most of the employees of our non-profit at bay. The...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Has your computer been running slowly lately? Are you getting strange error messages when you try certain operations? Don’t wait for the dreaded Blue Screen of Death to start thinking about patches, updates, and other routine maintenance tasks.
If you're waiting until something's broken until you...
Submitted by Shea Gordon on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Here’s a quote from a real company that tried advertising on Google and saw disastrous results:
"We tried using Google about a year ago but it simply didn’t work for our business. We ended up spending $10,000 and didn’t get a single sale. I guess the only good news is that Google sent us a pen at...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Monday, October 11, 2010
Have you ever encountered an IT support person who was sloppy, unprofessional, or just plain irresponsible? You're not alone. A recent entrant into our technology makeover contest wrote about an IT guy who was having a little bit too much fun on the company dime ...
"Where to start? One day, our IT...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Wednesday, October 06, 2010
It's a classic case of a haunted system: computers disappearing and reappearing like ghosts on the office network. If you've got a slow network, this recent entry into CMIT's technology makeover contest might sound scarily familiar ...
"My computers keep 'dropping out of sight' on my network; I...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Wednesday, October 06, 2010
One of the niftiest new features in Windows 7 is Libraries, which allows you to gather and view the contents of folders from various locations on your computer without actually moving any of those folders. For example, you can create a Library that contains folders stored on your desktop, your C...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Monday, October 04, 2010
Do you ever feel like your computers are running you, instead of the other way around? This entrant into our IT horror story contest sure does...
We have the weirdest system. It does seem to have a life of its own.
The fire alarm went off at 4 o'clock one morning because one of the back up servers...
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