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It's over 9000!

penguin_attie wrote in techsupport May 27, 2011 21:27

So, my ISP's callcenter calls me regularly to try and convince me to use their Awesome!!! New!!! Features!!! (that coincidentally, unlike their contract, would make it hard for me to leave ( Read more... )

The pay is (MUCH) better, but the bullshit is just the same

buckaction wrote in techsupport May 24, 2011 10:04

So, I've been recently promoted. Along with this promotion came a huge pay raise, as well as a move across country to Broomfield, CO ( Read more... )

Thanks alot there Speedy Gonzalez!

kerberos wrote in techsupport May 24, 2011 10:28

A clients tech comes back with "We've stopped the virus sending spam, can you unblock us in the mailserver?".

Good! I think, someone doing their job.

Then I notice that I told them about the virus and blocked them FIRST OF FEBRUARY!

Yeah, good on you, but dude are you payed by the hour ?

Seriously ? 113 days ?

HEADDESK.

Frack you very much Microsoft!

kerberos wrote in techsupport May 05, 2011 09:24

So, I work helping folks with email ,webhotells and domains ( Read more... )

fuck kill damn, stupid, stupidity

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lolotehe wrote in techsupport Apr 29, 2011 12:32

Well, that's nice. The proxy team blocked the *css for yahoo.com and now we've got people calling the desk, freaking out.

Why was it blocked? Oh, it's malicious, don't ya know?

Dear Company on the Other Side of the Planet:

ilumiari wrote in techsupport Apr 26, 2011 23:14

I am interested in your company's software. You would like to set up a demonstration to show how it would benefit me? Great! When you emailed me last week to ask whether the 25th was a good day to schedule it, I replied that it was a public holiday, and the 27th or later would be fine ( Read more... )

Dear Firefox Dev Team

leetmasterjames wrote in techsupport Apr 04, 2011 05:01

When you make a new version of something, reducing the functionality so as to "add" functionality does not work. Seriously I should not need to download an addon to get my status bar back permanently instead of whenever you think I should see it. I like seeing "Done" or "waiting for www.slow-web-site.com ( Read more... )

What's the wierdest fix you've tried that works???

firon wrote in techsupport Mar 20, 2011 13:41

for a large part of yesterday and this morning I have been trying to fix two XBox 360s - one with RROD and one with a hit and miss problem with the DVD reader (also known as the open tray problem) . I spent yesterday working on the open tray problem (this is my XBox, so it took precedence) with little to no success (it seems to work more often that ( Read more... )

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ravenofdreams wrote in techsupport Mar 11, 2011 15:53

Nnngh.
Alright, everyone, I have to ask. What is your favourite / the best way of telling family members and friends that you will not fix their computer/television/VCR/iWhatever for free?

I ask because it seems like lately they've been coming out of the woodwork. Great-Aunt Somebody, Friend-I-Haven't-Spoken-To-In-Years, all of them, wanting me to ( Read more... )