teh stoopud - IT HURTZ

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

The last few lines of my most recent work order... (my typing in closing notes)

On laptops we typically redirect the My Docs to a subfolder on a personal network share.... I wanted to move hers to this location so she could sync to a second laptop. The rest should be self explanatory.

got basic email profile setup

could not get her My Docs sync'd right as on current laptop some putz redirected her My Docs to C:\
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(broke on horizontal plane for lesser browsers)

Comments

[scazon.livejournal.com]

too exclamatory, didn't read

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

You brokded my horizontal scroll. NO cookie for you!

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

fixed the horizontal for lesser browsers
now, dig for the stupid -- it's pure, virgin stupid...

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

"I've got 2 HUGE documents...pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys. I need to delete them to make more room on my drive for pornwork-related documents. It's won't let me! PLEASE FIX THIS NOW!"

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

Not a problem sir.
Those files are merely hardened to the internal drive. Since those are sealed, we can't just use a squeegee to break them loose. You need to soften them up so the system will be able to wipe them from the drive. We recommend Radio Shack part # 44-232 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-reel-to-reel-BULK-TAPE-ERASER-44-232_W0QQitemZ330137572698QQihZ014QQcategoryZ14980QQcmdZViewItem) for this. With the computer running (the files will not soften properly if the drive is not spinning) activate this device for no ess than 30 seconds on each surface of your computer.

At this point you should be able to get rid of those space-hogging files.

Thanks for Flying Cranky Air, and Have A Nice Day.

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

Yay! I gots ROFFLES on a Friday! This always makes the weekend full of awesomesauce!

[dukesnorre.livejournal.com]

I think I've some sort of *nix enlightenment/brain damage: I read C:\ as a smiley.

[lihan161051.livejournal.com]

*spray* LOL

But .. hmm .. "bald guy going :\ " .. ?

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

Darn... C:\ just doesn't translate the same in /. land. ;-)

[dukesnorre.livejournal.com]

Or someone with a big round cap, or someone with a huge brain piercing. The latter might even explain some luser behaviour? :P

[curmudgn]

Bleedin' idiotz. However, this can be addressed in three simple steps:

1) Check maintenance logs to see who did this nugacity.

2) Redirect *his* personal share to /dev/null, or whatever its Windows-y equivalent is.

3) Have a large cup of BOFH for yourself, as a reward.

[hyuga.livejournal.com]

I don't think Windows has /dev/null :(

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

No, but it DOES have a few places, like Temporary Internet Items, that can be set to a low space limit before it's erased by more current data.... ;-)

[erikarn.livejournal.com]

It has a Nul: device IIRC. Like Con: , remember copy con: file ?

[hyuga.livejournal.com]

Oh snap, you're right. I just tried echo blah > Nul and it seems to have worked. And windows won't let you create a file called "Nul". Interesting. Shows what I know.