 Happyrat6Google Is Your Best FriendPremium
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Disneyland | I'm the B*st*rd Sysadmin From Hell,,, At least when it comes to my friends and family. Once I set up a system for a friend, I MAKE them update virus scanners and system patches DAILY. And if I get there and find out they installed some piece of crap spyware without my approval, I wash my hands of the system and tell them to take it to a computers store. I wash my hands of it. Call it tough love, if you will, but I have better things to do with my life than clean up after my buddies' mistakes.
As for me, I don't even run windows at all anymore. It's only a matter of time before I get totally fed up and install linux on their pcs as well...
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 TomekPremium
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Valley Stream, NY | I think that's what I'll start doing. Washing my hands or installing linux or simply charging for work.
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| Same here. I can't count on both my hands how many times I've found over 300 pieces of spyware on my 11-year-old nephew's computer. I keep telling him to not download and install random stuff from the 'net if he doesn't know what it is... does he listen to me? No. So I've washed my hands of his system... I told him if he wants to act like he knows what he's doing with the computer, he can fix it himself. |
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 woody7Premium
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Torrance, CA | reply to Happyrat6
same here.... I fix all my friends (just once) and I don't charge for the firsttime, I just say I drink Starbucks and they get the idea....never have to buy coffee anymore...I show them/explain the importance of updating etc., and tell them next time the meter runs...they get the point and it works.....
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Do what I do Take the updating out of thier hands... I told them I will maintain the machine but it is my rules, my way or the highway..
if I did not build it or have a way to access it, then I am not responsible for it.
Plain and simple..
All virus checkers under my control update automatically, I update all software, and do software pushes to the machines..
My life being remote admin for 7 machines is rather easy
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Re: I'm the B*st*rd Sysadmin From Hell,,, quote:
As for me, I don't even run windows at all anymore. It's only a matter of time before I get totally fed up and install linux on their pcs as well...
Just make sure their linux is securely configured and patched as well. Many people think the cure to windows security vulnerabilities is an alternative OS, but they fail to realize that security is a habit and lifestyle change as well. |
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