ARGHHHHHHHH!
I had a proper entry planned. Pics, videos, the lot.
This is not it.
As you lot know, I have a laptop. I like to use said laptop in the university library, as it is better than the uni computers. Besides, I have firefox set up just the way I like it.
Every so often, the LRC tech bods like to put my computer into quarantine so they can check that I’m running all the security software they think I need to run. Including anti – virus.
I tend not to use anti – virus software. Through personal experience (and having worked tech support for Wanadoo broadband), I’m of the belief that it causes more problems than it’s worth.
But, I have to install it when I go through this. So I install the uni recommended one, leave it there for about a day and then uninstall it. This usually does the trick.
And so I installed Sophos. And then ran the check programme again, only to be told that I need to download and install the latest definitions for it. Despite the fact it has just updated itself.
Click the link to download the definitions only to be back to the page for downloading Sophos.
Fucksocks.
Nothing on the page for the definitions. Tried a search. But, because my laptop is in quarantine it won’t bring up the relevant page.
Try restarting my laptop.
Same thing.
Ask at the helpdesk.
They phone the IT department who say they’ll lok into it and to try again in 10 minutes.
Go for a smoke, back in, try again, same bloody thing.
Now, as you can imagine, I’m getting more than a little frakked off.
Try another reboot.
Same thing.
Back to the helpdesk where they get one of the IT bods in the LRC to try and help me. We try reinstalling Sophos. Same thing
He tells me to come back tomorrow and, if need be, he’ll get the definitions on a usb stick and stick them on.
So, a few questions arise from this:
1) What kind of definitions do you need to put on this thing if even the latest updates aren’t good enough?
2) Why oh why oh why oh why don’t they simply make the link saying you need to update the definitions go to the page for, y’know, actually downloading the definitions?
And finally,
3) Why the frak is this university so bloody retarded? (Remind me to tell you about the regestration fun and games later.)
Will
Um, it’s easy. It keeps those nice people at tech support feeling like they’re earning their keep. 😉 Didn’t it work that way when you were doing it? *hehehe* ~Shady
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Um, it’s easy. It keeps those nice people at tech support feeling like they’re earning their keep. 😉 Didn’t it work that way when you were doing it? *hehehe* ~Shady
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Um, it’s easy. It keeps those nice people at tech support feeling like they’re earning their keep. 😉 Didn’t it work that way when you were doing it? *hehehe* ~Shady
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I remember once going into my university library and plugging my laptop in. A massive security guard went sprinting up to me, and in an almost slow-motion action sequence leapt over the table and heroically pulled the plug out of the socket. Turns out it was because it wasn’t PAT tested. Who would have known my laptop could have blown up the whole campus?
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I remember once going into my university library and plugging my laptop in. A massive security guard went sprinting up to me, and in an almost slow-motion action sequence leapt over the table and heroically pulled the plug out of the socket. Turns out it was because it wasn’t PAT tested. Who would have known my laptop could have blown up the whole campus?
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I remember once going into my university library and plugging my laptop in. A massive security guard went sprinting up to me, and in an almost slow-motion action sequence leapt over the table and heroically pulled the plug out of the socket. Turns out it was because it wasn’t PAT tested. Who would have known my laptop could have blown up the whole campus?
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Aww sounds like a rough day baby. *hugs*
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Aww sounds like a rough day baby. *hugs*
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Aww sounds like a rough day baby. *hugs*
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I hate anti-virus software, and am thankful every day that no-one can be bothered writing copious amounts of viruses for Macs, so I have little to worry about. xo P.S: Thanks for the congrats. 🙂 xo
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I hate anti-virus software, and am thankful every day that no-one can be bothered writing copious amounts of viruses for Macs, so I have little to worry about. xo P.S: Thanks for the congrats. 🙂 xo
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I hate anti-virus software, and am thankful every day that no-one can be bothered writing copious amounts of viruses for Macs, so I have little to worry about. xo P.S: Thanks for the congrats. 🙂 xo
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ryn: Vast Toffee is an anagram my friends made up for Steven Moffat and I think it’s funny so I use it. Better than THE MOFF.
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ryn: Vast Toffee is an anagram my friends made up for Steven Moffat and I think it’s funny so I use it. Better than THE MOFF.
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ryn: Vast Toffee is an anagram my friends made up for Steven Moffat and I think it’s funny so I use it. Better than THE MOFF.
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