this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a label printer that was failing to work. I have spent most of the week with IT remoting into my desktop trying to figure out the issue with our cobbled together system. I finally realized after 5 days of this that the software causing the issue was on my co-worker's computer. Pointing this out to the IT guy got the problem fixed in minutes.

Sometimes the user has no idea what is and is not signifcant. I had no idea that this was significant only that an icon with similar looks was on my co-workers cluttered desktop.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been the PEBCAK enough times to not give users a hard time about it.

[–] Ersatz86 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes the old PEBCAK/1D-10T combo.

Shudder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ersatz86 1 points 15 minutes ago

…it’s a real PICNIC