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how to replace my old PC at work ?
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:59:25 -0700 (PDT), Beladi Nasrallah
wrote: On Jun 1, 5:19*pm, wrote: On Sat, 31 May 2008 20:34:37 -0700 (PDT), Beladi Nasrallah wrote: On Jun 1, 6:19*am, phil scott wrote: There is FOOD in the keyboard? * you can dig that out with a toothpick if things get tight. Why are you all guys loughing ? I do not understand. My issue obviously is a political issue, and I asked if my senior colleagues had already developed a workaround for this (i.e., justifying not to get a computer of colleague who's left). microsoft.public.widowsxp.help_and_support : which helps you to get a new computer - how ? I thought some of you guys might be from computer helpdesk, and you probably had seen all the excuses the users put up; and you would be able to tell me which excuses work and which do not. This is basically a self help newsgroup with people that help other people with their problems - not " but you promised !" . |
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how to replace my old PC at work ?
Beladi Nasrallah wrote: obviously is a political issue, and I asked if my senior colleagues had already developed a workaround for this (i.e., justifying not to get a computer of colleague who's left). Why are you all guys loughing ? I do not understand. My issue We are not laughing. We just don't understand that you are so thick that you haven't got the message from your IT manager yet. He is saying to you that you are not important in the company. You can go if you want to otherwise put up and shut up! There are important things in life than to worry about your new PC. hth |
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how to replace my old PC at work ?
On Jun 1, 12:22 pm, "Unknown" wrote:
.."Old Pif" wrote in message ... On Jun 1, 11:11 am, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: 1. Do the job that's expected of you ... What if they expect from you to prove 2X2=5? Simple---------leave Naa ... You can't leave every time it happens. It is too common. My approach - I usually prove that 2*2=6, which gives me a bonus as I am 10% above the target. |
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how to replace my old PC at work ?
On Jun 1, 2:30*pm, Old Pif wrote:
On Jun 1, 12:22 pm, "Unknown" wrote: ."Old Pif" wrote in message ... On Jun 1, 11:11 am, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: 1. Do the job that's expected of you ... What if they expect from you to prove 2X2=5? Simple---------leave Naa ... You can't leave every time it happens. It is too common. My approach - I usually prove that 2*2=6, which gives me a bonus as I am 10% above the target. the really smart thing for NB to do would be to buy his own computer, network it with the rest in the facility.. program the others to send back ups his own personal terabyte hard drive as a service to the company, encrypt it all... then issue pass codes to access the data to management...let that ride for a year or so..then stall off a bit on issuing the scheduled new pass codes and hit them up for a 200% raise, a corner office and partnership contract....being sure that the back up drive was off site. that could all be done while being totally pleasant, no hard words or tricky negotiations, waiting or ass kissing required. to make that fly you would have had a basic use contract in place with some fine print in it about..ones total discretion on changing and issuing pass codes in exchange for the responsibility and *ongoing service. Phil scott |
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how to replace my old PC at work ?
On Jun 2, 5:01*am, ANONYMOUS wrote:
*There are important things in life than to worry about your new PC. Over the past 3 years, everyone with a pulse got a new PC, and an LCD screen with it. The performance of my PC was al'right for me. Besides, I use an LCD at home, and I wanted to use a CRT just for a nostalgic value (and better image quality as well). However, there are moments when you realise that something which had to be done since long time ago, has to be done now. It was this moment. Firstly, the employer redesigned the internal website a few months ago. It was obviously targeted at people with LCD screens, because my screen did not fit the whole menues anymore. Thus my PC became inoperable; I could not use the web-based system to order things. But the penny dropped only few days ago when I could not work with a large (30 MB) document sent to me by my boss -- the MS Word screen froze for good each time when AutoSave activated. It probably had to do something with the corrupted Windows, however I thought it was time to replace the PC, and thus to fix the whole lot of accumulated problems. I was not expecting anything extraordinary, and I did not behave as a "spoilt child" as some of you perceived. I did not want to obtain the used stuff discarded by other people (however little it was used). All of the other people got _new_ computers which was the standard. So that I would expect the same. By the way, I am employed by the government. |
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how to replace my old PC at work ?
Beladi Nasrallah wrote:
At work, I am still using the same old PC. It is already 8 years old. It has a CRT monitor. At the same time, almost everyone using more modern PCs with LCD screens. The internal policy (formal or informal, I do not know) is that you get your PC replaced every 5 years. Finally, I decided enough was enough. My PC developed some glitches, like inability to display correctly some modern programs like MS Word and Internet Explorer. A few days ago, I happened to have a chat with the IT manager. He told me that there would be no new PCs purchased next financial year because of the budget cuts. He informally offered me to take a PC which he bought for the HR manager, but who discarded it after a few months of use. I rejected, because I felt entitled to a brand new PC.. I recall that when I was hired into this job almost 2 years ago, my new boss told me that they would get me a new PC. It never happened. I never pushed for a new PC, because this would mean that they could get ideas for me to do computational modelling (which I hate). And my old PC was OK for me. But I think my PC gets too old. I am thinking to press my supervisor for a new PC (maybe it will come out of the departmental budget). But I suspect that he may tell me to take the 3 year-old PC of my colleague who recently left. I do not want to take it, because I feel entitled to a new PC just like everybody. Besides, the PC is filthy -- my former colleague used to have lunches over the keyboard. And I hate him. What should I tell to my boss, so that he would not make me to take the PC of my colleague ? I tell him that the PC is filthy, but he will counteract it with telling me to wash it (and get a new keyboard). I may tell him that this PC is only incrementally better, and will probably work correctly with MS Word, however there might be some future applications with which it might not work. But I am afraid that he will counteract it with the suggestion that the PC should be al'right for now, and if I encounter the problems later, then they may hopefully get me another PC then. snipped Beladi Nasrallah wrote: Over the past 3 years, everyone with a pulse got a new PC, and an LCD screen with it. The performance of my PC was al'right for me. Besides, I use an LCD at home, and I wanted to use a CRT just for a nostalgic value (and better image quality as well). However, there are moments when you realise that something which had to be done since long time ago, has to be done now. It was this moment. Firstly, the employer redesigned the internal website a few months ago. It was obviously targeted at people with LCD screens, because my screen did not fit the whole menues anymore. Thus my PC became inoperable; I could not use the web-based system to order things. But the penny dropped only few days ago when I could not work with a large (30 MB) document sent to me by my boss -- the MS Word screen froze for good each time when AutoSave activated. It probably had to do something with the corrupted Windows, however I thought it was time to replace the PC, and thus to fix the whole lot of accumulated problems. I was not expecting anything extraordinary, and I did not behave as a "spoilt child" as some of you perceived. I did not want to obtain the used stuff discarded by other people (however little it was used). All of the other people got _new_ computers which was the standard. So that I would expect the same. By the way, I am employed by the government. Draft a memo - email it to those who would control this. Ask for the new PC. There's nothing anyone here can do for you. You chose your job, you know your situation better than anyone here. Nothing you can describe here would likely include enough of the nuances for anyone to do anything for you. As for the web page not working on your CRT - sounds like a resolution limitation - not because it is a CRT. Take the slightly used computer, make it known that you don't like the fact that other people got new PCs and your only option was a rejected PC... If you have any value to whatever division of whatever government you work for/within - who knows what will happen. If you don't have any value - well - who knows what will happen? ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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