[THIN] Re: Proof Microsoft has a sense of humor
- From: "Euan Cooper" <euan.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:51:23 +1300
No sharky - this was way back around '92-'93. I have been tempted to send the
odd user PEBKAC to computerworld but so far I've refrained .....
-Ec
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
George Yobst
Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 12:45 p.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Proof Microsoft has a sense of humor
Euan,
Did you get a 'sharky' for that? Excellent story BTW!!!!!!
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDaily
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDaily&date=20061108>
&date=20061108
mailto:sharky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-George
On 11/8/06, Euan Cooper < euan.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Years ago [1] one of the young techs came back from his first training course
and though it was cleaver to alter the autoexec.bat on one of the sales droids
PCs to simulate a RAM error. Of course the sales guy had an URGENT quote to
get out[2] so I got called back from a job to "FIX" his PC as some of the stuff
he needed for his quote was on the local drive and not the network[3].
Anyway after I had quickly worked out what had happend I decided to sort the
young tech out - I hacked a copy of Command.com <http://command.com/> to run
a different batch file rather than autoexec.bat. I then altered the network[4]
logon script to randomly replace the the command.com <http://command.com/> on
his PC with my "hacked" one and to copy my custom batch file into his windows
directoy and hide the file.
The batch file would copy a clean command.com <http://command.com/> back onto
his PC and then simulate a number of ram/hang errors - off course a reboot
would then "fix" the problem.
After a few weeks of all sorts of "problems" with his PC which he tried to fix
by replacing the RAM, replacing the motherboard, reformatting the hard drive
and re-installing everything, replacing the hard drive and running every
diagnostic program he could find I fessed up that I was responsible and that if
he wanted to play little games on other staff's computers I would play my games
with his computer .....
-Ec
1 back in the DOS/windows 3.1 days
2 EVERYTHING the sales droids do is always URGENT
3 Even though they had been told MANY times NOT to store anything on thier
local HD
4 Netware 3.1
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Greg Reese
Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 11:01 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Proof Microsoft has a sense of humor
we've already tortured abotu four people around here. You know you're a geek
when you use a gpo to prank people with something like this.
On 11/9/06, Landin, Mark < Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Sick sick sick.
Gonna install it on my boss' laptop tonight. :)
_____
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:41 PM
To: Thin; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Proof Microsoft has a sense of humor
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx>
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