# george **URL:** https://cog.discourse.group/c/george/13.md [Latest](https://cog.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://cog.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome, CoGers! Some things you should know](https://cog.discourse.group/t/welcome-cogers-some-things-you-should-know/530)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/welcome-cogers-some-things-you-should-know/530 "2014-01-01T03:49:15Z")
No, don’t worry, you’re in the right place. In an effort to keep life interesting—and to make up for being an absentee landlord for so many years!—I’ve shifted forum applications again! Everything’s still on the same ser… --- ## [Things you wish you could say (at work)](https://cog.discourse.group/t/things-you-wish-you-could-say-at-work/435)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 5026\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 6:03am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/things-you-wish-you-could-say-at-work/435 "2026-09-30T06:03:09Z")
--- ## [Helpdesk/tech memes](https://cog.discourse.group/t/helpdesk-tech-memes/2023)
**Author:** [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/helpdesk-tech-memes/2023 "2026-02-04T15:29:02Z")
I think it’s time to bring back some of what got this forum started. Post any funny tech stories, memes, or things that strike your fancy here. --- ## [Well, at least there are backups?](https://cog.discourse.group/t/well-at-least-there-are-backups/2013)
**Author:** [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/well-at-least-there-are-backups/2013 "2025-11-16T21:33:49Z")
You’re backing up those databases :white\_check\_mark: When run on Saturday, your script deletes backups older than 30 days :white\_check\_mark: Your backup script only runs weekly? :man\_facepalming: The script is schedul… --- ## [The Bitching Hour Strikes Again](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-bitching-hour-strikes-again/820)
**Author:** [@ToasterFairy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ToasterFairy)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-bitching-hour-strikes-again/820 "2025-06-21T12:09:46Z")
Oh, it's been a while. Where to start? I've been at my current job for nearly three years. Here's something from the first year... So, I start getting hammered with tickets from all the small sites. It’s unusual for a … --- ## [Just for @MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/t/just-for-msualexis/1455)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/just-for-msualexis/1455 "2025-05-27T05:09:44Z")
Just for @MSUAlexis :slight\_smile: Enjoy! :slight\_smile: Opposable Definitions Extra Stupid, Pets & Animals, Texas, USA, Vet | Healthy | April 2, 2018 (We are in a mostly rural area. A client has brought in her new d… --- ## [Song of the Printerer Redux](https://cog.discourse.group/t/song-of-the-printerer-redux/610)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/song-of-the-printerer-redux/610 "2025-01-11T15:06:40Z")
--- ## [CaffeinatedNoms' Candid Customers](https://cog.discourse.group/t/caffeinatednoms-candid-customers/1219)
**Author:** [@CaffeinatedNoms](https://cog.discourse.group/u/CaffeinatedNoms)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/caffeinatednoms-candid-customers/1219 "2024-09-25T10:32:21Z")
I have decided to start a post documenting my exchanges with a select few customers, in order to vent and/or laugh at the state of the technologically illiterate. After all, that's what the George section is all about, r… --- ## [Quick "George-ism"](https://cog.discourse.group/t/quick-george-ism/1728)
**Author:** [@balance](https://cog.discourse.group/u/balance)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/quick-george-ism/1728 "2024-02-02T10:39:48Z")
Got an IM from a coworker this evening. Oddly, it was a coworker I had previously exchanged emails with to tell them that I wasn’t halting a network change because they had a big transfer scheduled. After all, my work ha… --- ## [Being a smartass sometimes pays off](https://cog.discourse.group/t/being-a-smartass-sometimes-pays-off/1973)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/being-a-smartass-sometimes-pays-off/1973 "2023-09-19T07:13:42Z")
https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/13ri98y/being\_a\_smartass\_to\_a\_client\_can\_be\_good/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3 --- ## [The unofficial WSUS trauma support thread](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-unofficial-wsus-trauma-support-thread/1883)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-unofficial-wsus-trauma-support-thread/1883 "2022-01-13T14:15:46Z")
So, who here is using WSUS? What happens if you create a win10 virtual machine, and under computer properties name it WSUSTEST or TESTWSUS … ? Does the WSUS server pick it up? --- ## [Passwordstate COMPROMISED](https://cog.discourse.group/t/passwordstate-compromised/1858)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/passwordstate-compromised/1858 "2021-04-26T13:53:24Z")
Link to the story (Ars Technicia). --- ## [Bloated Goats is BAAAAAAACK! (well, possibly)](https://cog.discourse.group/t/bloated-goats-is-baaaaaaack-well-possibly/1441)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/bloated-goats-is-baaaaaaack-well-possibly/1441 "2021-03-18T10:35:51Z")
Bloated Goats Zombies, eh? snigger --- ## [Exchange vulnerability 03-03-2021](https://cog.discourse.group/t/exchange-vulnerability-03-03-2021/1856)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/exchange-vulnerability-03-03-2021/1856 "2021-03-16T08:16:06Z")
I posted this link on Discord, but decided to drop it on the forum as well. This is not going to be pretty. --- ## [Haha, domain controllers go brrr](https://cog.discourse.group/t/haha-domain-controllers-go-brrr/1842)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/haha-domain-controllers-go-brrr/1842 "2021-02-13T19:30:02Z")
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/lhp4s8/you\_have\_how\_many\_dcs/ --- ## [Classic Tickets](https://cog.discourse.group/t/classic-tickets/491)
**Author:** [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/classic-tickets/491 "2021-02-01T18:55:25Z")
--- ## [Starting your own work](https://cog.discourse.group/t/starting-your-own-work/1168)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/starting-your-own-work/1168 "2019-09-11T08:15:48Z")
Hey Guys Getting miffed at being shafted at work wrt salaries etc, so I'm seriously considering it to start working for myself. The issue I have at the moment is that I don't have any funds in order to resign outrig… --- ## [New cryptomalware strain : MegaCortex](https://cog.discourse.group/t/new-cryptomalware-strain-megacortex/1654)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/new-cryptomalware-strain-megacortex/1654 "2019-05-10T14:05:05Z")
At this rate it seems that sooner or later The Big One will arrive and encrypt . the whole world over. Had upped our backup strategy a while ago, and I’m confident of a bare-metal restore, although I’m not looking for… --- ## [Veeam Backup software - the rave](https://cog.discourse.group/t/veeam-backup-software-the-rave/1647)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/veeam-backup-software-the-rave/1647 "2019-04-26T10:46:35Z")
I’ve been trying out Veeam’s community offerings Backup and Replication Backup Agents for Windows/Linux Backup and Replication does what it says - it will allow you to back up any VM/PC and replicate that data to an… --- ## [RIP Bloated Goats?](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-bloated-goats/1590)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-bloated-goats/1590 "2019-02-19T17:29:39Z")
I know that I previously posted articles regarding a comeback of Bloated Goats, but it seems IBM killed it off totally. Should be interesting to see what comes of this. Selling something off at a loss tells something … --- ## [Tips and tricks of the trade](https://cog.discourse.group/t/tips-and-tricks-of-the-trade/1444)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/tips-and-tricks-of-the-trade/1444 "2018-11-29T15:21:23Z")
Recently we had an issue where one of our remote sites had frequent power failures. Upon closer investigation it was found that the 3kVa UPS was overloaded (with 3.4kVa) instead of a healthy 2.2kVa. This caused the ser… --- ## [Georges in municipalities](https://cog.discourse.group/t/georges-in-municipalities/1579)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/georges-in-municipalities/1579 "2018-11-14T19:54:08Z")
As per the title. $wife forwarded me this pix via Whatsapp. Enjoy. --- ## [CommitStrip on.... Windows](https://cog.discourse.group/t/commitstrip-on-windows/1570)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/commitstrip-on-windows/1570 "2018-10-22T13:15:28Z")
--- ## [The death of G+](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-death-of-g/1556)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-death-of-g/1556 "2018-10-10T06:59:53Z")
Seems like googol decided to terminate G+ as they don’t want to be zucked into a facebook nightmare, with GDPR etc. I’m part of three communities on G+: IT Professionals Retro Computers IT Security Sad to lose it al… --- ## [iPhone fun](https://cog.discourse.group/t/iphone-fun/1221)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/iphone-fun/1221 "2018-09-21T11:05:32Z")
http://tribunist.com/technology/i-committed-the-biggest-mistake-of-my-life-iphone-7-owners-destroy-phones-after-drilling-their-own-headphone-jack/ --- ## [Bad tech support war stories](https://cog.discourse.group/t/bad-tech-support-war-stories/1443)
**Author:** [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/bad-tech-support-war-stories/1443 "2018-08-15T07:41:42Z")
I figured this is a good place to start tech support war stories. Last week, my source for television shows, dramafever.com, stopped loading videos. I did some troubleshooting on my own (doublechecked NoScript blockage… --- ## [Happy SysAdmin day!](https://cog.discourse.group/t/happy-sysadmin-day/1185)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/happy-sysadmin-day/1185 "2018-07-27T13:14:09Z")
--- ## [This just blew my mind](https://cog.discourse.group/t/this-just-blew-my-mind/1481)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/this-just-blew-my-mind/1481 "2018-07-21T10:42:33Z")
http://www.symbos.de/ Go have a look. Seriously. All that on a Z80. Where would the world be had we gone this route instead of the Wintel route? --- ## [The Epic Fails Thread](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-epic-fails-thread/1467)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-epic-fails-thread/1467 "2018-04-18T03:02:24Z")
I’ll start off with this motherlode (from Not Always Working): --- ## [\[The Register\] 23000 HTTPS certificates to expire soon after leak](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-register-23000-https-certificates-to-expire-soon-after-leak/1439)
**Author:** [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-register-23000-https-certificates-to-expire-soon-after-leak/1439 "2018-03-01T16:18:32Z")
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