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Password problems

I had someone really get me one time. I was sent an email saying I had been "bearded". Nothing else to it. No attachment, no nothing. I had been having some computer problems and had a call into IT to come take a look at it. Anyway, I'm going about my work for a few hours (former job where I didn't fit in due to all the sensitivity PC crap) and I see one of the IT guys coming my way. I go ahead and close out all the apps I had running and my wallpaper was a picture of a nekkid woman that had obviously washed her vjay in rogaine for her entire life. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!? Uh, IT guy heading my way, computer is locked up, power button is not working, etc. What to do, what to do, what to do. I reached behind my computer and grabbed every cable I could and unplugged the whole thing. IT guy walks up and I tell him I'm getting ready to get a bite to eat and will be back in about an hour. No problem. He leaves and I get the computer back up and running in order to DELETE THE FILE THAT IS HIDDEN as there is no "bearded wallpaper" option. Took me a half hour to find that thing. Had to keep another app in full screen the whole time. Right when I got it deleted the computer went on about it's normal locking up, not working self and I was able to get IT back at that time.
 
"blue65coupe" said:
I had someone really get me one time. I was sent an email saying I had been "bearded". Nothing else to it. No attachment, no nothing. I had been having some computer problems and had a call into IT to come take a look at it. Anyway, I'm going about my work for a few hours (former job where I didn't fit in due to all the sensitivity PC crap) and I see one of the IT guys coming my way. I go ahead and close out all the apps I had running and my wallpaper was a picture of a nekkid woman that had obviously washed her vjay in rogaine for her entire life. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!? Uh, IT guy heading my way, computer is locked up, power button is not working, etc. What to do, what to do, what to do. I reached behind my computer and grabbed every cable I could and unplugged the whole thing. IT guy walks up and I tell him I'm getting ready to get a bite to eat and will be back in about an hour. No problem. He leaves and I get the computer back up and running in order to DELETE THE FILE THAT IS HIDDEN as there is no "bearded wallpaper" option. Took me a half hour to find that thing. Had to keep another app in full screen the whole time. Right when I got it deleted the computer went on about it's normal locking up, not working self and I was able to get IT back at that time.
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The sad part is that I had received that as well. And also sent it to others... :vic
 
What's that keystroke that flips your computer screen? I used to have some real fun with that but forgot the combo.
 
I thought it used to be "Ctrl" + "Alt" + the ↑ arrow or the ↓ arrow.

But that is not working here on XP Professional.
 
"70_Fastback" said:
I thought it used to be "Ctrl" + "Alt" + the ↑ arrow or the ↓ arrow.

But that is not working here on XP Professional.
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I just tried it and it works here, and we're running XP Professional.
 
Yeah that keystroke is dependent on the video driver, not the OS. The OS has no built in support to do that, but most video drivers can. But not all. So it varies from computer to computer.

Ctrl+Alt+up and Ctrl+Alt+down is most common.
 
"70_Fastback" said:
Still doesn't work here.
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Yeah that keystroke is dependent on the video driver, not the OS. The OS has no built in support to do that, but most video drivers can. But not all. So it varies from computer to computer.
 
I used to work with a guy that was never saving any of the files I would send him. Finally got fed up and sent him that PowerPoint file that pops up on the screen with "Donwloading gay porn" with all kinds of noise. Whenever he would ask me for a file I would rename the powerpoint file and send it to him as the file he asked for. He never once caught on that they were .PPT files and not .XLS or .DOC files like he was asking for. I would also adjust his screen orientation if he left his computer on. Or if the Cowboys lost a game he had been bragging about he would get a Marquee banner screen saver with "How 'bout them Cowboys?"
 
When my wife worked at Intel, they were serious about security. Whenever you stepped away from your workstation, you had to lock it. If you didn't lock it, there was a good chance...a very good chance that when you got back to your computer, you'd be in for a surprise. The other employees would open up a web browser and go to www dot donkeylove dot com
 
As for the password not working when you type it, but working find when you copy and paste? That sorta sounds like pilot error.
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That was my first thought. But after 5-6 tries, each time being more careful, I tried copy and paste figuring I couldn't screw that up. :nk
 
lmao, I just switched the mouse buttons on a person's computer who is WAY more computer illiterate than me. This ought to be good. I need some other quick fix tricks from some of you geeks.
 
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