I have risen to the level of tech incompetency: kneel before me

admin October 07, 2008 coolness 4 Comments

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I had some extra money in my budget and bought a bunch of these cute little Dell minis to give as loaners. I figured that at least they would be convenient for faculty to use for teaching because some classrooms have data projectors but no computers. When they arrived, I sent one to our tech shop so they could start playing and then I set one up myself so I could start playing. Because I’m in meetings a lot, I tend to work on projects a bit sporadically… Long story short, I set up the computer and now find myself testing not the mini itself but how well USB Ophcrack works on a mini. So far, not so good. I could reinstall from the CD but I can’t admit defeat yet. Oh the shame….

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4 Responses to “I have risen to the level of tech incompetency: kneel before me”

  1. Kyle said:

    Oct 08, 08 at 4:23 am

    I’ve always told my staff that if I was ever doing sys admin or programming work that we were in deep trouble. Well, one out of two ain’t bad.

    P.S. I hate you. I just had a 10% budget cut and will be reducing hours on our help desk.

  2. rufusb said:

    Oct 08, 08 at 12:16 pm

    We bought one a those and we like them. A bit limited as you can only install XP Home, but convenient nonetheless. A niche machine. The screen’s a bit small, too. So, McCain won’t be buying one.

  3. Bill said:

    Oct 08, 08 at 2:29 pm

    They come installed with Ubuntu Linux? From Dell???

    Whoa.

  4. admin said:

    Oct 08, 08 at 4:53 pm

    Yep! You can get Ubuntu or XP lite. But if you have XP, know that Ophcrack doesn’t work, or at least doesn’t work the first 4 times…. my mini-me is off for reimaging (I’m a loser, baby…)

    Kyle, don’t hate me! Don’t hate me!

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