So, I broke my boss’ computer. Oops.
Yesterday, he was re-imaged to Vista, and couldn’t figure out how to transfer his Personal Folders back into Outlook. And because I am a Computer GENIUS (please note the sarcasm), he asked me for help. So I did a little research and sent him some directions. He tried them and they didn’t work…so we decided to wait until he could take it back to IT and have them do it.
Well, apparently the directions I gave him were slightly…off. He tried them again later, and all the files dumped into his In-box, effectively freezing it because of the amount of data. So he did the WORST THING he could possibly have done: he called the Help Desk. As I mentioned previously, it is my experience that Help Desks generally aren’t all that helpful. In this particular instance, they proceeded to completelycorrupt Outlook to the point where the program won’t open half the time, and the rest of the time is stuck in a perpetual loop, trying to synchronize his folders with the Exchange Server.
When I called IT today and explained what had happened, I got a heavy-weighted *sigh* followed by sarcastic thanks for my continued efforts at providing them with job security. Hey: I do what I can.
So if you’re looking for me and I don’t appear to be at my desk, it is because I’m hiding under it. Just look for the white flag.
