I had someone working for me say that he reinstalled the printer drivers on his PC, dropped and reconnected to the printer, when he came into the lab we said is the printer on, checked and it was not. Not the Brightest Bulb in the pack
In the early days of PCs I was at a trade show where an exhibitor had a standalone kiosk with a PC locked inside driving a tutorial on the monitor. But I noticed a message on the monitor, which was clearly in DOS mode, saying something like “Heap overflow – 00438”. I told the hired figurehead girl in the booth about it and figured she would have to find a tech to fix the problem. Nope, she just came over to the back of the kiosk and unplugged the cord from an extension cable and plugged it back in. Problem fixed as the PC rebooted itself. I was too interested in fixing the heap overflow problem to think of the simple solution.
Many years ago, when I was a struggling single mom, my microwave quit working.It took 6 months to save enough for a service call. It was on the counter close to the wall. Guy pulled it out, and it was unplugged. Never figured out how that could have happened.
SHIVA about 4 years ago
The obvious is often overlooked!!
desvarzil about 4 years ago
I worked telephone Technical Support for a number of years, you have no idea how many times this has happened.
Farside99 about 4 years ago
Sattinger’s Law: It works better if you plug it in.
Corollary: and then turn it on.
gammaguy about 4 years ago
These guys are definitely not Pluggers.
Zebrastripes about 4 years ago
Same goes with cable….plug, unplug, plug to get it booted…
klink49 about 4 years ago
I had this problem with my ventilator – now my halo won’t light up
Alberta Oil Premium Member about 4 years ago
Men.. call over the blonde secretary.. she will figure it out.
Totalloser Premium Member about 4 years ago
I had someone working for me say that he reinstalled the printer drivers on his PC, dropped and reconnected to the printer, when he came into the lab we said is the printer on, checked and it was not. Not the Brightest Bulb in the pack
Madzdad the bard about 4 years ago
High impedance air-gap issue.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 4 years ago
In the early days of PCs I was at a trade show where an exhibitor had a standalone kiosk with a PC locked inside driving a tutorial on the monitor. But I noticed a message on the monitor, which was clearly in DOS mode, saying something like “Heap overflow – 00438”. I told the hired figurehead girl in the booth about it and figured she would have to find a tech to fix the problem. Nope, she just came over to the back of the kiosk and unplugged the cord from an extension cable and plugged it back in. Problem fixed as the PC rebooted itself. I was too interested in fixing the heap overflow problem to think of the simple solution.
Willi Nilli about 4 years ago
Many years ago, when I was a struggling single mom, my microwave quit working.It took 6 months to save enough for a service call. It was on the counter close to the wall. Guy pulled it out, and it was unplugged. Never figured out how that could have happened.
paullp Premium Member about 4 years ago
Occasionally my PC at work insists that my password is incorrect, even though I know that I am entering it correctly. A reboot solves the problem.
chireef about 4 years ago
its times like these that you need to consult with the expert help of a janitor or some one who has yet to graduate from the fifth grade