# help computer geeks **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981 "2004-06-07T11:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/1 "2004-06-07T11:48:43Z")
my windows media player won’t open, everytime i click on it the hour glass comes up for a second and the screen blinks and then nothing. I can’t watch posi madness!!!. fuckers in IT won’t help cause i’m not even supposed to be using it. ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/2 "2004-06-07T11:50:45Z")
lol… did you try restarting yet? Usually that’s the first thing I try when something won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/3 "2004-06-07T11:51:47Z")
reboot. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/4 "2004-06-07T11:54:24Z")
tried that, no worky :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/5 "2004-06-07T12:01:15Z")
hit it with a baseball bat!!! ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/6 "2004-06-07T12:09:13Z")
Run windows update to reinstall it. Thats worth a shot. [http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com](http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/7 "2004-06-07T12:15:08Z")
> [@s10blazed](#): > > Run windows update to reinstall it. Thats worth a shot. [http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com](http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) i’m not an administrator :sad: ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/8 "2004-06-07T12:17:20Z")
oh well ya that makes a pretty big difference. Tell them fucks in IT to lighten up. Or think of an excuse to play a video for work related reasons. maybe a training video or something. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/9 "2004-06-07T12:20:53Z")
interweb is broke ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/10 "2004-06-07T12:31:32Z")
> [@s10blazed](#): > > Tell them fucks in IT to lighten up. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/11 "2004-06-07T13:06:13Z")
hahahahahaha - you’re not an administrator, sucks to be you. I love being the guy to take all the games and shit off of everyone’s pc’s and then sit at my desk and play delta force black hawk down for 6 hours out of an 8 hour day. ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/12 "2004-06-07T13:26:21Z")
> [@2kaltima](#): > > hahahahahaha - you’re not an administrator, sucks to be you. :bigthumb: :shaggy: Admins \> non-admins ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/13 "2004-06-07T13:27:43Z")
i lock down my users… BIG TIME. no icons on desktop… no right clicks… no saving any document / file without using the document management system… 🙂 not being an admin is weak-sauce… do doubt. ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/14 "2004-06-07T13:30:37Z")
Instead of putting my users on lock down like little kids I try to educate them into not being dumbasses. It’s rough… alot of people are hard-core dumbasses. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/15 "2004-06-07T13:32:23Z")
can’t educate people that don’t want to learn… ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/16 "2004-06-07T13:35:19Z")
> [@turbovw18](#): > > can’t educate people that don’t want to learn… ya, I hear that! But there is a difference between locking them down like prison and just taking away admin priveledges. power user \> lock down lock down \> truely stupid people ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/17 "2004-06-07T13:44:29Z")
oh i know… not arguing… if you knew my enviroment you’d know why i do it… i give out local admin to some, local program files to others… only 2 non-admins are power users. working in healthcare i didn’t lock down anything but the interweb… working for a firm i lock down everything but the interweb… it’s odd. sensitive info, plus i have 2million documents… imagine users saving those all over the place, shared drives, roaming profiles, and local… not going to happen!!! … everyone needs a document NOW! … so when they F up, it’s still IT’s fault… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/18 "2004-06-07T13:46:43Z")
people like beig dumb ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/19 "2004-06-07T13:48:56Z")
The people at my work could have dumb terminals and still do their job, so basically I lock down the pc ao it acts like a terminal. 😃 Since I started the calls to IS for stupid shit has dropped a lot. We would get calls for people messing up their backgrounds and screensavers, now everyone in the company has the same background and no screensavers. The more locked down the pc’s are the easier my job is. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981/20 "2004-06-07T14:00:34Z")
^ yup. i just did an XP image on my new MPC’s… use biometric authentication (can’t forget your finger print :doh: ) … universal screensaver with no password ability… ect ect. they don’t really mind, it make workflow faster, because you can’t download screensavers and weather bugs and other ad serving garbage… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-computer-geeks/166981.md?page=2)