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  1. Fun detail about using whatsapp professionally.
    2 months ago a customer saved important information in whatsapp (and only there). Because it's "secure and encrypted".

    Yesterday they needed that information.

    They had set up whatsapp to delete messages older than a week. How professional.

    Hallelujah. Whatsapp is professional grade malware.

    #ITSupport

  2. Fun detail about using whatsapp professionally.
    2 months ago a customer saved important information in whatsapp (and only there). Because it's "secure and encrypted".

    Yesterday they needed that information.

    They had set up whatsapp to delete messages older than a week. How professional.

    Hallelujah. Whatsapp is professional grade malware.

    #ITSupport

  3. Customer has a problem.
    I ask "Can you let me know when we can connect to fix this?"
    Customer: Yes please!

    Yes please means "now".

    #ITSupport

  4. Customer has a problem.
    I ask "Can you let me know when we can connect to fix this?"
    Customer: Yes please!

    Yes please means "now".

    #ITSupport

  5. Somehow someone is now convinced I am a powerpoint specialist.
    (The trick was to actually read what's on the screen.)

    #ITSupport

  6. Somehow someone is now convinced I am a powerpoint specialist.
    (The trick was to actually read what's on the screen.)

    #ITSupport

  7. Customer: Can I use new outlook?

    Me: No, it's not working with most of your plugins.

    Next day. Customer. I switched on new outlook and it does strange things.

    #ITsupport

  8. Customer: Can I use new outlook?

    Me: No, it's not working with most of your plugins.

    Next day. Customer. I switched on new outlook and it does strange things.

    #ITsupport

  9. Attempt number 4 to create a recovery USB drive to use on a Microsoft Surface laptop.
    I have come to hate resetting those things after a disk wipe.

    #ITSupport

  10. Attempt number 4 to create a recovery USB drive to use on a Microsoft Surface laptop.
    I have come to hate resetting those things after a disk wipe.

    #ITSupport

  11. Got a request in with so many 'not's and 'never's that I'm completely lost about what is actually asked.

    #ITSupport

  12. Got a request in with so many 'not's and 'never's that I'm completely lost about what is actually asked.

    #ITSupport

  13. Dice que le pusieron un SSD, pero que la sigue sintiendo lenta y le hace extraños..
    #ITsupport #soporteIT

  14. Dice que le pusieron un SSD, pero que la sigue sintiendo lenta y le hace extraños..
    #ITsupport #soporteIT

  15. Customer: "Something is broken and I need it urgently!"

    Me: unbreaks what they broke. "Can you check?"

    Customer: "I don't have time for that."

    So much for urgent.

    #ITSupport

  16. Customer: "Something is broken and I need it urgently!"

    Me: unbreaks what they broke. "Can you check?"

    Customer: "I don't have time for that."

    So much for urgent.

    #ITSupport

  17. "My macbook has an error!"

    Restart it.

    "But this is a macbook! You don't have to restart a macbook!"

    Amuse me. Restart the macbook.

    Grumbles. After restart: "It works again!"

    #ITSupport

  18. "My macbook has an error!"

    Restart it.

    "But this is a macbook! You don't have to restart a macbook!"

    Amuse me. Restart the macbook.

    Grumbles. After restart: "It works again!"

    #ITSupport

  19. When you enlighten a support person that the POST in "POST ERROR" stands for Power On Self Test.

    #ITSupport

  20. When you enlighten a support person that the POST in "POST ERROR" stands for Power On Self Test.

    #ITSupport

  21. I am in a chat with HP which is the 'fastest way' to be helped.

    After 8 minutes we're through the social niceties (that I can do without).

    #ITSupport

  22. I am in a chat with HP which is the 'fastest way' to be helped.

    After 8 minutes we're through the social niceties (that I can do without).

    #ITSupport

  23. Me: and then you click RESTART.

    Customer: Yes. Done. I clicked Disconnect.

    #ITSupport

  24. Me: and then you click RESTART.

    Customer: Yes. Done. I clicked Disconnect.

    #ITSupport

  25. I just discovered that Adobe Acrobat will NOT use a 'save to a specific local storage' plugin when 'Show online storage when saving' is enabled in its preferences.

    Well played, Adobe.

    #ITSupport

  26. I just discovered that Adobe Acrobat will NOT use a 'save to a specific local storage' plugin when 'Show online storage when saving' is enabled in its preferences.

    Well played, Adobe.

    #ITSupport

  27. Wiping the SSD of a microsoft surface laptop is not for the faint of heart.

    #ITSupport

  28. Wiping the SSD of a microsoft surface laptop is not for the faint of heart.

    #ITSupport

  29. Kind of shocking that most people have no clue what I mean when I tell them to stop a program in windows.
    Click the X at the top right.
    Which x?

    #ITSupport

  30. Kind of shocking that most people have no clue what I mean when I tell them to stop a program in windows.
    Click the X at the top right.
    Which x?

    #ITSupport

  31. How to Create and Reset a User Password in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center

    A complete, screenshot-by-screenshot walkthrough for IT admins and small business owners — written from over a decade of hands-on Microsoft 365 administration. Managing user accounts is one of the most routine — and most important — tasks for any Microsoft 365 administrator. Whether you're onboarding a new employee or helping a teammate who's locked out of their account, knowing how to create a user and reset a password correctly saves time and keeps your organization secure. In more […]

    d365craft.com/2026/07/17/how-t

  32. How to Create and Reset a User Password in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center

    A complete, screenshot-by-screenshot walkthrough for IT admins and small business owners — written from over a decade of hands-on Microsoft 365 administration. Managing user accounts is one of the most routine — and most important — tasks for any Microsoft 365 administrator. Whether you're onboarding a new employee or helping a teammate who's locked out of their account, knowing how to create a user and reset a password correctly saves time and keeps your organization secure. In more […]

    d365craft.com/2026/07/17/how-t

  33. When you can fix a customer problem for someone in Kenya, who is in the middle of a potato field, via a 5 minute whatasp (alas but only option) phone call.

    Technology is amazing.

    #ITSupport

  34. When you can fix a customer problem for someone in Kenya, who is in the middle of a potato field, via a 5 minute whatasp (alas but only option) phone call.

    Technology is amazing.

    #ITSupport

  35. Funny things customers say:

    "Vera has been extended for a month."

    Not her contract. Vera herself.

    #ITSupport

  36. Funny things customers say:

    "Vera has been extended for a month."

    Not her contract. Vera herself.

    #ITSupport

  37. Amazing how you can repair video and audio issues on a windows laptop by simply switching it (being the laptop) off and back on again...

    #ITSupport

  38. Amazing how you can repair video and audio issues on a windows laptop by simply switching it (being the laptop) off and back on again...

    #ITSupport