Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Checked on Carol using her new computer for the first time—all is well except she reported a recoverable BSOD similar to the BSODs we have had in the past—blue screen upon arriving in the morning, force cold restart fixes it. Checked on backups. Installed Bluetooth for Joel's new computer. Ordered a 12-inch 10-pin internal usb to external usb female port cable so that the Bluetooth adapter can be locked inside the computer. Filed reimbursement requests. Entering students web page and letter work. Orientation registration form work. Lunch: leftovers. Helped Alyssa with a problem with an applicant printing form E. More sysadmins: QuickTime, Microsoft, and Java updates. HTML e-mail testing. Removed Scott's now-broken printer from his workspace. More HTML e-mail testing. Took RAM from Carol's old computer and put it in Scott's so that he'll have slightly better performance until his new computer is ready. Helped Susie work around 1.8 GB limit for PST files. Prepared items for surplus. Updated the inventory chart. Removed the radio from Alyssa's workspace in preparation for setting it up in the back work room area. Checked on Carol's computer: made sure that Retrospect service was running, make sure the computer did not sleep since it appears that Retrospect 6.5 cannot wake computers over the network. I'm evaluating STOPlock from the stoptheft.com people who make the STOP plate. Dinner at AsiaSF with Tony Q, Chris, and Nate.