Well that was odd...

john9686 · 2013-05-29T19:11:59.000Z

Just had an odd turn of events. I have a workstation with a BT scanner attached to it that has always been flaky. Doesn’t want to connect right away, doesn’t want to stay connected, basically is a hassle. So, I had another workstation in that area die today, so I was swapping around some hardware and grabbed the workstation with the flaky scanner and moved it to another location - with another BT scanner. Same model, but for whatever reason, this scanner connected right up and is working great. So once I get that done, I go reimage a workstation and install it where the first one died - same make, model, form factor, image, etc - well the flaky BT scanner hooks right up and works like a charm.

The world may never know…

ross · 2013-05-29T19:18:17.000Z

Gotta love the IT voodoo.

shawnrutherford5625 · 2013-05-29T19:37:46.000Z

It’s time for a beer.

-shawn

ericlampert1869 · 2013-05-29T19:46:07.000Z

Sweet! At least it was good voodoo this time…usually when stuff like that happens at my office we get the other kind of voodoo…

thatcher · 2013-05-29T19:47:22.000Z

Guess they just couldn’t get along.

walterwolfe8121 · 2013-05-29T19:48:06.000Z

There are many mysterious levels for being able to repair IT systems.

Level of touch - once you begin to type on the keyboard, the problem goes away…

Level of presence - once you walk into the room the problem cannot be duplicated…

Level of voice - once you have the customer on the phone, they cannot duplicate it…

And the ultimate level is Level of thought - once you think about the problem, it disappears…

Enjoy the mysteries…

jjoyner1985 · 2013-05-29T19:49:33.000Z

Simple answer. Bad electricity.

rockn · 2013-05-29T19:49:38.000Z

My favorite voodoo is walking up to an end user and the problem disappears…whoooosshhh

blake-origer · 2013-05-29T19:53:19.000Z

It’s my personal opinion that anything with BT is possessed by the devil and only works when you don’t expect it to.

bthorp · 2013-05-29T20:02:32.000Z

is it a WASP?

scottkiefer · 2013-05-29T20:07:06.000Z

Walter1703:

There are many mysterious levels for being able to repair IT systems.

Level of touch - once you begin to type on the keyboard, the problem goes away…

Level of presence - once you walk into the room the problem cannot be duplicated…

Level of voice - once you have the customer on the phone, they cannot duplicate it…

And the ultimate level is Level of thought - once you think about the problem, it disappears…

Enjoy the mysteries…

This is so true. I can’t believe the number of times this has happened.

matt7904 · 2013-05-29T20:08:14.000Z

The electrons must be spinning the right direction now.

vaios · 2013-05-29T20:34:21.000Z

positive vibes

thomas-blake · 2013-05-29T22:41:07.000Z

Bad capacitors. It’s always bad capacitors.

mleeding · 2013-05-29T22:45:21.000Z

BT = Beer Thirty!

rwahumphreys · 2013-05-30T07:08:04.000Z

IT-Ception !

grahamscott9568 · 2013-05-30T11:35:26.000Z

Lovers tiff maybe?

kbuddrige · 2013-05-30T14:52:00.000Z

I bring us back to this …

It explains EVERYTHING!

You sir, John@thebasin, fall into the “Green” category.

john9686 · 2013-05-30T17:12:21.000Z

Keith_B:

I bring us back to this …

It explains EVERYTHING!

You sir, John@thebasin, fall into the “Green” category.

That’s a fact. I can’t imagine trying to be an IT guy if some measurable percentage of computer problems didn’t disappear when I arrive.