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| Started by | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| First post | 2014-05-17 20:09 +0000 |
| Last post | 2014-05-19 22:54 -0700 |
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Emory U. machine mass reformats network machines, self RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-17 20:09 +0000
Re: Emory U. machine mass reformats network machines, self David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-05-19 22:54 -0700
| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-17 20:09 +0000 |
| Subject | Emory U. machine mass reformats network machines, self |
| Message-ID | <ll8flq$lk0$1@solani.org> |
From the «undo-undo-undo-undo-UNDO-FUCKING-UNDO-DAMMIT» department: Title: Emory University server accidentally sends reformat request to all Windows PCs, including itself Author: Emil Protalinski Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 17:17:38 -0400 Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/Rxr0LXAAEf4/ Podcast Download URL: http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/03/frustrated-at-work-520x245.jpg Have you ever reformatted a computer and then immediately realized you shouldn’t have? Well, an “accident” at Emory University this week will make your mistake look like a brilliant, carefully considered decision. Here’s the crux of what happened: A Windows 7 deployment image was accidently sent to all Windows machines, including laptops, desktops, and even servers. This image started with a repartition/reformat set of tasks. As soon as the accident was discovered, the SCCM server was powered off – however, by that time, the SCCM server itself had been repartitioned and reformatted. What did we learn today? Always backup. Backup... This story continues[1] at The Next Web[image 3][2][image 5][4][image 7][6][image 8] Links: [1]: http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2014/05/16/emory-university-server-accidentally-sends-reformat-request-windows-pcs-including/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed (link) [2]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Rxr0LXAAEf4:OHlU6z1U4zw:D7DqB2pKExk (link) [3]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=Rxr0LXAAEf4:OHlU6z1U4zw:D7DqB2pKExk (image) [4]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Rxr0LXAAEf4:OHlU6z1U4zw:yIl2AUoC8zA (link) [5]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (image) [6]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Rxr0LXAAEf4:OHlU6z1U4zw:V_sGLiPBpWU (link) [7]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=Rxr0LXAAEf4:OHlU6z1U4zw:V_sGLiPBpWU (image) [8]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~4/Rxr0LXAAEf4 (image)
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| From | David Harmon <source@netcom.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-19 22:54 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <KoKdnUCNP_mHc-fOnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| In reply to | #2863 |
On Sat, 17 May 2014 20:09:30 +0000 (UTC) in comp.misc, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote, >From the «undo-undo-undo-undo-UNDO-FUCKING-UNDO-DAMMIT» department: >Title: Emory University server accidentally sends reformat request to all Windows PCs, including itself http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Customer-is-Always-Right.aspx
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