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*Cue wolf howling in the background

We’ve all heard spooky tales of hardware stored in rooms where the temperature was up to 140 degrees, servers drowning because someone left the window open during a rainstorm, and IT tickets that made the hair on the back of an admin's neck stand up..

Tell us about the strangest request you’ve ever gotten, the dumbest question a user ever asked, or those days when Murphy's law seemed to only apply to you.

Write a short SysAdmin horror story in the comment box below to complete this activity for the July Mission and earn 150 points!

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  • Older lady calls in, she asks me to turn her on.  I reply what do you mean turn you on.  She said she can't do anything and needs me to turn her on...  I think for a moment and check her AD account and thankfully find she's locked out, I unlock the account let her know to go ahead and try again...  Wasn't much of a nightmare just a little scary.

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  • Older lady calls in, she asks me to turn her on.  I reply what do you mean turn you on.  She said she can't do anything and needs me to turn her on...  I think for a moment and check her AD account and thankfully find she's locked out, I unlock the account let her know to go ahead and try again...  Wasn't much of a nightmare just a little scary.

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