[general_re]

Sometimes it can't be helped. I can remember taking a month just to test NT4 service packs before deploying them to the users, and all those desktops basically did was function as glorified VT100 terminals, hooking up to this nasty old COBOL app running in a broom closet somewhere. But we lived in constant fear of breaking that old thing - not that it was likely, and we never really found any showstoppers, as you might expect. But when breaking the mini means costing the company large amounts of money on a per-minute basis - and on a more personal level, when breaking it means that you get to leave at the end of that day with all your stuff in a box - you tend to get a little paranoid... ;)

[js1138]

Ah, the good old days. Right now I'm consulting with a small maufacturing company. Internet access has been getting flakey for several months, and last week, after installing the latest security updates, it became non-existent. Afte six hours on the phone with Microsoft We got everything working. Seems the folks wh installed the server had a few non-standard settings in the IP properties, and the security upgrades finally said they weren't goin to take it anymore.

So Friday evening I reboot the server, hoping to clean up a few leftover glitches, and half the services won't start due to logon failures. I love scurity.