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Slackjaw said:
Thats like saying a reply of "Youre screwed" would be vaild.
Get real.
I answered: "This is not possible that I know of." And I don't say that as
someone who has no experience to back it up. You got an answer - just
apparently not the answer you wanted. I'm not the only one who might reply
to your question, and you might well get different advice from others.
This is how usenet works. You are not bound by any contract to follow my
advice (which is essentially to abandon this tack, and see what you can
simply rebuild to get the customer up and running again as it needs to be),
nor of course was I under any obligation to reply to it in the first place.
I did so because I don't mind spending some of my time trying to help others
in these groups; I am a volunteer, as is everyone else in here....this is
not a direct line to PSS.
I fail to understand what difference it makes why they want this
info. They want it, plain and simple.
I asked because it is not at all uncommon for people to ask how to do X,
when their ultimate goal is actually Y and there is a better, or workable,
method. As a purported IT professional, this is something I would expect you
to know already.
If you cant help, then fine. But wasting my time with non-helpful
responses defeats the purpose of this community.
Nonhelpful is in the eye of the beholder. Had you replied, "....they need
this because they have an application on the network that needs to know
yaddayaddayadda" I would have replied with any further suggestions I could
think of to accomplish your goal. Again, for free.
As a 15 year IT professional I am aware of the different options out
there for networking soltions. However this customer wanted something
specific, so I am trying to oblige. This customer never had an IT
professional, just some schmuck band-aiding things together.
Based on the attitude you've displayed in this particular thread, I
certainly hope for their sake that they have not simply made a lateral move.
Regardless I have found a solution and have moved on. Again, thanks
for nothing.
If you want to participate in these newsgroups and stand a chance of getting
useful (and again, *gratis*) support, learn to play nice with the other
kids, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, caveat emptor, and all that.
By rudely insulting people who are (again) freely volunteering time to help
you, you are showing yourself to be someone who doesn't actually deserve a
reply at all.
Again, this is usenet. If you don't like the replies you get, you are
welcome to ignore them (although a simple and gracious "thanks for trying
anyway" would certainly not be out of line).
If you think your question or goal was misunderstood, reply with a rephrase
it/correction.
If you want dedicated one-on-one support from Microsoft, abandon the
newsgroups, whip out your credit card, and call PSS.
