In an attempt to "go green," save energy, and reduce the companies electricity bill, it was decided to create a Group policy to create a scheduled shutdown. This would power off ALL workstations at 10pm everyday.
This worked well. It ensured that no computers were left running over night.
One day we were discussing the shutdown schedule with an employee who insisted that it didn't work on his computer.
We decided to check this out. Examining his computer we found the scheduled task was there and running upon it manually it succeeded in shutting down the PC. However...
"It's not that computer that I am having the problem with." He tells us. "It's my old one under my desk."
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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