Re: Is Power Optional?
"You can almost certainly guess the answer. No, the computer was not plugged-in."
I've seen a situation where it really wasn't all that obvious to the user. They'd had some electrical work done at the office over the weekend which entailed all devices being unplugged from the wall sockets, them plugged back in ready for start of work on Monday. This user had PC, screen and printer. Three devices, check. Three plugs in wallpoints, check. But no power to the PC. Turns out the under desk fan heater is a 4th device and goes into the wallpoint behind the filing cabinet which currently has nothing plugged in. Naturally, all the cables are black and tangled up.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
