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Tag: VPN

February 13, 2026 at 7:48 am

IT Employee Investigated A Supervisor’s Slow Network Complaint, And Discovered They Were Disconnecting The Ethernet Everyday And Using Public WiFi Instead, Thus Handicapping Their Own Connection

Tech support worker trying to fix his manager's laptop

Luckily, it was easy to fix.

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February 9, 2026 at 6:55 pm

IT Helpdesk Attendant Is Used To Employees’ Weird Tech Complaints, But One Guy’s Assumptions Were Worse Than Most

A guy using a laptop

He just needed to slow down.

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January 26, 2026 at 11:48 am

Tech Employee Assisted A User Who Struggled To Log Into Her Computer After A VPN Update, And He Discovered That The Fix Was A Simple Press Of A Keyboard Button

Keys of a computer keyboard

Num Lock actually has a purpose?

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January 22, 2026 at 7:35 am

IT Support Enforced A Strict Ticket Policy To Stop Bad Habits, But A Coworker Ignored It And Disabled A User’s VPN Anyway

IT worker sitting at his desk upset because no one submits tickets

He needs to report this ASAP.

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January 8, 2026 at 5:45 am

IT Contractor Was Resetting A Doctor’s VPN Access, But He No Longer Worked There. So He Locked The Account And Warned HR That They Nearly Triggered A HIPAA Violation.

Tech support owner sitting on the phone, realizing a big problem

What a great catch!

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