Monica Lewinsky virus: Sucks all the memory out of your computer.
Mike Tyson virus: Quits after one byte.
Oprah Winfrey virus: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands to 300MB.
Britney Spears virus: Your two 3.5 inch floppies turn into 36D floppies.
Lorena Bobbit virus: Turns your hard disk into a 3.5 inch floppy.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian virus: Searches your hard drive for old files and deletes them.
Ellen Degeneres virus (AKA the Rosie virus): Your IBM suddenly claims it's a MAC.
Titanic virus: Makes your computer go down.
Disney virus: Everything in the computer goes Goofy.
Prozac virus: Screws up your RAM but your processor doesn't care.
Sharon Stone virus: Makes a huge initial impact, then you forget it's there.
Tim Allen virus: Appears helpful, only to destroy your hard drive upon contact.
HBO virus: Runs the same programs over and over, week after week after week.
Woody Allen virus: Bypasses the motherboard and turns on a daughter card.
NFL Blackout virus: Will only let you run progams on a remote terminal that's more than 75 miles away.
Linda Tripp virus: Makes copies of your personal files and forwards them to the authorities.
Bill Clinton virus: Your computer displays only porn and emits cigar smoke.
Al Gore virus: Runs quietly in background mode but doesn't appear to really do much of anything.
Dick Vitale virus: Makes your computer very loud and obnoxious, detracting from the program you're actually trying to view.
Tonya Harding virus: Turns your .BAT files into lethal weapons.
Joey Buttafuoco virus: Only attacks minor files.
Jerry Seinfeld virus: Program about nothing that exits when you're really enjoying it.
Pee Wee Herman virus: Exposes your confidential files to everyone.
AT&T virus: Every 3 minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
Arnold Schwarzenegger virus: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
Technical Support Request Form
3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem:
4. Problem Severity:
A. Minor__
B. Minor__
C. Minor__
D. Trivial__
5. Nature of the problem:
A. Locked Up__
B. Frozen__
C. Hung__
D. Strange Smell__
6. Is your computer plugged in?
Yes__ No__
7. Is it turned on?
Yes__ No__
8. Have you tried to fix it yourself?
Yes__ No__
9. Have you made it worse?
Yes__
10. Have you had "a friend" who "Knows all about computers" try to fix it for you?
Yes__ No__
11. Did they make it even worse?
Yes__
12. Have you read the manual?
Yes__ No__
13. Are you sure you've read the manual?
Maybe__ No__
14. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual?
No__
15. If you read the manual, do you think you understood it?
Yes__ No__
16. If 'Yes' then explain why you can't fix the problem yourself.
17. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?
18. If you answered 'nothing' then explain why you were logged in?
19. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem?
Yes__ No__
20. Does the clock on your home VCR blink 12:00?
Yes__ What's a VCR?__
21. Do you have a copy of 'PCs for Dummies'?
Yes__ No__
22. Do you have any independent witnesses to the problem?
Yes__ No__
23. Do you have any electronics products that DO work?
Yes__ No__
24. Is there anyone else you could blame this problem on?
Yes__ No__
25. Have you given the machine a good whack on the top?
Yes__ No__
26. Is the machine on fire?
Yes__ Not Yet__
27. Can you do something else instead of bothering me?
Yes__
